After you’re in the field for long enough, you start to realise that the structure and flaws in the application mimic the structure and flaws of the reporting structure of the organisation

The link says 2 seasons?

And I can’t find it anywhere?

That is the lamest decepticon transformer I’ve ever heard of

Tell me more about my “faults” and “condescension” and “ad hominem”, then reread your comments. Yep, there’s some condescension from me here, but you’re also once again trying to throw judgement. “Glass houses” and all.

You win, Have a nice day.

You’re assuming it was backtracking rather than a simple clarification.

That’s unnecessarily unpleasant, and it’s cool you want to feel like you won the argument, but if you add in the context of “new years eve” and then read it as “some other event external to the reason you want to make a change” it’s not backtracking.

In fact it’s just context you missed because of your own life experiences and emotions.

Which is cool, but you look like an ass when you try and secure a win by pointing out your own misunderstanding rather than hearing my clarification.

Neither of those are New Year’s resolutions.

“The day my niece was born” is actually exactly the type of thing I’m talking about. You didn’t wait until new years, or your birthday, or something else unrelated to your motivations. You picked “now” because that was when you felt the desire.

So yes, special days can matter, but the days that matter to YOU are way more important than a day some guy named “Gregorian” chose 2000 years ago.

Not waiting for a day like new years to make a change that helps you.

The best time to do it was probably years ago.

The second best time is today.

Because if you make it about “new years” or some event, then it isn’t about YOU.

Do it for YOU, because you know that you’re worth the same amount of effort and affection as the others in your life.

Would you want this change for your friend? Turn don’t you think you skills care enough about you to give it to yourself?

Well it’s using one to do the other, so yes

I would bet it’s a way to send money to Russia.

It can’t process 1/100th of what visa does in a day, let alone the other card processors on top of it

In fairness, ALL git terms feel backwards at first.

Either way, waiting 3 months worth of work before a commit is the big mistake here.

Squash ftw. Simpler clearer history.

The problem is that these are “source control basics” that everyone needs to learn the hard way once it seems.

Waiting 3 months in between commits however is a really bad rookie mistake because you were worried about making a commit that wasn’t perfect.

Continuous Mozilla hit pieces coming out….

I wonder which company motivated only by greed and the fact that their entire business model is “obliterating your privacy” is behind them

I’ve done both, it’s just a rarity to have someone experienced enough in both to be able to cross the lines.

Those are your gems and they’ll stick around as long as you pay them decently.

Hard to find.

Because the problem is that you need

1. A developer
2. A systems guy
3. A social and great personality

The job is hard to hire for because those 3 in combo is rare. Many developers and systems guys have prickly personalities or specialise in their favourite part of it.

Devops spent have the option of prickly personalities because you have to deal with so many people outside your team that are prickly and that you have to sometimes give bad news to….

Eventually they’ll all be mad at you for SOMETHING…… and you have to let it slide. You have to take their anger and not take it personally…. That’s hard for most people, let alone tech workers that grew up idolising Linus torvalds, or Sheldon cooper and their “I’m so smart that I don’t need to be nice” attitudes.

As a devops manager that’s been both, it depends on the group. Ideally a devops group has a few former devs and a few former systems guys.

Honestly, the best devops teams have at least one guy that’s a liaison with IT who is primarily a systems guy but reports to both systems and devops. Why?

It gets you priority IT tickets and access while systems trusts him to do it right. He’s like the crux of every good devops team. He’s an IT hire paid for by the devops team budget as an offering in exchange for priority tickets.

But in general, you’re absolutely right.

It’s because they appear to be something they’re not.

They’re usually friendly and fun and do all sorts of employee retention activities like arranging go karting and such…

They seem like they’re there almost as union stewards, to try and help retain employees and ensure you’re treated well by management. This is not the case. They’re there to protect the company from lawsuits originated by you. This means that they’ll apply rules and such in ways that are not usually beneficial to you.

They’re actually really helpful if you have issues with a coworker! However, you need to remember that despite how friendly they seem, they’re not actually in your corner, they have their own agenda.

So the simple answer is that they aren’t bad at all, but it can feel bad if you thought they were your friend.

I’m the one getting snippy? Hahaha okay.

I read the article, I’m just commenting about the world around the article from a small step back, and I tried to help you see that.

Have a nice day.

Well I tried to show you what’s happening, I’m sorry you’re not seeing it, but I’m done. Have a nice day.