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slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

No, you don't have to do VHDL, or etch chips, or rebuild a core router from the OS up, or crimp your own cables -- at least not if you don't want to. But if you work in browsers, you'll need to learn OSes and something about web development.

If you work on the web, you'll need to learn a lot about browsers and something about what designers are struggling with.

And if you're a designer, you'll need to learn about your medium (web development) and content design.

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

Now, we all operate in different levels of the stack more-or-less, and a constant truth is that there will always be a higher and a lower level adjacent to what you are comfortable with. That's OK! It's natural. Don't let it get you down.

But also don't let it become a crutch. It's *necessary* to begin to grow an appreciation and understanding of the terms of debate in those layers as you progress. They're not "your" layer? OK. Cool. But you must become conversant in 1-2 above/below.

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

The way this plays out over a career is subtle but powerful. When those around you understand you to be a lightweight, or to "only know X", it will eventually cause them to refer you for fewer positions. Doors will remain closed that you might not even perceive. In moments of change, peers will not look to you for guidance.

All of that adds up.

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

For my crimes (looking at LinkedIn...yes, I know), a point I cannot stress enough for those who MSFT refers to as "early in career":

Learning the trendy thing without developing a parallel skill in the fundamentals will *always* catch up with you. Every time.

You *do* need to understand the platform below you.

Really.

*Really* really.

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mattlaroche@sfba.social ("Matt Laroche") wrote:

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• Jason Calcanis tweet saying "when there is an actual fire, you say thank you to the people who pull the fire alarms" (remote)

anathema@girlcock.club wrote:

Of course maybe I’m just still quite anaemic but trying to get healthcare in the UK just now is a roll of the dice

anathema@girlcock.club wrote:

I will miss being able to do things on command. I got home from work today and just made an entire fucking pasta sauce before starting on some other chores.

Incredible.

anathema@girlcock.club wrote:

So far: methylphenidate makes me nausous fucks my sleep too much and lisdexamfetamine is giving me near-constant headaches / dizziness.

I don't think if anything else is commonly prescribed in the UK, maybe I'll just have to be generally useless and beg employers to look at my productivity averaged over a year and not week-by-week :(

anathema@girlcock.club wrote:

Realising that before I'm halfway through the year I'll probably be bringing my total spend on hair removal up to £10k and I'm not even going to be done 😭

sometimes I really hate being trans / transitioning so late in life.

And I'm still gonna need hair transplants too...

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researchfairy@scholar.social ("The research fairy") wrote:

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xor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins") wrote:

had a very wholesome transit experience the other night: waiting for the C train when the A — one of the new R211s — zoomed by on the express tracks. a bunch of people around me cheered, it was very exciting

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blithe ("Blithe") wrote:

One of my least favorite things about returning to the office is the smell of other people’s bodies.

pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

The world leader of a religious ideology should shut the fuck up and not complain about "ideological conversions".

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/03/13/never-trust-a-pope/

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cmiksche ("Christoph Miksche") wrote:

Just started my first #reactjs app… I have to say, as a longtime #angular and #vuejs developer, I didn’t thought creating #SPAs could be that easy…

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SmudgeTheInsultCat@mas.to ("Smudge The Insult Cat 🐀") wrote:

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researchfairy@scholar.social ("The research fairy") wrote:

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wdlindsy@toad.social ("William Lindsey :toad:") wrote:

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w3c@w3c.social ("World Wide Web Consortium") wrote:

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

how is this not a 1st Amendment issue?

"had been denied permission by the Florida Department of Management Services to hold an outdoor rally on the steps of the Old Capitol in Tallahassee under a new DeSantis administration rule requiring groups to first get sponsorship from a sympathetic state agency."

https://newsie.social/@ProPublica/110016191316253183

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triptych@social.yesterweb.org ("Andrew Wooldridge") wrote:

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technomancy@hey.hagelb.org ("technomancy (turbonerd aspect)") wrote:

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pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

Anecdotes about old miracle cures are not science.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/03/13/cam-and-credulity/

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• Prayer How to do nothing and still think you 're helping (remote)

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ct_bergstrom@fediscience.org ("Carl T. Bergstrom") wrote: