Apparently if you spend all your time either working or interviewing, even at places you don't want to wind up, it'll all just come together perfectly because that's all your schedule is.
Fellow NJ programmer here - have you had much luck finding stuff in Central Jersey? Red Bank to Toms River sorta area.
I'm currently working in Red Bank and have been having a hell of a time finding places that don't seem miserable or just short contract work that I'm not interested in lol
> Is the Secret Service really confident that it can protect its charges from this kind of attack?
Yes. Our military is pretty confident that it can handle any form of missile/flying object trying to reach US soil before its an issue, which is part of why we feel pretty much zero repercussions for being terrible.
Hey, I know it's just a small comment on HN so I don't know the whole picture and you very well may already know/do this, but people who tend to have free time to just pump out side projects without worrying about work tend to be already-privileged people.
I get what you mean about not even really needing the project to work, just show that you have an idea and wanna work on it, yadda yadda, but I think you'll eliminate some good candidates and hard workers if you see a lack of side projects as a lack of devotion or work ethic.
Taking a few delivery jobs while being relatively well off isn't the same as people picking this up as a 2nd or 3rd job and depending on it.
I can't believe I have to point out that most of the people being affected negatively by this aren't by-and-large "wealthy" or "secure" people to begin with.
Hard disagreement, if something can feel pain and suffering then we should be striving to overcome the need to inflict that on them.
Also, just because we don't "owe" it to them doesn't mean we shouldn't. Being nice or doing good in the world isn't something that should be earned by the recipients, it should be the default for how we treat each other if we're REALLY trying to progress and move forward as sentient beings.
Seeing people say things like "Simple competition sorts it out" as if any complex problem can be answered like that. We should really know better, given our field.
Also interesting that basically anyone saying anything mildly critical of capitalism is getting downvoted without much response
Vinyl is still super popular in the punk/hardcore/DIY scene. Hell, cassettes are still pretty popular too, but basically take a look at https://triplebrecords.limitedrun.com/store or https://deathwishinc.com/ - and these are just the relatively "bigger" bands, lot of local-level bands still do it too.
I disagree with your analysis in the first sentence on a fundamental level, so I think we may just not see eye to eye on this. I think it's more reflective of the issues of crony capitalism and exploitation of the working class than as a litmus test of whether automation has "made it" yet.
Self checkout at the grocery store is still a mess that requires frequent intervention from on-hand employees, and even the most advanced system still usually requires someone there for insurance. Hell, the best minds in the country still can't get cars to drive themselves without someone on deck to pull the plug if it all goes tits up.
But we're decreasing the quality of the service, so do they, really? We then need the aforementioned people to fill in the gaps for the systems.
Automation shouldn't be replacing people in the workforce, it should be allowing us to do our jobs more efficiently and tackle the more pressing, human issues that require nuance.