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						About10+ year HL7 developer. Weather geek. Dad.
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						SkillsHL7, JavaScript, Java, SQL
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						LocationSt. Louis, MO
Joined devRant on 9/19/2016
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				    Working from home, picking my own hours of work, being paid ridiculous sums of money, and of course, all the pretty ladies. Oh wait. I have none of that. :(4
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				    A young guy I work with burst into tears today, I had no idea what happened so I tried to comfort him and ask what was up.
 
 It appears his main client had gone nuts with him because they wanted him to make an internet toolbar (think Ask.com) and he politely informed them toolbars doesn't really exist anymore and it wouldn't work on things like modern browsers or mobile devices.
 
 Being given a polite but honest opinion was obviously something the client wasn't used to and knowing the guy was a young and fairly inexperienced, they started throwing very personal insults and asking him exactly what he knows about things (a lot more than them).
 
 So being the big, bold, handsome senior developer I am, I immediately phoned the client back and told them to either come speak to me face-to-face and apologise to him in person or we'd terminate there contract with immediate effect. They're coming down tomorrow...
 
 So part my rant, part a rant on behalf of a young developer who did nothing wrong and was treated like shit, I think we've all been there.
 
 We'll see how this goes! Who the hell wants a toolbar anyway?!414
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				    Not only in my work, but in my life.
 
 My biggest inspiration is the popcorn seller that patiently stays outside the subway exit, standing, every fucking day, from 4-5pm until 0-2am.
 
 He stays until after the subway closes, and only leaves after everyone waiting for their Uber or their ride do.
 
 In the rainiest day of the year, he was there.
 In the coldest day of the year, he was there.
 In the worst crisis of our country in the last decades, the region became temporarily infested by bandits and beggars. Sometimes I had to work overtime until 11:30pm and I had to be very cautious with all the robbers in the empty dark street. But guess who was there, sometimes calmly saying "get out, go work" to the bad elements bothering him?
 
 I find it reallybfunny and refreshing when everyone is inside waiting for the rain to settle down, while he is standing in the middle of it. Or when I'm coming home really late, and he is still out there freezing cold.
 There is no excuse for not doing your best. Life sucks sometimes, but there are no excuses. Just work hard, and laugh at the bad times.
 Every time I saw him there, I thought "my day was hard, but I could've worked even harder". At the same time he made me feel better for having a better job, he inspired me not to bitch about any little things.
 
 Then you might ask: "isn't he dumb to stay until 2am even though he is probably not getting any costumers after 11pm?" or "how can someone so unsuccessful be so inspiring?"
 
 Well, I don't know. He just is.
 Do almighty, genious people like Steve Jobs inspire me at work? Of course. More than this man? Certainly not.8
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				    WINDOWS USER VS LINUX USER
 
 A Windows User's view on computing
 
 I have the blue screen of death again
 You'll never hear me say
 I'm happy with my computer
 At the end of the day
 my operating system
 dictates
 my choice
 in programs i use and the features I've
 i have complete control
 over nothing
 i lose sleep
 worrying about getting viruses
 and
 microsoft patching vulnerabilities in time
 i don't have time to think about
 some thing better.
 i've learned
 to live with old software issues
 There's no way i'm planning
 to change, and
 its worth it to me
 
 A Linux User's view on computing
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				    My girlfriend got bitten by a mosquito and kept scratching it.
 After I complained about the size of the bite, she said "c'mon it's just a bit, not big enough to be a byte".
 When I finished facepalming (it took a while), I realized how proud I am of her.3
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				    Have you ever wondered we programmers have so many strong communities.... Stackoverflow, devRant, Reditt, etc...
 No other profession has such communities... Why? Why?
 Because, we haven't built one for them.... 😂😁62
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				    Myth: "Open offices leads to massive collaboration"
 
 Reality: 2 people collaborates loudly, 30 others have to wear headphones to get anything done13
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				    Me: *click click click click*
 
 Girlfriend: Do you have to be so loud when you're typing?!
 
 Me: probably not *CLICK CLICK CLICK CLICK*
 
 //Gonna see how far this goes... Buying a mechanical keyboard on my break :D9
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				    When someone else's JS got you like... Want some meatballs and garlic bread with that spaghetti code?1
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				    !rant
 
 props to @dfox and @trogus for uploading their devRant podcast to 5 different plattforms, as well as providing 3 mp3 download links in different bitrates! you can tell this was created by devs, for devs :)4

 
		
		
	












