@Oktokolo 1) technically, the problem is that my customer's clients are using outlook; 2) that last character isn't loading so you could be giving me the finger or saluting my persistence; I can't tell

@dontbeevil so, in my penultimate sentence?

@jespersh no, but only in desktop. When mac, Web, android, and ipad all work, you know they've just been lazy

@magicMirror lol I remember that - it's horrifying. As it is my offspring doesn't seem to have the concept, but we don't exactly have the time to teach what their computing teachers should be doing

Two plus laptop, but I need one or two more

Add it (project and feedback) to your portfolio (stripped of company details if that was part of it) - and once you clean it up it'll make an excellent point about your ability to grow and learn, which should appeal to the next prospective employer

I learned sql first (wasn't for dev at the time) and I think it's a shame that sql tends to be treated as a bit of an afterthought. Very high level languages are a lot easier to pick up, so I think it makes more sense to start there and get lower level as you get comfortable... But I know that's not going to be a popular opinion lol

That's me covered for over 20 years, so yes lol

No other female devs on my team, but we have a female BA. Since going into tech, I've usually been the only woman on my team - including the current role - and once the only woman in the whole (small) company.

It's usually bearable if either a) the men aren't dicks or b) there's a woman around in another role to remind you that civilised people exist. I've definitely been in a place without either, but that's long gone now thankfully!

@black-kite absolutely, I just feel like an idiot when I hadn't yet identified that that was my issue

This looks like it was designed for a very odd viewport size - it looks unnecessarily huge on my 24" HD monitor but if I zoom in to a mobile size it's still in 2 columns...

It's also usually the same kind of person who thinks you can copyright an idea... making it way too hard to explain wtf their problem is

@lbfalvy yes, though you wouldn't know it from how many people use it

@Jedidja then what are you doing learning python?! It's basically mandatory watching!

@Demolishun no? I didn't even use colour, through, or favour!

Good luck - and remember to look at it all as a whole instead of the one element you're trying to change. I highly recommend Sass, but only after you've got the basics down

He has no knowledge of programming but knows 3 languages? Eh?

Wow, I totally misinterpreted that as standup comedy. I haven't been subjected to a standup in about a year 😂

As someone who loathes coffee (literally nauseates me, don't tell me I've just had the wrong stuff): tea. I love the variations available, including things that aren't actually tea but can be made the same way. Chai latte, lapsang souchong, even rooibos. If you hate milk or cream then I can't help lol

Edit: autocorrect

Surely this is the time to break out quotes from monty python??

Could you get the overtime back as time instead? Then you would be clearly choosing not to lose time with your family... And your company might even prefer it

Good estimating is a skill devs don't tend to be taught. You either acquire it elsewhere or deliberately give terrible ones to protest being asked to do it at all

Words make circuits go

I've seen a few different database centric versions, and am firmly on the side of storing all lookup values in a single table, but also storing the string directly in the database record instead of the reference. It makes all the difference when lookups get updated by idiots and you don't then lose data integrity.

Hard coding seems wrong for anything which has the potential to change, but is perfectly good for core options essential to functionality

I agree - most IT positions aren't actually technical in the sense of requiring code. A lot of it is just knowing a system or being able to Google.

Source: I've worked for two IT companies and three software companies

@demortes that's just terrible practice even in vs imo

@fullstackchris can confirm, it's awful. VS Code runs fine though 😅

For a Technical interview, give them something to debug. It could be based on what you'll actually have them working on, to give them an idea of what it'll be like, and will show you whether they can do what they say.

My current place has a two part exercise where you have to debug some backend bits and also work on a "whiteboard" (word document) process without no code to show programmatic thinking. Every dev interviewing does this, which is also a consistent base to measure them against

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@TheCommoner282 *shudder* at least go with a pipe or something