Yep, fake "conservatives" all around.

They don't. They apply the same laws to _anybody_ that does business in the EU. Kind of like US law applies to _anybody_ doing business in the US. But I guess that idea is to complex for you.

Indeed. They think the law essentially does not apply to them. Of course that is not acceptable at all.

As in finding the reference design and putting that on a PCB? Color me non-impressed.

Because it makes the grades meaningless.

Indeed. And that is the core problem when an engineering discipline cannot perform or cannot perform well: incompetence.

... by 10x at least. Cushy jobs at the VW ICE production line in Wolfsburg are going the way of the Dodo, especially with VW pushing hard for EVs, by German standards.

As a senior webdev in the agency space for the better part of 2.5 decades I can attest that the hiring process has been absolute shite for at least 20 years now. However, last year it was notably bad. I'm an experienced senior webdev with an impressive project portfolio, a very fine-tuned and optimized CV reviewed by professional career and job application advisors (highly recommended!) and a very solid personal branding (I know a thing or two about marketing and branding) with a professionally run and maintained weblog that has been going on for more than 20 years now. If you Google my name it comes up at spot #1 and comes with a solid and professional presentation.

But last summer it was notably tedious to get a new gig, even for someone as seasoned and experienced as me. I took my salary demands down 20k, applied for 60+ targeted, custom worded and spot on applications where I checked every box listed, less than 10 reactions of any kind, roughly 5 actual interviews, 4 of which with 30+ year old HR dimwitts (albeit somewhat professionally cordial) 2 of which went anywhere with one being one of the shoddiest of low-end crappy in-house web agency teams I've seen in a looong time. In short: It was total carnage.

The last one was a singular webdev staff position in a 70+ lawyer law firm which I'm at right now. I haven't written an single line of code that was mentioned in the job description (a classic thing as many of you may know) but instead was booked on a one-man product development army for an existing shitty bug-ridden jamstack application that was originally designed and built by a dev on crack, or so it seems. The job is OK, I have seniors who know a thing or two about IT and keep our internal customers off my back, the work is chill and I have 80% remote but there is no way in hell I would've gotten this gig without deciders knowing the difference between front- and backend, with solid amounts of luck and chance and yet again HR staying out of the mix.

It was bad back in 2001 after the dot bomb and in 2008, but this time it felt extra challenging.

It must be a total shit-show for some n00b coming straight from college, especially with AI and the global economic downturn we're running in to. I definitely would recommend to any young guy today to steer clear of coding and other IT work and learn a trade. That way one can still remain somewhat relevant even if AI and the bots take over.

This has been going on for decades due to man made climate change. That the alpine glaciers will be gone within a decade has just about been common knowledge too. The true story is that time is quickly running out on getting an eco-turnaround happening that will prevent the worst.

They became trash a few years back. Have never regretted dropping them.

I fully agree. Violate KISS and things will never get to a secure or reliable state. The "web framework" crowd does not seem to know that basic fact.

Just a demo that shows React is crap. Like most "web frameworks" really. Almost all are gross KISS violations and that cannot go well.

The greedy scum will make sure everything goes down.

Wow, arrogant _and_ clueless. Nice!

Indeed. RC4 never got the maturity that anybody competent would have used is. But MS never did "competent".