Comment Re:News at 11 (Score 1) 172
Indeed. Also: How worrying is is that there are people here who think that an attack that doesn't involve threatening another person with violent assault offers no advantages over one that does?
Indeed. Also: How worrying is is that there are people here who think that an attack that doesn't involve threatening another person with violent assault offers no advantages over one that does?
"That's a familiar situation to many out-of-work software engineers, whose skills start depreciating almost as soon as they are laid off, given the dynamism of the industry"
I never understood this. I don't deny it's a common view in the industry, but does it make big difference in reality? Someone who was a good programmer a year or two ago, may be a touch rusty, but they very rapidly come up to speed. Programming talent seems to be a much more valuable attribute that knowledge of frameworks, libraries etc.
My employer generally rubs it's hand with glee when it gets a CV from someone who's just returning from a career break. It's often a sign you can get someone good on the cheap, because other companies will be hesitant to take them.
If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the first woodpecker to come along would destroy civilization.