Software Engineer, Music Producer, Game Dev Hobbyist, Car Enthusiast

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Cake day: June 9th, 2023

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  • Fuck SUVs, but I don’t really like the idea that something you already own outright can be regulated to the point where it’s highly inconvenient or impossible to use. I.e someone (albeit an idiot) uses their SUV to get to and from work, whose employer does not pay for or supply parking, now has to either pay 3x more for parking or sell their SUV (which will probably come at a huge loss with everyone else selling their SUV for the same reason).


  • BassaForte@lemmy.worldtoMemes@lemmy.mlAnimation =/= for kids
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    5 months ago

    Kids should be taught the difference between swearing and disrespectful swearing. My parents brought me up to never swear, even though I eventually learned the words and not to swear around them. It’s inevitable that kids will learn swear words but if you completely ignore the problem as a parent, that’s how rampant and disrespectful swearing starts.




  • I was laid off almost a year ago. I don’t even know the reason why. Our team was fairly small, and targetted a specific product within our company that was still very profitable and we had a lot of work lined up for it. They let go of me, two other devs, the senior qa person and a few others. Our team did not over hire during COVID, in fact our team shrunk during that time. I had a good rep within the company and with the team and I know for a fact the others did too.

    My only guess is that the company was trying to save money by shrinking each team, despite already being small (there were 6 left after the layoffs and about 12 before).

    My layoff meeting was with my boss and an HR person that I had already been aquatinted with. They did ensure me that my performance was not the reason I was being let go, but they couldn’t get into specifics either. Strangely my boss seemed emotionally unphased.

    That experience taught me the lesson that no matter who you are in a company, you’re disposable.