#general
- e
enough-analyst-54434
10/23/2015, 2:36 AMmccv is a dumbass - b
bored-art-40741
10/23/2015, 2:36 AMAnd then, as it goes... they end up deep in a part of the stack and not deep in knowing their tooling - w
witty-crayon-22786
10/23/2015, 2:36 AM(not what happened here: it's an existence proof) - w
witty-crayon-22786
10/23/2015, 2:36 AMbut anywho - b
bored-art-40741
10/23/2015, 2:36 AMThis is not perhaps wise, but it's also not uncommon - i
important-piano-50289
10/23/2015, 2:36 AMgit sucks because so much of the control rests in the client config - i
important-piano-50289
10/23/2015, 2:37 AMand we had to invent a remote code execution piece that would automatically manage everyone's config just so we could have basic sanity - b
bored-art-40741
10/23/2015, 2:37 AMOne might say that it's both its strength and its weakness - e
enough-analyst-54434
10/23/2015, 2:37 AMI just have absolutely never understood these 2 things: "We're silicon valley Foo and hire the best and brightest", and then over here in east Montana backwoods, I can go to a meetup and these folks all know git real well - e
enough-analyst-54434
10/23/2015, 2:37 AMIts bullshit that these people need this much babying - b
bored-art-40741
10/23/2015, 2:37 AMIt is federated, so it is difficult to screw up, but it is federated, so it is difficult to get right and use, especially at scale - i
important-piano-50289
10/23/2015, 2:37 AMyeah - i
important-piano-50289
10/23/2015, 2:37 AMjohn.sirois: i'm with you in spirit - i
important-piano-50289
10/23/2015, 2:38 AMi agree totally with the sentiment - w
witty-crayon-22786
10/23/2015, 2:38 AMin spirit, in the wood - i
important-piano-50289
10/23/2015, 2:38 AMhaha - i
important-piano-50289
10/23/2015, 2:38 AMstuhood: don't make me put on jethro tull, boy - i
important-piano-50289
10/23/2015, 2:38 AMi'll do it - i
important-piano-50289
10/23/2015, 2:38 AMjohn.sirois: but like, the practical reality is that companies that pay the bills don't see it that way - b
bored-art-40741
10/23/2015, 2:38 AMJohn you live a semi-charmed life. I don't disagree with you mostly, but still, the path of a clever engineer into a good company is not always paved with particular knowledge of common OSS constructs - i
important-piano-50289
10/23/2015, 2:38 AMthis is the same argument oscar uses when he thinks everyone should just buckle down and learn FP pure languages - i
important-piano-50289
10/23/2015, 2:39 AMit's impractical - w
witty-crayon-22786
10/23/2015, 2:39 AMheh - e
enough-analyst-54434
10/23/2015, 2:39 AMThat I think is true - e
enough-analyst-54434
10/23/2015, 2:39 AMI do exhibit the same form of intolerance - i
important-piano-50289
10/23/2015, 2:39 AMand people who have valid contributions to make in one area of the business do not necessarily have the requisite talents to be proficient in all areas - e
enough-analyst-54434
10/23/2015, 2:39 AMThat I think is lame - i
important-piano-50289
10/23/2015, 2:40 AMit's true dude - e
enough-analyst-54434
10/23/2015, 2:40 AMBut certainly true - i
important-piano-50289
10/23/2015, 2:40 AMthat's why you got to retire at 30-whatever to your undisclosed location in the backwoods of montana