Burned out is a reality we all face time and time again. That’s what vacations are for. Perhaps she outgrew her skill set and is ready for a bigger challenge. She should take a break, then jump into a small project to get her feet wet again.

Have you cleared the vents out lately? The thermal sensors in the chipset, CPU, and GPU can trigger reboots all because of degraded air flow from dust and debris.

I like PHP. I love Python. I personally feel that Java can die a flaming death but am cool with people that code in it.

Yeah.. I am pissed too. I upgraded my CPU and now I get nag screens saying my CPU isn’t supported in this OS. Fuck you Microsoft! I am not paying $200 for Windows 10.

Hrmmm... Microphones are boolean objects. Who knew?

I have already done this.
<?php
echo "Hello World";
?>

IE Renders it beautifully. Done and done.

@ClemFrieckie I have gotten some replies. Some apps were super positive and the best one I have ever dealt with was the team for NetSpotApp. I have had some dickbag responses from others as well. But you are right, mostly no replies.

How about "muttles"? Non technology type.

@agentwolf44 You are spot on. I don't give a shit about greek history and underwater basket weaving. I considered altering the TLDR algorythm on Stack Overflow to write APA or MLA papers if you feed it sources and a thesis paragraph. If you drop all the unrelated courses from my GPA I have a solid 3.8. Add in all the crap I don't care about and it is a fighting 2.1. The English and History classes seem to be mindless busy work of wordy discussion posts and bullshit papers. All because the want us to be "well rounded" in our education. You know, lets make the paper generator as a big F you to colleges.

Random number calls: Hello, this is X from Y company and I noticed that you left your GPA blank on accident. Can you provide that please so I can get this interview scheduled?
Me: No, My GPA doesn't define me. Good luck finding a candidate.

It is hard to tell someone that you fought hard for your 2.1 so you could barely graduate.

I have 6 ones in my desk drawer that have been there all winter. I trust my co-workers and we are in a secure area as well.

I am opening up a bait shop in Florida to sell live shrimp to tourist fishermen.

I was told to create a highly secure group policy object in Active Directory for a couple of computers that were for public use. I had made a production change for the entire forest earlier that week and popped open my console to start dev on the new GPO. I had thought I opened my new object in the OU I was going to drop the 4 computers into but, no, I was editing a group policy object that was corporate wide. I was taking away buttons, locking down browser settings, and causing all kinds of problems for every user in the company without even realizing it until my IT manager came over wide eyed asking "What are you doing? The entire sales departments computers are useless right now." Oops. Luckily it was easy to reverse but, I thought I was getting canned right there.

@g-m-f Exactly, and they like the word critical for a category name.

@sonywalk That is all too common. User are even worse. "Would you say this is a high, medium, or low priority?" is what I ask and usually get a response of "Oh, high. I need this right away." I can count on that answer. I am not making web pages either. I am making security tools that pulls memory dumps or chews through log files or something like building report by correlating SIEM data and LDAP data.

We have a couple Kuregs in the office and we all bring different K-Cups and trade them. I have tried a ton of them but seem to like the Green Mountain Breakfast Blend the best. It is really smooth and not very bitter.

Everything sucks. Find what sucks the least for what you are doing.

One basic skill for developers is project juggling. The magic question is "What is your priority on this?" Rinse and repeat until you re-prioritize your entire plate. Use a whiteboard in big letters so they see how busy you are and so they can see that if everything has a critical or high priority, that NOTHING has priority.

We live similar lives.

This blows up in my Python mind because you are concatenating integers and strings...

The value of a second set of eyes is huge sometimes.

Use what you are comfortable with and can be most productive in.

class h():
def world(self):
return 'Hello World'

hello = h()
print hello.world()

Or

print 'Hello World'

If you're lazy. LOL

@sgbaker me too!! That would be sweet.

Entire world.

I am an infosec dev. Python, Perl, C, Powershell, Bash. I write the tools that make the log files sing. Haha

I get beat up and told I'm wrong on stack if I post a solution. Like the epoch conversion thing. I do it every day for Apple device logs. Someone ripped in to me because it was 12 hours off. I then had to tell him that I operate in Zulu time only so he will have to adjust for his own time zone. It wasn't hard to figure out when I found out the asshat was in New Zealand. SO is kind of brutal sometimes.

My wife has learned that if she sends me to the store package type and quantity matter. She says buy canned corn. She assumes 1 can. Nope, sorry.

qty ||= 2

If nobody gets the ruby reference, if qty not specified default value is 2.

I use Pandora and a station called Relaxation. Seems I write best code with classical or beta waves music. Then it's Megadeth and Slayer for the ride home. I'm weird.

@liammartens expert? Not by a long shot.