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@jimmynotjim @marcamos @chadclark @jjmartucci http://i.makeagif.com/media/10-23-2014/iC3WjF.gif omg wat
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drank a beer in the shower, now using a Thomas the Train lapdesk with my computer in bed while i watch the Sox game. #dadlife
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Did You Read The Whole Email Before You Replied?
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downside: my kids are obsessed with Pokémon GO.
upside: they want to send 3 of our cats to the professor for candy, then evolve the 4th.
upside: they want to send 3 of our cats to the professor for candy, then evolve the 4th.
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congratulatory emails from the very executives that are responsible for the unreasonable scope and deadlines. its like a thief thanking you.
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release today that had my team work through 4 of past 5 weekends. i guess i should be happy? just numb. it never should have come to this.
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the scale of matchbox cars always bothered me, even when i was a kid.
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“I did all that walking without Pokemon GO running” is the new “I did all that walking without my fitbit!”
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i just can’t keep up with you kids and your web 2.0
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@BCBrewAndCue also get your list to me ahead of time. :)
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my first impressions of iOS 10: my god, what have i done.
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there’s an existential hell where right after you update Wordpress plugins you need to update them again.
wait a minute, i live there. now.
wait a minute, i live there. now.
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remember when we thought 3G was great and text based apps actually worked on it
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I thought I should start sharing good news also. further: the weather is nice, beer is waiting in the fridge at home.
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I got my bus and got my train and got my other train. I am projecting I will arrive at home when I expected to.
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this morning I'm celebrating the optimization of my commute. it only took me 2:20 door-to-door today.
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get to work, catch a glimpse of myself in a mirror, pause
...
oh, so *that's* why people were looking at me on the bus.
...
oh, so *that's* why people were looking at me on the bus.
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this morning there are Bees on my Train. feeling like @SamuelLJackson
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i had such an incredible weekend with my wife and kids and oh my gosh am i tired can i sleep until wednesday or so thanks
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@mikesuszek he’ll be turning 43 next month, on the same day i do. :)
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naps are great, if you’re 2 or 42! #truth #iamsotired
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aha, it’s one of these! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_Production_Group @julianrex nailed it. thanks!
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does anybody know what this is?
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this was kinda nuts. the park was full of people and every single one of them playing.
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wow today a train hit my flaming dumpster of a project.
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it only took a month, I'm the only member of my dev team who came into the office today.
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dear Waze: in traffic, it is difficult to make a left turns. Signed, human.
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oh, right. Labor Day Weekend. one of the more valid excuses for fireworks.
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I can still relate to the young people. https://mic.com/articles/153375/millennials-can-t-go-a-week-without-eating-a-burrito-survey-finds
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her: “blimey!”
me: “suddenly you’re British… and alarmed?”
me: “suddenly you’re British… and alarmed?”
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also i realize that a middle aged, well-compensated white guy deserves absolutely no sympathy.
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don’t get stuck in your 40s having to do an unfulfilling job for a despicable company because you need the salary. also: brush your teeth.
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i guess, in summary, start saving early. make smart decisions about your career path. _have_ a career path.
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but also, i need to receive a salary commensurate with ALL the experience i have to offer, and this is difficult to find in other companies
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this is difficult for me because i want to do work that helps people. at this stage in my life i need to do work that helps people.
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the other ‘agile’ locations were renovations-in-place, but in boston they moved the office and in some cases, increased commutes by an hour
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my company is trying to ‘change the culture’ to be one of co-location and collaboration, so they invested in new ‘agile’ workspaces
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today i drove to and from a really cool office in a really great neighborhood to work for an unpleasant company on a trainwreck of a project
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“it probably doesn’t help that i have very little idea what i’m doing.”
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holy sept it’s craptember already
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@brianloveswords they’re the same people who think that a web URI requires a ‘www’ in it.
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we need more “Silicon-“ geographical areas. Silicon Plateau. Silicon Moraine. Silicon Rainforest. Silicon Morass.
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@DanielBrian i got a very capable machine for it now though. the download is gonna take a few days however. heh
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my business owners, in contiguous sentences, expressed concern about deadlines while asking for more functionality ‘show stoppers.’
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feeling really good about the all-day punishment meeting because my team couldn’t meet unrealistic deadlines with expanding scope.
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@deathbearbrown it’s like - oh, you own all your sources of data? how cute. what’s your SLA with yourself?
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my best contribution to the world yesterday: making this graphic http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5393589/macro/dumpsterfire.png
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WHERE IS MY LUNCHBOX? i thought i put it in the fridge… http://amzn.to/2byzjNp
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when you punish your dev & QA teams before a deadline, you're trying to convince them to find a better job. don't be surprised when they do.