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Worst Working Conditions You Had To Write Code In?
sausaw writes "I recently had to write code in a hot dusty room for 20 days with temperatures near 107F (~41C); having nothing to sit on; a 64 Kbps inconsistent internet connection; warm water for drinking and a lot of distractions and interruptions. I am sure many people have been in similar situations and would like to know your experiences."
I also didn't say WHEN.
You made four incorrect assumptions:
1. You assumed I served in the US Army.
2. You assumed I served RECENTLY (e.g. 2004 on)
3. You assumed that people don't have to write code in safe locations - in many other armies MOCs or MOS are not as separate as here - an 041 Field Engineer frequently writes code for laptops and has cross-training in other specialties.
4. You assumed that I never wrote code in the rain and the mud, or the snow and the cold. I just don't recall being shot at during those conditions, hence it wasn't worth mentioning. Although writing code in the rain and the mud while bugs crawl over your keypad is slightly bizarre (note that milspec computers for field ops are fairly rugged).
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And yet you still don't state what country you served in and what WAR you were in where you were being shot at. Because to my knowledge, no other wars were being fought except by the Soviets and Israelis that involved any high tech equipment. And since your name is not Russian nor Israeli, we can safely leave those out. So again, through deductive reasoning, I call bullshit.
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The US has not technically been involved in any wars since World War II, civilian. They've all been peace actions and such like. Contrary to popular belief, NATO is not solely comprised of military personnel from the United States, nor are operational actions restricted solely to Iraq (which while called a War, is not technically so), and military units have been involved in portions of Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.
Thank you for playing. Please go enlist if you too wish to write code in hostile working environments and get underpaid for it.
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Already enlisted, civilian. Unlike you who likes to spread bullshit about enlisted for foreign armies while being an elected democratic representative for the seattle 43rd democratic district. Care to change your story yet? I'm intrigued how someone who can enlist in a foreign Army (or so he claims) can hold a public office. :)
Or in case you are unware, those are grounds for losing your citizenship, punk. So please, go ahead and show me how I am wrong. You see unlike you, I actually DID serve. My brothers both served. And I know bullshit when I see it. So go ahead. Tell us all how you served for a foreign Army. I'm all ears. :)
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And he once was convinced he found a security breach in my code because he composed a GET request, making a pistol gesture and a "pow" sound.
Was he wearing a cowboy hat at the time?
This is why I tell people, "any idiot can get an 80k programming job." (If they're well connected.)
Hell, any mouthbreather can be prez-o-dent if they have the right daddy.
"We returned the General to El Salvador, or maybe Guatemala, it's difficult to tell from 10,000 feet"
"News for Nerds. Stuff that Matters." How does the original post come even remotely close to meeting either of those criteria. It's not news, and it doesn't matter...
Actually, if you believe in what's said in the Old Testament, God did promise that part of the Middle East to the Hebrews. About all the Arabs can claim is credit for turning a land of milk and honey into an arid wasteland.
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