Dysfunctional Programming account #1. Senior SWE. I write C for money. ex-Haskell, ex-OCaml. All opinions are my own.
Joined October 2013
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Apr 14
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My compensation growth as I changed jobs:
2nd job: 4x
3rd job: 1x
4th job: 1.75x
4th job (promotion): 2x
5th job: 1.68x
6th job: 1.78x
7th job: 1.77x
8th job: 1.52x
This has compounded.
I now earn 108x of my first compensation.
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To clarify, this is gross. I moved between countries several times. This has impacted not only taxes but also the cost of living.
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Often I feel like I’m out of sync with the rest of the world.
I don’t watch World Cup.
I haven’t participated in $SPCX IPO.
I haven’t tried Fable.
Anyway, is time to lock in and solve some LeetCode in C
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Woman: “Do you want to know how much is 0.2 in JavaScript?”
Man: “Okay.”
She types console.log(0.2) and it shows 0.2
Man: “Okay”
Woman: “Do you want to know how much is 0.1 in JavaScript?”
Man: “Okay.”
She types console.log(0.1) and it shows 0.1
Man: “Okay”
Woman: “Do you want to know how much is 0.2 0.1 in JavaScript?”
Man: “Okay.”
She types console.log(0.2 0.1) and it shows 0.30000000000004
Man: “Okay”
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Jun 13
Ngl, it felt good to know enough C to see a mistake in the official Tip of the Week article by Google
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Jun 13
To be fair, this was 13 years ago. And the particular mistake might not be a big concern to Google.
Anyway, here's the link: abseil.io/tips/65
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Jun 13
Haskell is the best RPG.
I can finally create my dream character build there.
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Jun 12
Unfortunately, I haven't received any SpaceX shares.
I suspect this is mostly because I haven't bought any.
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Jun 12
AI: Skills of a Junior at the cost of a Senior
Employee: Skills of a Senior at the cost of a Junior
Jun 11
It's actually crazy that the salary of a TCS employee and a Claude Max subscription are equal in 2026.
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Jun 12
The worst part of prompting is lack of autocomplete
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Jun 11
I swear, VSCode has the worst distraction-free mode
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Jun 11
Just compare it to CLion.
JetBrains products have the best taste.
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Jun 11
Had my taste of an adult life for the first time today.
Woke up.
Chores before job.
10 hours of work.
Chores after job.
Sleep.
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Jun 11
Programming languages should be either productivity tools or performance tools.
Perfect if both.
Horrible if none.
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Jun 11
I’ve just seen an enum with 2K cases.
I guess uint8_t is not always enough.
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Jun 11
Here two for enum enjoyers
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Jun 11
Here’s one for enum enjoyers
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Jun 10
While some despised this work environment, others seem too eager to try it out.
This could’ve been a great ad for this company.
If only
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I once interviewed for an insurance company. They had an unorthodox policy.
Fully remote. But every day you and a random teammate are paired and you both spend 8 hours on a Zoom call while working.
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