Fuck python, fuck it's stupid white space, and fuck its race traitor creator.......

https://qz.com/1624252/pythons-creator-thinks-it-has-a-diversity-problem/

If they pay you to do it you aren't 'considered' you are.

There is never anyone to 'anoint' high achievers you just sort of slowly become the person you were always looking to learn from.

a.k.a. Congrats, you've arrived. Now stop doubting yourself, consider this just the start and see where you can go.

Someone needs to get laid.

The protesters are anti-NPC and therefore, in part, anti-programming.

Reminder:

Here is the bar for men in STEM fields.

https://archive.is/e5x1V

China tier clone.....

https://assets.toggl.com/images/toggl-how-to-save-the-princess-in-8-programming-languages-0c32e93f47f3f6401913846c4c184e3e.jpg

Who the hell would want that?!?

runs off to download .iso

Creativity at work is a bit of an oxymoron for the average joe.

Your manager probably doesn't have the time, resources or patience to nourish a bunch of budding artisans.

He cares about goals deadlines and numbers. If you want to have your ideas accepted you have to fight for them.

Find an incremental change that you can prove is a better way. By prove I mean ROI numbers and quantifiable goals that align with business needs. (You have to make them want your idea and the best way to do that is to find ways to get them to think it's their idea.) Establish a track record of good ideas, then people will listen.

Not before.

You can die on the cross of idealism or succeed in the real world the choice is always yours.

Good luck.

Build the app. If it's worth "stealing" they'll probably off you a job.

If they steal it and don't offer you a job you know you have the skills but don't want to be there anyway.

And if now one cares, keep working as an intern until you figure out what they really want.

This is a normal career path in this industry.

ctrl+k

Oooo Thanks.

golf clap

everything else has this annoying dependency called 'autism'.

....There is much truth in this.

I'm gonna have to second Nano for most daily usage although Vim is my goto for some specific tasks like nuking entire lines, ensuring there are no extra line breaks, cursing over wrong/forgotten shortcuts, etc.

Spend a little time with each and see which you prefer or what sticks.

Oh bullshit!

These kids aren't even taught to read anymore. They are functionally illiterate and devoid of any math skills.

This is just a way to launder $4B, through teachers unions, back to politics.

Here is your first CS lesson, it covers OR , and AND.

How do you teach kids CS when you can't teach them reading OR math? You need math AND reading for CS.

Oh look another whining millennial who can't understand that the reason you get paid s because jobs aren't inherently rewarding.

1. Start with coffee be sure to build up you tolerance as quickly as possible. Proper consumption is 5 cups per day or more.
2. Bang you head into a wall for at least 20 minutes a day. This will help develop calcium deposits. You'll need the extra padding once you start dealing with end users.
3. An aversion to sunlight is probably inevitable.

Good Luck!

I'm curious about what sort of different tools you are using.

Most of our quick deployment stuff is done with MS Office suite tools, Crystal, and some proprietary software. I would punch a puppy for my own server with PHP and MySQL but our IT is run by a company which is a subsidiary of ours and the rules governing banks and subsidiaries mean we can't tell them to do squat so changes and access requests take weeks. As a result we do as much in house as possible which means heave reliance on the MS Suite. The MS tools are nice in the sense that everyone has access to them and most people have at least a rudimentary skill set with these products. They also allow us to produce proof of concept items extremely quickly which can serve as a stop gap while our IT departments hobbles along.

Decisions on tools are based on need and development time and can be as simple as a macro enabled spreadsheet or changes published to our intranet. Updates to our proprietary systems are done with the built in tools or are kicked back to the vendor if needed.

Nobody is really teaching me any of this stuff and I'm guessing my way through it.

Unfortunately you'll probably find this is the case for the rest of your life. No one knows what they should and everyone else is faking it to some degree as well. The trick is to look like you know what you are doing until you actually do.

Once competent, people will drop more crap on you to stress about. The only way to succeed is to view these challenges as opportunities and to leverage them to advance your career.

One day, long from now and long overdue someone will acknowledge your work and effort. Those days are few and far between but that's all you get.

All jobs suck to a degree, that's why they pay us to go there.

Stay positive, fight for knowledge and empathize with others. Likeability will advance your career as much as skills. Hope this helped.

It's creepy how similar my job is to your description. With a couple of minor exceptions, most notably, I like where I work, am treated quite well, and use different tools our jobs are virtually identical. I work for a bank and like to call myself the digital janitor. I get everything from data transfer projects to missing trade data and even "I forgot the password to my excel file.".

Anyway, a couple things really struck home and I thought I might offer some advice if you wish to take it...

I get treated like a lowly computer monkey and it is frustrating, but that is life if you want to keep a job I suppose.

Your job is a lateral, and as such you will most likely have persistent access to key personnel. Use excuses like data verification, signoffs and whatever else to get as much time with these people. Build relationships and work on your people skills. You skill set will make it incredibly easy to pivot into other areas and even industries.

Like the lateral personnel issues, use the same advantage to learn as much as possible about the industry. A digital skill set coupled with things like a deep knowledge of the new (TRID|AML|UMDAA|etc..) laws make you a very desired person.

I could replace a lot of my annoying users if I was good at that

Don't just replace, but make the argument for the ROI of your work. Suggest that if some of the freed resources were allocated to your department it could be leverage to even greater gains. This will place you in a likely position to acquire subordinates and grow your team.

And finally....

credit reports containing inaccurate information

A: Users in Servicing entered bad information.

mysterious fees showing up on people's statements

A: Users in Credit entered bad information

money going to middle eastern countries

A: Users in the branch entered bad information.

Best of luck,

Fellow evil banker

Sounds awesome, can it be not affiliated with China please?

...Chinese certificate authority