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WomanCanCode | 6 years ago | on: Warren runs ‘fake’ FB ad attacking Zuckerberg over inaction on misinformation

I think the best thing happening in the recent time was when Zuckerberg was summoned by Congress to testify. It just opened our eyes that political advertisement and buying influence on social media is not only cheap but being done actively by groups whose members are not registered to vote in the USA. I'm told that this is also happening in other countries.

WomanCanCode | 6 years ago | on: WeWork chases new financing as cash crunch looms

I don't understand the WeWork business model. Landlords are all around you. Companies sometimes prefer to own a property rather than lease because over the time, you only lose money renting. Explain pls, how is WeWork different than all the other commercial landlords?

WomanCanCode | 6 years ago | on: Western firms kowtow to China's increasing economic clout

I understand that companies need to do everything in their power to maximize profits. However, we as concerned citizens should also not 'enrich' these companies by continuously supporting them. We are simply lucky that we are living in a relatively free world when so many are not.

WomanCanCode | 6 years ago | on: Baking a Better Loaf of Bread

This article reminds me of a documentary on Netflix about how we prefer to grow surpluses of lower quality wheat crops in the US that has higher yield output. I wonder if we will ever go back to quality as oppose to quantity ….

WomanCanCode | 6 years ago | on: Oppenheimer and the Gita (2014)

I've been fascinated by Sanskrit because some of the words sound so much like old english/germanic. There need to be more study done on indian languages because there have just soo many of them and every region has their own dialects. It's as if the tower of babel incident happened over there.

WomanCanCode | 6 years ago | on: I'm resigning as a moderator from all Stack Exchange sites, effective today

I liked what the moderators and their teams did to make SO and SE sites interesting to read by keeping away lower quality contributions. But at the same time, I don't think think the sites were very welcoming to newer members/contributors. Recently, I have started visiting some of the microsoft sponsored forums/developer communities. They have no problem if the exact same questions have been asked many many times already. The use of downvotes button should also be minimize. Rather, a short reply to something you disagree is actually quite friendly. Downvotes can sometimes hurt someone feeling because you have no way of knowing why he/she is upset at what you posted.

WomanCanCode | 6 years ago | on: Employers Used Facebook to Keep Women and Older Workers from Seeing Job Ads

I agree. As a female software developer, I would like to see those ads so I can get better jobs. If I don't even see the ads, then I would not even know about opportunity. Without opportunity, I cannot really progress.

If only men see the ads, apply jobs and get interviews, then the employers may think that they shouldn't advertise to women. This is just circular thinking.

WomanCanCode | 6 years ago | on: Employers Used Facebook to Keep Women and Older Workers from Seeing Job Ads

When I was younger (unmarried and no kids), I could work 11 hours in the office as a software developer. And that translate to 55 hours a week minimum. But now I just work 9.5 hours a day. I would love to work 8 hours, but based on my experience you really need to work as much as you can get so you can have a “good” daily stand-up report. I wish I could have a better work and life balance … but when you are a software engineer, you can't turn off your programming brain. The problem will be in your mind even if you leave the office, sadly

WomanCanCode | 6 years ago | on: Online courses vs. colleges for software engineering

Getting a university degree has been the single most rewarding experience in my life. It gave me opportunity in life. I was born to very poor parents who didn't have high school diploma or degree. We had almost nothing growing up. Getting formal education changed my life. I got internship before graduating with my degree. And I got entry level position immediately after graduating. I started saving to pay off my student loans immediately after that.

WomanCanCode | 6 years ago | on: Age Discrimination at Work

I'm a middle age female software developer and also found similar experience when I was in the job market recently. The software development positions generally are below 2 years, under 5 years and the senior position at 6-8 years. What do you do if you have 20 years of software development experience?

WomanCanCode | 6 years ago | on: Want to hire the best programmers? Offer growth

I've been in the technology field for 20 years. I'm also a female coder. I was a Java Expert. Then start again with entry level with other technology. Then start again with entry level web development in my third job. Whenever you start again with a different technology stacks you become an entry level. You cannot really climb higher or grow in this profession. And that's the inherent problem with information technology. It's changing to fast.

WomanCanCode | 6 years ago | on: Want to hire the best programmers? Offer growth

There's no such thing as growth in the technology field. Most of the organizations just want a specific and narrow expertise in a particular technology. If you think your 7+ years of experience in certain technology is something then you are wrong. There'll be an 18 year old who has been programing in that technology since he was 12. You'll eventually get pushed over. Employers don't want a well-rounded person. They just want someone who know enough to do maintenance and their current products.

WomanCanCode | 6 years ago | on: Netflix shares sink 10% as subscriber take-up slows

I'm noticing that my child doesn't even like or watch anything on Netflix kids. Youtube actually has a more appealing kid contents. I think what Netflix is missing is the daytime talk show/news reporting/ sports. They don't have good movie selections. And their sofware/app is terrible. You cannot find anything anymore. They keep on changing the order of my list and they also put different poster for the same title/content. This gets confusing, when you start watching something, only realizing you already did, a couple of months ago. Just the poster of the show/movie has changed!
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