RIP FAANG

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Disagree. What we call coding today will have virtually nothing in common with what they call coding, if they do at all, at the end of the 21st century.

Just look at tools like Parse or Visual Studio Code Search. The future is going to be very, very different from the present.

You are seeing the mechanics of programming and missing the programming. Do Parse or Visual Studio Code Search change what a lambda expression is?

Programming is math, even if some branch falls out of favour, at least the foundations will be useful.

This seems like a great way to avoid giving accumulated vacation time when someone leaves the company.

Wow...that guy is a jerk.

The hula hooping probably wasn't particularly sexual - I would be impressed if any of my coworkers could hula hoop.

I can't. I suck at it. :(

It's very frustrating to be in this position when you don't want to be. It's like 'My pay is good, but my long-term prospects are falling apart.'

It is basically the innovators dilemma on a personal level.

This isn't always the case in CS. It is often more advantageous to your career to not take time off. Granted, someone can get a masters while working, but it's often for the purpose of a career change or promotion into a specific category of position.

Who said anything about taking time off? If the goal is to become a talented software developer, what does a hiring manager care if that was done for-pay or in school, provided the candidate got the experience and did something challenging?

I understand that there are "business" concerns (deadlines, tools, testing, and other things that aren't always taught in school) but a candidate could just as easily be deficient in those areas having worked for an employer with crap practices.

At some point companies need to stop whining and solve their own problems.