i'm pretty sure that john tuld is not a bozo. maybe jared cohen, but he's a killer.

i was working for outsourcing companies for about 15 years. software engineering was already pointless in that circumstances. this is just a culmination, but now you are affected.

it's an identity problem

probably the main reason why people send their kids to expensive schools is for networking and connections

"Cut a stout blackthorn to banish ghosts and goblins"

The game always made me think of this line too. I wonder if they had it in mind when they came up with the name.

A brand new pair of brogues, rattlin' o'er the bogs...

Frightenin' all the dogs, on the Rocky Road to Dublin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Road_to_Dublin

A classic I only know because it was in the RDJ Sherlock Holmes movie.

The High Kings do a good version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QdbeM2JWYE

all it takes is for one to work out? yes, if your mind is set. if it is not, you don't stand a chance. either you have right mindset all along and it worked out eventually or you changed your mind in the course of the process. otherwise, you will fail all the time.

it all comes down to being responsible (and/or accountable) for some process for which you have no power and control over. hence burnout. relinquish good code and save yourself.

what's fair? how do you measure fairness?