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Yeah I used to have a massive spreadsheet tracking the entirety of household finances. I was worried that no one would know where the money was if I suddenly died, so I started a monthly finance 1:1 with my spouse. Even wrote an "upon death or incapacitation" playbook for her.

The second session was just her saying WTF I can't keep track of the location, ownership and tax benefits of 40 accounts!

I've since closed 3/4 of all accounts because of that.

Liking the smell of pine does not mean I want the smell of a pine forest fire in my house all day long. You don't see caffeine addicts rolling up coffee grounds to set fire to it, do you?

There's nothing subjective about not wanting smoke in my lungs. If someone wants to get pot buzzed, go eat an edible and waste a day of productivity for all I care. Smoking the entire house, and costing me my deposit while justifying it with "George Carlin wrote jokes on weed" is peak pothead narcissism that makes me want to have it permanently banned.

While I agree on the withdrawal symptoms, the main differentiating point for me is that drinking coffee doesn't waste time. Marijuana consumption is one of the most unproductive things to do for leisure. I don't do alcohol for the same reason, it's a massive waste of time. Both render the consumer functionally useless for hours, and, if you're older, assures that the next day will be extremely unpleasant.

There's also a big difference on a social level. Have you ever had a pothead as a roommate? The entire house smells like a garbage dump 24/7. Whereas freshly ground coffee actually smells good. Coffee addicts only bothered me with their unwashed V60s lying around in the sink.

That depends on the other person's search pattern. I did the same and got O(n^2). :(

Now I just use the hotdogs as the meeting point.

The Tesla cars are the only cars I've ever driven that can simultaneously provide one with the very best, and yet absolute dog shit driving experience. It's a weird car that I honestly don't understand. Especially when people talk about the software being the best on the market. I don't recall the last time I cared about car software more than being able to use the turn signals properly. Great acceleration though.

This just reads like a basic description of every large organization out there with humans in them.

Okay I'm properly worrying now. I'll throw in a couple more thoughts and prayers to change the mind of Modi while at it.

I'll only actually worry when Thailand bans hom mali rice exports.

Well yes, but whatever milk/water you serve in it right afterwards will still taste and smell of burnt plastic. I take it as something inevitable because no one's going to be giving a glass milk bottle to an infant.

Maybe I should dump every single child plastic drink/dinnerware for 18/10 stainless steel.

I'd prefer if they kept the y-axis starting at zero for a more realistic representation.

The problem was that they only knew how to code.

What data? I never said anyone can do coding. My spouse sure can't. Code is the easiest part of the job in my company where almost everyone is a genius (sans me). But few enjoy (nor do well with) syncing project goals with other teams. Someone has to do the dirty work while getting dissed by juniors for lack of code. I'm not sure if this experience applies to where you're working at so YMMV.

But I must admit that this is karma. For I have had an almost identical take as you more than a decade ago. Feels like I'm looking in a mirror.

Clearly I have much more to improve on because you put it way better than I did. My communication skills are terrible.

There's a misunderstanding here due to context. Someone working in a startup (been there) will find it difficult to understand just now much communications are required to get anything done in a large MNC. Out of necessity, people who have pushed enough code to understand the systems have to step up to do the comms instead of being siloed. I had many a time freaked out some other team because the phrasing of my email made them think we're going to dump more work on them. This is the actual difficult part about engineering at scale: Getting everyone on the right page.

You can opt to keep coding, but it won't get you far in your career. Does this mean the communications have more value than actual implementation? It depends. Again, this value differs at different company sizes.

I just got the chance to code again last month, and I've already completed 5 features (code reviewed) that the juniors couldn't complete in a year. I won't say they are worse at coding, but more that I am more familiar with how dependencies work because I've already done the same thing when I was a junior. Also, knowing who to ask for help also helps a lot.

I stand by my statement. Code is easy and code is cheap. One day you'll understand.