monaghanboy

Do / can expats just hang out with each other?

Can and do the expats just socialize with each other to mitigate the problem?

>I expected something juicier

What does the quantity of employees have to do with the discussion?

I'm a software engineer that has an MS in Math (ABD actually). I was good at analysis and differential geometry. Any parts of the codebase/deployment I would be best suited to contribute to?

I think your ideal exists in backend/SRE roles.

Another major version was again released? Seems like literally just a few months ago when, just after upgrading my team's codebase to Webpack 2, Webpack 3 came out.

Why do front-end application frameworks (e.g. Angular, and even React) and build tools constantly feel the need to reinvent what they just reinvented? Don't people (users and developers alike) recognize and tire of the churn?

Stepping back though, a thread like this appears on HN at least once every few months, so I guess this is just par for the course.

fremont ave., stevens creek trail, sunnyvale saratoga, homestead, and stevens creek blvd. are what I frequent most. I'm never on the road (going somewhere on my bike) for more than 25 minutes.

for safety, i guess i just try to follow the rules of the road (i'm not perfect though, coming from a background of not knowing how to drive).

I've never had an issue with general QoL while reading, people generally seem pretty considerate.

I bike everyday to work in the South Bay, Silicon Valley area. Everyone I talk to here can't imagine life without a car, but I haven't had any issues; lots of bike paths here, and all groceries and the gym are just minutes away.

Sometimes when it rains I carpool, and I see how annoyed and irate most drivers get when commuting. So I don't regret not owning a car.

The downside is not being easily able to take day trips, so I still might buy one some day.

As a small example, I met someone at the gym the other day who told me living in the South Bay without a car would suck. I was surprised; I've never learned how to drive, nor have I owned a car, and I consider this a blessing. I bike 25 minutes to work, 20 minutes to the gym, and less to most other places I need to go. And I'm healthier for it.

I never became acclimated to owning a car, and every time I consider buying one, I just can't justify the value add. I don't even mean that financially it wouldn't net out (it certainly wouldn't), but the cognitive overhead of having to manage yet another thing doesn't really appeal to me. And then there's the thought of passively sitting in a box for about an hour a day in lieu of being out in the open air, which sounds awful.

No, I left a couple of years after my MS degree, while I was starting to do work on my dissertation. While I do think that CS isn't as intellectually satisfying as math, it's definitely more lucrative, so I have zero regrets.

Would you mind sharing what kind of software you write?

This is interesting to me, since I'm self-taught and seem to have done well in my career so far (4 years in), but now I'm going through core CS books and courses, worried that I'll hit a ceiling and wanting to fill the gaps in my knowledge. I work in devops and infrastructure.