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allarm
on Aug 12, 2023
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I feel like I made a mistake investing professiona...
(not op) This is not hamstringing. It’s a matter of preference. I prefer jeans to a tie and a costume. I prefer Emacs and Vim to Vscode. I choose jobs that allow me to wear jeans and code in Emacs.
saagarjha
on Aug 12, 2023
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There are plenty of jobs that will let you do that. Most of them will not be writing software that is built on X.
allarm
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So? What’s your point?
saagarjha
on Aug 12, 2023
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Your choice of text editor is largely irrelevant to your job. Picking a legacy tech stack to work in is not.
allarm
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I get that. I just don’t think that “hamstring” is a good word to describe it. It’s a personal preference.
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