Friend of mine who has a job that uses MS office at most, sent me a message saying "I want to make my own AI, any good python books?"...no previous programming experience other than playing video games...slow down there bud

Oh its ok Mr. "Senior PM"...its totally ok to take a week of PTO during crunchtime...a week before launch...that wont cause any issues at all....

Intern at my job doesn't write commit messages...

When you upload something that actually works but you're too paranoid to be happy about it.

The whole javascript / java thing (which i suppose is an easy mistake to make to the uninitiated ).

The bright side is, it functions as a good litmus test.

Modifying a depracated wordpress theme with visual composer does not make you a developer. Doing so does not give you the authority to scope development projects. it just sets everyone up for a really awkward, potentially insulting, conversation.

"Do it right do it light..do it wrong do it long"

My old peewee football coache's sage advice on the pitfalls of technical debt..

Interviewer: Oh ...we don't really use version control here..it's too hard to get the different offices on the same page.

Me: ...

Can't tell if devrant is good for catharsis...or bad for procrastination...

I'll decide later..

PM: How long do you think this will take...

Me: When does it need to be done?

PM: good question.... last Tuesday...

Me: ... -_-

You "following up" and "just checking in" doesn't actually make anything go faster...quite the opposite actually..