I remember back when I was a kid my uncle told me a story about a night watchman who had a few drinks to alleviate the boredom of his job. He got really drunk and wondered off into the jungle ( back then the line between where the city starts and the jungle begins was shall we say blurred, probably still is ). Anyway they found his half eaten body the next morning not far from his post. I think my uncle told me that story to scare the hell out of me but, it had the opposite affect. I just said that that was the coolest thing ever and we should go leopard hunting.
I'd say it was very good compared to just about any country that is not in North Europe. And I really don't have an issue with busses anymore in London. TFL have a fantastic API which tells you when the bus you want is arriving at a stop amoungst many other things.
There are probably exceptions but I'm guessing that there are very few people who love their city's mass transit system if they have to use it daily at rush hour in all kinds of weather.
I like buses that move fast, that means optimising the time it takes for people to get on and off. That is especially so in London where buses stop every 200 yards or so and at each stop there are people getting on and off - at some popular stops there can be 30 people getting on and off.
Riders using cash slow the bus down considerably. Do you have suggestions on how to make it as fast as just tapping your Apple Watch or Oyster card on the yellow pad? :-)
You can still be anonymous using an Oyster card that's pre-loaded with cash.
Javascript is fairly new, Perl hass been around for ages. So there is a lot of old code knocking about that was written quickly and by people who quite frankly did not know what they were doing. Perl5 is actually extremely readable and if you are any where near a decent developer you will understand it. I have worked in loads of companies and bad code is bad code no matter the language. I have have seen some Java code that made me want to give up development for good, and don't get me started on legacy browser javascript code.
Per wikipedia, Javascript was appeared in 1994 versus Perl in 1987 - not that big of a difference.
Now, both Perl and Javascript today - are totally different beasts they been back then. They both evolved a lot, but due no real competition in browsers Javascript have monopoly. Perl on the other hand, even having all this awesome stuff in it today, have to compete with many other platforms.
Absolutely, it is when following readability guidelines and write documentation. Using obfuscation style is a mess and will never help anybody but the developer ego who believes he is smarter than everybody. But that's a pitty to act like that cause it create pain for maintainers and even for yourself.
If that's not appealing to the frat boy crowd then I don't know what is.
Not to mention the fact that a lot of people don't actually drink ( I know hard to believe! ), or have a life that doesn't involve drinking all the time. As someone who's been there and got the T-shirt I get jaded when I see things like this. A lot of the best coders are past the 'frat boy' stage and prefer a mature working environment when they see things like this it sends alarm bells ringing.
There's a radical difference between a grown up workplace that sips a couple of high quality microbrews at Friday happy hour (my most recent workplace), and a frat house doing keg stands.
And there's a lot of room in between the extremes.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with a social culture that enjoys a few beers after a hard day of work. On the contrary, it builds bonds between co-workers and leads to better work product.
"a grown up workplace that sips a couple of high quality microbrews at Friday happy hour" is exactly what I think of when I see the phrase "responsible enjoyment of beer".
"The frat boy crowd" approach is completely different -- irresponsible enjoyment of being drunk; the beer is incidental.
As long as there are alternatives provided - e.g. soda or juice - it should be OK for Muslims and other non-drinkers. Unless the very presence of alcohol is an issue.
Note that in the workplace I mentioned, the CTO (a co-founder of the company) was a life-long non-drinker and participated enthusiastically in after-work social events that involved responsible use of beer and other alcoholic drinks. He just drank soda or water.
As long as there are alternatives provided - e.g. soda or juice - it should be OK for Muslims and other non-drinkers
Yes probably.
It's all a continuum. Saying pre-req: "enjoyment of beer" is basically "No muslims". Having a lot of social functions depend on beer could be an issue. Imagine the high power workplaces of the past (and now I'm sure) where business decisions were made in the strip club, which women would feel uncomfortable in. Something like that for muslims could be consured as a weak form of sectarianism, and potentially make the employer somewhat liable.
It's a "plus", not a prerequisite. I really don't see a problem with that one? I used to work at Dean Kamen's DEKA (the place that made the Luke arm and the Segway). It was very un-frat boy crowd. Some Fridays were declared "Beer Friday" and at 4 PM everyone would shuffle into a room and have a couple beers and converse about their projects and ideas.
My company has a fully stocked bar. We don't force people to drink, but we have plenty of employees (including women) who enjoy it especially after a long day or in celebration of something.
What is sexist about 'responsible enjoyment of beer'? For the record, I agree that sexism is a huge problem in tech but plenty of women enjoy beer and it's pretty ridiculous to suggest that any mention of beer is an automatic appeal to men.
It implies that a drinking culture is important within the company. This tends to appeal to "bros" moreso than other groups and can be a major turnoff to most others.
