Yup, but it’s a lot of micromanagement, would not recommend.

This person parents.

Yup, that’s what my SO likes as well. They also really like putting together IKEA furniture. Oddly, IKEA furniture is often cheaper than Legos.

Can confirm, have an 8yo.

Hey, some are tiny pieces of metal.

If you go to the right company, they’ll adjust to whatever you enjoy and are good at. We hired a couple “full stack” engineers and now one’s a frontend and the other is backend. They’ll occasionally work on the other end, but we keep them where they prefer to be as much as possible.

I’m probably the closest to a full stack we have, and I spend maybe 10% of my time on FE.

Yup, I add “open to work” or whatever it’s called (haven’t logged in for a few years), update some things, and then get spammed by recruiters. That’s how I got my current job, and it’s how I’ll probably get my next, because actually applying for stuff doesn’t actually result in interviews.

I have the benefit of experience though. I’ve been around the block a bit, so I stand out.

the median is what matters

Sure, but you need to be careful about what the median represents. It doesn’t represent the median of all humans, just the humans that have taken the test, and it only reflects performance on the test. This can be useful, but it gets used for a lot of stuff it really shouldn’t (e.g. comparing results from one region w/ another, when those regions have very different education systems and thus exposure to different sorts of problem solving).

The person with the 100 IQ

They could also be a professor or other highly educated person. It all depends on how familiar they are with the concepts covered by the test, how well they were feeling that day, how well the questions were worded, how much time they took, etc. There are a ton of variables, and your score on a test could vary quite wildly between takes.

It’s just not a good general measure of much of anything. It can be helpful in a clinical setting, though, to diagnose things like neurological divergence and whatnot, but it isn’t a particularly good test of “intelligence,” whatever that’s supposed to mean.

What about them? The statement was that the Steam Deck is better in every way. I provided a counter example.

I own both a Steam Deck and a Switch, and I enjoy using both. I buy way more games on Steam than Switch, but I still think the Switch is a worthwhile purchase.

And even today it’s a bit problematic, because it doesn’t measure what a lot of people assume it measures. Leave it to the professionals for the areas it’s still useful for.

Sure. Just remember there’s a strong correlation between high IQ results and frequency of taking IQ tests, meaning that IQ tests can absolutely be trained. Yet so many treat it as a “general intelligence” measure, when it’s more accurate to say it just measures practice at things the IQ test tests, and at some level some ability in the areas it tests.

Example article about limitations, and the this one mentions its roots in eugenics (i.e. racism).

IQ tests can be useful, e.g. for the reasons you specified, but the general public misinterprets them far too often.

Exactly!

The most important thing isn’t when you get up or how long you work, but how much you get done in the time you allocate for work. Someone working 12h/day or whatever probably has a productivity problem.

Or, “I can’t avoid an apartment, so I live out of my car” vibe?

There’s no way actual work is getting done. I hate these pics of people “coding” in super unergonomic positions. If I’m really working on something important, I’m at a desk at home in comfy clothes.

Just a friendly reminder that IQ is BS.

The delta between the losses in the S&P 500 and gains in SPAXX.

It absolutely did, at least for anything travel related.

I did a quick check and they’re definitely Canadian and recently went to CES. So I think “snows” is a given and “works in tech” is extremely likely.

I really hate looking at people’s post history though, so please don’t harass person.

Well, except the games that’ll only work on Switch and not Steam Deck.

There are more than few…