I've taken over a project with legacy code, this is one of the methods:

private bool areEqual(string value1, string value2)
{
return value1 == value2;
}

Also, the opening brackets are on a new line

Freelancers/self-employed IT-consultants, how much do you charge per hour? Also, do you have any certificates or other things that boost your pay?

You know the cringe you feel from looking at the code you wrote a year ago? Yep. Me too.

Push me
And then just merge me
So I can get that
Merge confliction
Merge confliction

General advice - People aren't against you, they are just for themselves

Meeting with the PM

Always put yourself out of your comfort zone. Always. It's the main source of both anxiety and personal growth. Don't think that you're a fraud because you can't understand the new stuff right away, how else would you learn? Looking back you should always be impressed on how much you've covered, but still have anxiety of what's to come.

"So, tell us a bit about yourself.."

0, and sometimes 1

Jason Bourne logic: type "run predictive algorithm" without any parameters into a terminal and it returns the locations of whatever you want. Either that function is the _best_ at predicting user input, or its variables are so hardcoded that we've just discovered the hardest material on earth

Somewhere in that code there's a
"TODO learn regex"

Ternary operator in Java, because damn it looks so slick

This was the best hack when I was 11. My computer had a too small fan that was always on max speed, and thus really loud. To overcome this issue I wrapped a thick blanket around the entire computer case. A week later it broke down due to the obvious heating problem, and when it came back from service the repair technician just looked at me saying "Someone has had this computer fucked up intentionally, everything is melted from within. What have you done to it?!" Me being the piece of shit that I was just denied and got a brand new PC for free, nobody ever knew..

Autocomplete in editors is like that annoying friend that keeps interrupt();ing every singletonInstance():le thing you try{}catch(Exception e)} to say, delay(1000);ing you COUNT(*)ntless of times.

Windows error messages on point as always..

For some, Jan 01 1970 was just the first day of a new year. For others, it marked the beginning of time.

I should really learn C

Here's a brainteaser:

What would lowercase numbers look like?

When you're typing "make sure noone else is ..."
but your fingers automatically types
"else if"

Damaged beyond repair

Job listing: "We work with the VBA language which is an addition to the classic Visual Basic language..."

No. VBA is not an addition to VB. It's his retarded brother

When creating professional java applications, what UI builder is most commonly used? For example Swing or Java FX

Imagine coding in Comic Sans

Sending webrequest to book car service, but the website isn't telling me if the request went through - just back to the same page with all info filled in. No error messages. Right now they either have 10 requests from me, or none. Stupid fucking site.

C# is the prime example that rude parents can have great babies

You know it's time to solve a bug when you pause the music, take a final sip of coffe, sit up straight in your chair and take off all accessories

First try at threads in java, search algorithm improved by 35% (56sec to 36sec). Pretty cool to learn 😊

This app should have a 9gag-memes filter

When I realized the .config files of GTA VC could be modified in a text editor. Policecar maxspeed=0, wheelsize=0, damagemultiplier=9999

I see a lot of rants about Project Managers (PMs). As someone who might work as that in the future, what are the some do's and don'ts for that role?

What do you think, is this bad practise?

boolean isNumber = true;
try {
Integer.parseInt(somestring);
} catch (NumberFormattingException e) {
isNumber = false;
}

Or is it better to create a method to check, even though I only use it at one place in 700 lines of code?

When you're debugging a seemingly stupid bug, which CANNOT be your fault, and you will NEVER learn anything from it.... until you actually solve it, realise that it was so obvious all along, and learn a ton in the process.