• The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldOP
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      I know, it’s rough. I remember watching StarCraft 2 back in the day, and one of my favorites was “WhiteRa”, and they always made comments about him being ancient at 32…

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        Good ol’ “Special Tactics” WhiteRa. It’s funny, because most of the top SC1 players are now that age.

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          I’m old enough to have played OG Star Craft, v1.0.3 v1.05 on CD ROM on an AMD K6-2 with 64MB of RAM…where’d my ibuprofen go?

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              I didn’t play Civ II, I was into Starcraft, Incoming (1998 Rage Software), the Motocross Madness demo, Space Cadet, and RCT.

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          Yes! Special tactics… I also remember twitch chat (I think it might have still been justin.tv then) would laugh about how many tea breaks he took per day.

          It feels like ages ago.

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    Meanwhile in F1 a 42 year old is dicking on everyone else who isn’t driving a Red Bull.

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      I appreciate Alonso making still feel young and keep the insane fantasy that I will one day be a race driver alive.

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      He broke records for youngest WDC, pole sitter, podium, race winner, etc. I fully expect he’s going to set records for oldest.

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      Let’s hope he can get into a good car and set a record for the oldest age to win a title. Although it’s quite hard as the oldest title winner is Fangio for his fifth title when he was 46 years old.

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        I don’t think he’ll be able to get another title, but I sure hope he can at least get a race win

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    I’ve been watching sports my whole comprehensive life. Just last season, for the first time ever, I was older than the head coach of my team. I mean I still am, but you get it.

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      Must have been somewhat of a problem for the sport back when you were a child. Especially when you were between the ages of 0 and 3.

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        Oh I’m sure he was already a competent athlete/swimmer/cyclist for his age back in the womb. And the sack.

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    30s: haha human body go brrrrrrprlrprlprrlrplplkadunkkadunkflpflpflpflpflpflpblpblpblplplplplplp…wheeze.

    • spiderman@ani.social
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      11 months ago

      40 is young to be a senior developer.

      thought having more than 5 years of experience makes you a senior dev

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        You become a senior dev when you hold enough of the secret knowledge in your head that they don’t dare sack you.

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      I’m a principal dev (the step higher than senior in my company) and I’m under 40. I think it mostly depends on luck and being in the right place at the right time.