"Benefit to society" whats that all about? Landman and Patent Agent get A's for benefiting society. From what I can see anything software related gets B or less.
For cigarettes, if you dial back what you consider moderation to say, maybe a cig or two socially every couple weeks, that would not likely be the thing that killed you. there are smokers like that, they just have a couple at a party, not very often. It's not something most people would do but there are some out there that do.
I'd say most cigar or pipe smokers I know are like this.
I think it's less common with cigarettes now for various reasons. The social stigma, the fact that they are much more convenient, and that they deliver their nicotine "hit" much faster, I would imagine makes them more addictive.
A reduced risk for Parkinson's disease (PD) among cigarette smokers has been observed consistently during the past 30 years. Recent evidence suggests that caffeine may also be protective. Findings are presented regarding associations of PD with smoking, caffeine intake, and alcohol consumption from a case-control study conducted in western Washington State in 1992–2000.
Being a cigarette smoker was observed to reduce risk of PD. This study does not tell us if it's the smoking itself that's causing this, or some other trait of cigarette smokers because the studies weren't randomized.
> “Even introverts are happier when they are around people they like,”
Agreed. I don't mind spending time alone, but I love being around people I like. Usually others with a common interest. (And no, it doesn't have to be tech related. Horse people and swimmers are a lot of fun.)
Extroverts sometimes talk about themselves. A lot. Not that interesting :)
You describe yourself as the "product owner". And the dev has no equity. Maybe he feels he's doing all the work and you gain all the benefits. You should offer him some equity, ownership is a great motivator.
I tried offering equity and a slightly lower salary (20%-range lower), and then an option for no-equity but higher salary. He took the higher salary option, though I was hoping he would take the equity option.
I could revisit this with him...but I have a feeling it's not super important to him, money doesn't seem to be a huge motivator.
Exactly. Every startup I've worked for the owners have this weird attitude that their equity is worth something. It's not. It's worth jack shit until the company is worth something. It doesn't pay bills. It doesn't let me buy the new shoes I want. It's essentially an investment. Usually if someone is in the position to invest, they don't need to work a day-job to cover bills.
The lower you go the more you will know. But seriously, there is a lot of upside knowing exactly whats going on in hardware when you are pushing bits around at a high level. A downside is you waste time writing at a level where a compiler/interpreter would generate much better code for you.
If you are working for someone, yes there will be always someone on your back. Just get it done. Quick and dirty.
A good place for a programmer is founding or co-founding a startup. The deadlines will be self imposed. Self imposed deadlines are a lot more achievable and realistic. However being a part of a startup brings with it the headaches of generating revenue and/or wooing investors.
The memory model. Explain why given: int a[100] and char* p = a, a and p point to the same place but a + 1 and p + 1 do not. C's memory model is easy in concept, one huge array of memory cells. But in practice it can be a rats nest of pointer arithmetic.
