You actually get phone calls from recruiters? All my initial interactions with them have invariably been over email, LinkedIn, etc. Been that way for many years now.

Yes, at least once a week. It's actually annoying

I'd love to have a counselor like you. How can I employ your services?

Care to offer an explanation?

It used to be that a referral from a current employee was a big plus and would allow the applicant to get directly to onsite interviews. Not sure how it works now.

How about hiring a gardener to do some of the stuff and you can focus doing the part of the gardening/landscaping that is important to you and you enjoy?

I think that's a more accurate (and charitable) analogy than yours.

A huge advantage of frameworks to me is to give new comers to the code a unified frame of reference. A Rails developer (or even a non-Rails guys who understands MVC) can jump into a Rails based codebase he is not familiar with a lot easier than the custom "from the ground up" thing the author espouses.

It's puzzling to me that the author doesn't even mention this huge and obvious benefit of frameworks.

> The same way nobody finds writing tests or documentation fun

I'm not sure if it's the fun category, but at least they are useful and because of that, satisfying to do. In fact when I finish a solid suite of tests or good, clear documentation, I find it very satisfying. I can't say the same for poker/estimation. I've found to be them a complete waste of time in every job I've had and therefore soul sucking.

> you seem to describe where everybody only works on their specific type of task and can't even estimate anybody else's work, then that's a danger situation when they leave or get sick or whatever and nobody else can step in and everyone's blocked because the only person who can do X is gone

you're conflating the ability to estimate accurately with the ability to implement.

Just because I can't estimate a task accurately doesn't mean I can't do it.

> you're conflating the ability to estimate accurately with the ability to implement.

> Just because I can't estimate a task accurately doesn't mean I can't do it.

Most programmers could ultimately do anything... if given enough time.

But if they're going to do it professionally, you expect them to have some prior experience so they can do it somewhat efficiently. And if they have that experience, they should be able to estimate.

So yes, being able to estimate and being able to do (with reasonable professional efficiency), do tend to correlate, of course.

I don't think so.

wish you did remote, but understand why you don't.

Like anyone can just drive up to his house? Doesn't seem safe for such a high profile billionaire's residence to be so accessible.

I went by it a few weeks ago. There's a gate on the driveway, and I assume some kind of security presence. Probably no different than anyone under constant public scrutiny.

Wait until you learn about the Hollywood Hills! I'm so excited for you.