@Chad Hey, I just wanted to take a moment to say thanks for helping this user out with your comment:
I think your concept is probably good but it is difficult to follow and will not likely be helpful to someone looking to for help with this in the future. Perhaps you could explain why being concise in your emails but not minding longer ones is a good practice. Try to do so in a way that is comfortable for readers that are not used to technical writing as much of our user base falls outside of that category. — Chadyesterday
Although improving it involved a meta post and a little extra editing help from me, your comment also played a role in getting the user to actually put something in the post in an edit that I could then consequently work with.
It's always nice to see a post get improved and for someone to learn something from the experience!
@NotThatGuy Programmer-specific isn't a problem as long as it's really programmer-specific by nature (like the Joel Score), and it is otherwise a good question (well scoped, answerable, good subjective, not opinion-based, etc.). The final decision will lie with the community, but if you have a question, I suggest you go ahead and ask it if you think it's a good fit (and the only issue may be that it's programmer-related).
I have a Stack Overflow profile which I publicize among my friends / potential employers etc. But I would not like people to see or know what questions or answers I post on forums like The Workplace. It is very easy to know the real life references from my post if a person knows me.
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@Chad your name is magically generated for me by chat when I reply to the message - for example this very message starts with :15012017 which will be auto-expanded into an arrow and your name after I click "send" button :)
@Chad ah, I see. For a while I was thinking maybe replacement to gnimmels would do the trick. But really, "Driveby Unread Mostly Benevolent And Statistically Significant" seems to nail it, good catch. :) That face-urinating "answer" is pretty close to becoming leading example, at +4/-5 it gives answerer nice +30 rep totally motivating them to keep it there. Oh by the way, isn't it time to visit some SO questions in the hot list...
I think you should let go. I moved from about 10 years of dev into an editorial role of a large website. I haven't programmed since June 2010. At first, I didn't want to lose these skills, but as I got farther into the job role, I found I just didn't have time anyway. I would do a few small proje...
^^^ TWP Police: Does this pass our "Back It Up!" policy?
You could always just continue your business, but turn to face them. I'm sure the damp pants and shoes will make your point for you.
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