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Hey boss.
Without getting into too much detail, I was just doing some reflection
on what it means to be a kick ass professional software engineer in this
absolutely dehumanizing industry (read: field of charlatans).  I was
reflecting on the characteristics of the better bosses I&#8217;ve had, and the
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