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If you process 100 candidates for a programming job, you will get at least one complete faker; someone who doesn’t know squat about programming, and has a completely fabricated resume.Why would someone do this? Because programmers make really good money. If it takes you three months to figure out he’s a faker, and another three months to go through the HR hoops to fire him, he’s got maybe $50k out of you, and spent lazy days surfing the web and reading comic books. Some fakers put almost as much energy in being a faker as they would into actually doing the job. They memorize a lot of programming jargon, and have excellent excuses for being behind schedule.These guys often make it past the resume screen, because they tailor their resume to your job, so you have to actually catch them lying.Sometimes it’s obvious from the resume. I remember one candidate with a 19 page resume. He claimed to have graduated college in 9 quarters, something which is just theoretically possible. He claimed to have done a lot of programming work, but always on classified Defense industry projects he couldn’t talk about. He listed the Executive Office of the President of the United States as a reference. He made any number of astonishing claims. He had received a General Discharge from the army. AFAIK this was the only true fact on his resume.Sometimes you catch the guy in the interview stage. People like to give coding tests because this almost always flushes out the fakers. Unfortunately, coding tests are not very useful for sorting non-faker candidates, so some companies don’t use them. A faker gives very general answers, or seems confused by the questions at interviews, or isn’t very clear when describing his experience. It is very easy to write off imperfect answers as interview jitters if the candidate is likable. Getting together for a post-interview-loop meeting and talking about the candidate’s answers often reveals that he gave imperfect answers to all the interviewers.Sometimes a candidate makes it through the interview process. A candidate where I worked had a degree from MIT(!) When the boss (an MIT grad) heard this, it was basically decided. The problem with this guy is that he had raised memorization to be his principle method of operation. If he could memorize a thing, he was great at it. Programming isn’t like that. This guy was crazy distractable, like really bad ADHD. When you went into this guy’s office, his screen always had a scrolling news headline on it, and a rotating wireframe of an F-15 (no we weren’t building F-15s). He maintained a vast correspondence by email about conservative political rants, which he printed out to read. He had shelves of these tiny die-cast toy cars that he felt the need to have in the office. He blew up his work computer trying to install an enormous, ancient 5 1/4″ floppy drive to read old correspondence that had nothing to do with work. When we asked why he didn’t install the drive in his home computer, it was because “all my drive bays are full”. Of what, I do not know. In six months, he did about six weeks of mediocre work. It was hard as hell to get rid of him, because that shining MIT degree guaranteed he was of the highest quality to the boss.

Sigh. My opinion? Ok, you asked for it: If there's a dumber argument to have than how many executive orders a President has signed, I can't think of one.And yes, I've seen both Democrats and Republicans fall for this, many times. I saw Democrats rail against President G. W. Bush for all his EOs, and I saw Republicans fulminate against the number (again, not any particular one, just the number!) of President Obama's.Now, if I wanted to be petty, I could point out that Donald Trump signed more executive orders per year than any President since Jimmy Carter[1]. But here's the thing: the executive branch is enormous. The bulk of the Federal government is operated or supervised by executive branch agencies.Of course, you have the cabinet-level departments, and then within those departments, you have all these subdivisions:Administration for Children and FamiliesAdministration for Community LivingAdministration for Native AmericansAgency for Healthcare Research and QualityAgency for Toxic Substances and Disease RegistryAgricultural Marketing ServiceAgricultural Research ServiceAlcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade BureauAnimal and Plant Health Inspection ServiceAntitrust DivisionArmed Forces Retirement HomeArms Control and International SecurityBonneville Power AdministrationBureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and ExplosivesBureau of Consular AffairsBureau of Economic AnalysisBureau of Engraving and PrintingBureau of Indian AffairsBureau of Industry and SecurityBureau of International Labor AffairsBureau of Justice StatisticsBureau of Labor StatisticsBureau of Land ManagementBureau of Ocean Energy ManagementBureau of PrisonsBureau of ReclamationBureau of Safety and Environmental EnforcementBureau of the Fiscal ServiceBureau of Transportation StatisticsCenter for Food Safety and Applied NutritionCenter for Nutrition Policy and PromotionCenters for Disease Control and PreventionCenters for Medicare and Medicaid ServicesCivil Rights Division, Department of JusticeCollege of Information and CyberspaceCommunity Oriented Policing ServicesComputer Emergency Readiness TeamCourt Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of ColumbiaCybersecurity and Infrastructure Security AgencyDefense Acquisition UniversityDefense Advanced Research Projects AgencyDefense Commissary AgencyDefense Contract Audit AgencyDefense Contract Management AgencyDefense Counterintelligence and Security AgencyDefense Finance and Accounting ServiceDefense Finance and Accounting Service Debt and Claims Management CenterDefense Health AgencyDefense Information Systems AgencyDefense Intelligence AgencyDefense Logistics AgencyDefense Security Cooperation AgencyDefense Technical Information CenterDefense Threat Reduction AgencyDrug Enforcement AdministrationDwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource StrategyEconomic Development AdministrationEconomic Growth, Energy, and the EnvironmentEconomic Research ServiceElder Justice InitiativeEmployee Benefits Security AdministrationEmployment and Training AdministrationEnergy Information AdministrationEnergy Star ProgramEnglish Language Acquisition OfficeExecutive Office for Immigration ReviewFarm Credit System Insurance CorporationFarm Service AgencyFederal Accounting Standards Advisory BoardFederal Aviation AdministrationFederal Bureau of InvestigationFederal Consulting GroupFederal Emergency Management AgencyFederal Energy Regulatory CommissionFederal Executive BoardsFederal Highway AdministrationFederal Housing AdministrationFederal Law Enforcement Training CenterFederal Motor Carrier Safety AdministrationFederal Protective ServiceFederal Railroad AdministrationFederal Student Aid Information CenterFederal Transit AdministrationFederal Voting Assistance ProgramFish and Wildlife ServiceFood and Drug AdministrationFood and Nutrition ServiceFood Safety and Inspection ServiceForeign Agricultural ServiceForeign Claims Settlement CommissionForest ServiceGovernment National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae)Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards AdministrationHealth Resources and Services AdministrationHolocaust Memorial MuseumIndian Health ServiceInstitute of Education SciencesInternal Revenue ServiceInternational Trade AdministrationJob CorpsJoint Board for the Enrollment of ActuariesJoint Chiefs of StaffJoint Fire Science ProgramJoint Forces Staff CollegeJoint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological DefenseMaritime AdministrationMarketing and Regulatory ProgramsMiddle East Broadcasting NetworksMilitary Postal Service AgencyMine Safety and Health AdministrationMinority Business Development AgencyMissile Defense AgencyMultifamily Housing OfficeNational Agricultural Statistics ServiceNational Cancer InstituteNational Cemetery AdministrationNational Defense UniversityNational Flood Insurance ProgramNational Geospatial-Intelligence AgencyNational GuardNational Health Information CenterNational Heart, Lung, and Blood InstituteNational Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationNational Indian Gaming CommissionNational Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin DiseasesNational Institute of CorrectionsNational Institute of Food and AgricultureNational Institute of JusticeNational Institute of Mental HealthNational Institute of Occupational Safety and HealthNational Institute of Standards and TechnologyNational Institutes of HealthNational Intelligence UniversityNational Interagency Fire CenterNational LaboratoriesNational Library of AgricultureNational Nuclear Security AdministrationNational Ocean ServiceNational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationNational Park ServiceNational Passport Information CenterNational Pesticide Information CenterNational Prevention Information NetworkNational Reconnaissance OfficeNational Security AgencyNational Technical Information ServiceNational Telecommunications and Information AdministrationNational War CollegeNational Weather ServiceNatural Resources Conservation ServiceNOAA FisheriesOak Ridge National LaboratoryOccupational Safety and Health AdministrationOffice for Civil Rights, Department of EducationOffice for Civil Rights, Department of Health and Human ServicesOffice of Career, Technical, and Adult EducationOffice of Child Support EnforcementOffice of Community Planning and DevelopmentOffice of Cuba BroadcastingOffice of Disability Employment PolicyOffice of Economic AdjustmentOffice of Elementary and Secondary EducationOffice of Environmental ManagementOffice of Fair Housing and Equal OpportunityOffice of Fossil EnergyOffice of HousingOffice of Immigrant and Employee RightsOffice of Investor Education and AdvocacyOffice of Justice ProgramsOffice of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency PreventionOffice of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy HomesOffice of Manufactured Housing ProgramsOffice of Minority HealthOffice of Natural Resources RevenueOffice of Nuclear EnergyOffice of Policy Development and ResearchOffice of Postsecondary EducationOffice of Refugee ResettlementOffice of Scientific and Technical InformationOffice of Servicemember AffairsOffice of Special Education and Rehabilitative ServicesOffice of Surface Mining, Reclamation and EnforcementOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Research and TechnologyOffice of the Comptroller of the CurrencyOffice of the Federal RegisterOffice of the Pardon AttorneyOffice of Violence Against WomenPentagon Force Protection AgencyPipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety AdministrationPolitical AffairsPower AdministrationsPresident's Council on Fitness, Sports and NutritionPretrial Services Agency for the District of ColumbiaPrisoner of War and Missing in Action Accounting AgencyPublic and Indian HousingPublic Diplomacy and Public AffairsRadio Free AsiaRadio Free Europe and Radio LibertyRehabilitation Services AdministrationRisk Management AgencyRural Business and Cooperative ProgramsRural DevelopmentRural Housing ServiceRural Utilities ServiceSaint Lawrence Seaway Development CorporationScience OfficeSeafood Inspection ProgramSecret ServiceSoutheastern Power AdministrationSouthwestern Power AdministrationSubstance Abuse and Mental Health Services AdministrationTaxpayer Advocacy PanelTransportation Security AdministrationU.S. AbilityOne CommissionU.S. Access BoardU.S. Air ForceU.S. Air Force Reserve CommandU.S. ArmyU.S. Army Corps of EngineersU.S. Census BureauU.S. Central CommandU.S. Citizenship and Immigration ServicesU.S. Coast GuardU.S. Commission on International Religious FreedomU.S. Customs and Border ProtectionU.S. Election Assistance CommissionU.S. European CommandU.S. Fire AdministrationU.S. Fleet Forces CommandU.S. Geological SurveyU.S. Immigration and Customs EnforcementU.S. Marine CorpsU.S. Marshals ServiceU.S. Military Academy, West PointU.S. MintU.S. Mission to the United NationsU.S. National Central Bureau - InterpolU.S. NavyU.S. Northern CommandU.S. Pacific CommandU.S. Parole CommissionU.S. Patent and Trademark OfficeU.S. Postal Inspection ServiceU.S. Southern CommandU.S. Special Operations CommandU.S. Strategic CommandU.S. Transportation CommandU.S. Trustee ProgramUnified Combatant CommandsUniformed Services University of the Health SciencesUSAGovVeterans Benefits AdministrationVeterans Health AdministrationVeterans' Employment and Training ServiceVoice of AmericaWage and Hour DivisionWashington Headquarters ServicesWeights and Measures DivisionWestern Area Power AdministrationWomen's BureauThat's a lot of ground to cover. Of course, the President doesn't micromanage these agencies directly, but I wanted to drive home the point that there's a lot of stuff handled by the alphabet soup in the chief executive's purview.Now, look, I'm not saying that all executive orders are benign or wise; look at Trump's “Muslim travel ban” as an example of a particularly heinous one. But it's the content of the orders that matters, not the quantity.Some people seem to see executive orders simply as an arcane way for the President to make an end-run around Congress (and to be fair, some Presidents have used EOs to do things that Congress wasn't on board with). But in the main, executive orders are the way that the President runs things. It wouldn't be very fair to hold the President responsible for scandals or failures within their administration if they had no ability to control the operation of these departments, would it?And there's absolutely no excuse for vaguely mumbling about EOs in the abstract. The Federal Register publishes all of them online. They're easy to find and easier to read than a lot of law and legislation. Here's a great example:Ethics Commitments by Executive Branch PersonnelThis one does have a bit more legalese than most, but it's not difficult to get the gist of it. Biden is instructing all executive agencies to require new appointees to sign a legally enforceable ethics contract, which, among other things, fills in some loopholes and omissions in existing ethics rules preventing government employees from being given gifts or sinecures related to their government service, preventing them from interfering in legal proceedings or investigations, and banning them from lobbying within two years of holding the position. Did someone say “drain the swamp"? Anyway, my point is that if you're going to complain about executive orders, maybe read the things instead of going by volume?So, no, Biden isn't signing too many executive orders. Nor did Trump. Nor did Obama, or Bush, or F.D.R, who, at 3,721, signed more EOs per year than any modern President has in eight.Footnotes[1] Executive Orders

The food is, to my knowledge, called rations. If you’re home (your real home base or deployment base), you eat chow in a place called a chow hall, a mess hall, or DFAC (Dining FACility). What you eat is normal (“real”) food, similar to a cafeteria experience in the civilian world. You wouldn’t get gourmet stuff, but at least it’s deliberately designed to give you enough energy. (There seems to be a fancy word called “garrison ration” too, but I’m not very sure when and where it is used.) In fact, if you’re too small of a recruit when you joined the Army, the DI will tell you to eat extra to gain muscle.Officers (Lieutenants and above) and Enlisted (Sergeants and below) usually have separate dining rooms. When I trained as Thai ROTC, we shared the dining building but separated into three sections: Officers, Enlisted, and Students. (Students can actually sit with the Enlisted, but why would you?)If you’re away (in the woods, abandoned building, the Amazons, or somewhere wild), you’re offered field rations. They could be anything, but usually packaged and complete in and of itself.The current iteration of US Military ration is called the MRE.As you can read on the front, there are many menus of MREs. You might not be able to choose what you like (beyond halal that is), but there are certainly higher “values” in some MRE types. Again, this is not my firsthand knowledge. I never served in a way to be provided MREs. (In fact, I’m not an American at all.)MREs come with several items. You heat the food by using water to start an exothermic (heat-giving) reaction with the chemical heat pack contained in the MRE.Today, “ration” is not a military exclusive thing. If you are out camping or preparing for disasters, or if disasters are already happening, you can buy or receive emergency meals. The ones distributed by the US Government are almost the same as MREs (same production system, AFAIK), but they might lack the chemical heating pack due to legal or safety reasons. There are several YouTube channels reviewing and presenting MREs both for fun and profit.Or if you really want to try it firsthand, you can try …Searching around for sellers or visit a camping shop.Trade with a traveling soldier, usually in exchange for some better food (MRE isn’t considered that great a food)Joining a military experience program (I’m from Thailand and we have tons of military experience programs designed to PR the Army.) Inquire with the program manager first if you will get to have an MRE experience.TL; DR: It’s usually Chow (or simply “Food”) at home, and Rations (the current version of the US Military ration that you can carry around and eat by yourself is called the MRE) out of home.