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I'm with you here. Not found the solution yet. Though there's a strange thing going on lately with lots of my generation is leaving to do some public service mi
by touisteur 5y ago
I'm with you here. Not found the solution yet. Though there's a strange thing going on lately with lots of my generation is leaving to do some public service mission, either encouraged by the company (military 'réserve' is what we call it around here, and I hear the missions are really great, and the influx of so much expertise and good will from individuals is - from what I'm hearing - received extremely well) or just f'in leaving to help solve a societal problem with whatever tools they can bring to the table (be it IT for a non-profit, setting video conf hw/sw, doing personal support, raiding ebay for cheapest most-solid HW for servers or other missions, connecting PR people to worthy causes to pour their cash in, teaching all kinds of basic modern skills like opsec, itsec, backups, event organisation tools, group communication tools, ...). Huge pay cut but I see it a lot, even more since COVID-19. I may be in a bubble but I was surprised.
- sennight 5y agoI know a couple people in their late 20s who recently enlisted, which is very odd and makes me suspect that recruiters are selling it as a sort of pause button for adult responsibilities. I joined shortly after 9/11 and ended up fighting in Fallujah... I wouldn't recommend it to anyone I liked. After I got out I was living hand to mouth for a little over a year - which might have been the single most influential hardship in my life. If I were to do any real charity work (instead of a tax advantaged hobby project) it would be teaching personal finance, the need for it can't be overstated - as the financial system actively punishes the unwary. I would not relish the task of brush-up for certification though...