garbanzoPDX

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by garbanzoPDX 3y ago
I had a crippling phobia of public speaking in my early twenties to the point I wasn’t sure I could finish college. I joined Toastmasters as a “hail Mary” and spent about a decade as a regular member. I ended up serving as President of mult
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by garbanzoPDX 3y ago
Similar story and I use journaling as a form of CBT therapy often. I also went on an SSRI a few years ago which I swore off for a decade+. It’s been huge for me, something I wish I had been more open-minded about a lot early. Even with ther
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by garbanzoPDX 3y ago
> it formed the literal backbone of the most advanced aerospace technology on the planet. I'm going to be pedantic here, but I feel like it needs to be said: no, it was not the "literal" backbone aerospace technology. It
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by garbanzoPDX 3y ago
I was obsessed with becoming a fighter pilot from ages 8-20 or so. The Air Force Academy didn’t pan out and I didn’t make the cut for Officer Training School out of college. I’m a senior SE now and love my job, get paid well, and have lots
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by garbanzoPDX 3y ago
Much prefer the right-side version. It's still "linear" at the top level and cognitive load is greatly reduced into small, single-responsibility, bite-sized functions. Plus—and sure, this might be a premature optimization—but
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by garbanzoPDX 4y ago
I'm a TablePlus fan as well, it's soooo good.
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by garbanzoPDX 4y ago
https://kindmind.com . It's an online journal with a focus on mental health and wellness I've been building since 2015. I gave up trying to find my version of the perfect online journal and decided to build it myself. I
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by garbanzoPDX 4y ago
> It's simply the nature of the job, I'm certain I'd feel similar with almost any desk job where I toil in front of a screen day in and day out. This leads me to believe a lateral move to something coding-adjacent wouldn&#
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by garbanzoPDX 4y ago
Totally get this. I spent over 10 years in Toastmasters to help me with a phobia of public speaking. In a much better place now but definitely still get butterflies before speaking events at work which subside quickly after I start presenti
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by garbanzoPDX 5y ago
Codecademy and Treehouse are both great platforms that I've used and recommend. If you're looking for a great free intro to programming, I recommend "Learn to Program", available at https://pine.fm/Lear
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by garbanzoPDX 6y ago
https://kindmind.com/ — a free online journal with a focus on mental health and wellness. Doesn't generate a dime of income (I mean... it's free, at least for now) but it's a fun project to work on, something