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by gdfgjhs 5y ago
Sometimes it is hard to see how all different things you are doing now connects until at the end. I think it was Steve Jobs who said everything he did made sense only when looked in reverse order.
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by gdfgjhs 5y ago
I didn't get formal diagnosis either. At the time, I really didn't know what was wrong with me. It was later in life when I realized what had happened. The thing with depression is that one is unable to properly think. Nothing rea
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by gdfgjhs 5y ago
When I had depression, I had similar symptoms like you. I had same deep pit in the morning and unable to sleep at night. I tried exercise, read Feeling Good book, took different vitamins etc. None of this really helped. What finally worked
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by gdfgjhs 5y ago
If CEO changes their mind, then they will look weak and indecisive. So they are unlikely to change their mind. But I have recruiters in my circle and know stories where people challenged rejections and succeeded. All of them were lower leve
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by gdfgjhs 5y ago
When I was teenager, Xenogears greatly influenced me. It introduced me to various concepts of philosophy and psychology. Before this game, my world was pretty simple and easy to understand, after it I had a lot of questions and wasn't
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by gdfgjhs 5y ago
Yeah I agree, one doesn't need to maximize their income at all costs. Let me update my PR then :) if (can solve hard leetcode problems) { return isDesireToMakeMoreThan(500K) || !enjoy(code) ? moveToManagement(moveToFAANG) :
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by gdfgjhs 5y ago
I would update code as follow: if (can solve hard leetcode problems) { return moveToManagement(moveToFAANG); } else { // move out of developer roles return moveToManagement(bestBrandedCompanyCanGetInto).asynchronous(wor
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by gdfgjhs 5y ago
I did take photography classes in college that helped me understand basics. But I learned a lot more by joining a local photography meetup. They would hire models to practice portrait shoots with and the main people were very helpful. They
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by gdfgjhs 5y ago
> The problem with DSLRs/mirrorless is that they're proper tools and just like with a brush and a canvas you have to put time and effort to master them. No amount of computational photography will make you a good photographer a
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by gdfgjhs 5y ago
Not only that, here in Dallas many homes are being sold sight unseen these days.
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by gdfgjhs 5y ago
I have thought about it, but I think working 4 hours a day probably would cause similar low-level but constant anxiety about deadlines, bugs, etc. I rather work a few months and then take a month off.
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by gdfgjhs 5y ago
I know you are joking but it works. We have become a society where unhealthy lifestyle is encouraged because we are too afraid to hurt feelings. My health journey basically started with wanting to marry someone out of my league. I saw my fr
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by gdfgjhs 5y ago
I used to be on-call during one of my first jobs. We would get called all the time, and a lot of time these were simple issues like reboot or restart a process. But it cut into our personal time. And we didn't get any compensation for
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by gdfgjhs 5y ago
Any books you can recommend?
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by gdfgjhs 5y ago
Video games are where I forget to eat
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by gdfgjhs 5y ago
Since you asked weird tips, here are mine: 1. Video games are better than movies. When I played video games, I ate less snacks. Lately, I watch movies/shows with my SO, and end up gaining weight. But every once in a while I get a new g
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by gdfgjhs 5y ago
I agree there are some very good fake programmers. And I haven't interviewed as many programmers, more like tens of them but I had good luck discussing the issues I was having at work. For example, I might tell them about a bug I am wo
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by gdfgjhs 5y ago
I find it insulting but that's the way it is. The problem is it is very hard to fire a bad hire, sort of joining a fraternity or sorority. So they add rituals before you join them. If you can take the abuse for joining them, then you s
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by gdfgjhs 5y ago
It seems everyday web is turning into ask permission before you do anything environment. Companies instead of hiring competent technical person, spend money on lawyers and lawsuits. It is scary for someone who grew up on 90s' Internet.
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by gdfgjhs 5y ago
While I agree that it is important as a developer to understand operations side of things, but I disagree that developers should be doing operations. Not only developers accessing production environments is against various security principl
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by gdfgjhs 5y ago
I have just started my job search in Dallas/Fort Worth area. I hate to waste my and other's time, so I ask upfront their pay range or tell them my expectations. I am looking for $200-250K as a senior developer, and only a few of e
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by gdfgjhs 5y ago
Another big issue is Checkmark Driven Development. I signed up to work on a microservice where we were supposed to be a small startup within a big company. We supposedly can make decisions which are good for our customers and work on intere
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by gdfgjhs 5y ago
I think I would have enjoyed pandemic a lot more if I was not married or had kids. It was nice to get out of so many boring social obligations. I tried to play more video games, caught up on various shows, picked up new hobbies, creatively
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by gdfgjhs 5y ago
Yeah I came here to say same thing. I find it hard to concentrate when bottom two boards are cutoff.