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by hemling 8y ago
This is how I fixed my insomnia. I changed three things: 1. Before going to bed I meditate (I usually listen to the app from Sam Harris) 2. No more caffeine after 11 in the morning 3. Strict "bed hygiene", meaning: when I go to be
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by hemling 8y ago
When going to bed immediately switching off lights and go to sleep. No more reading or watching. That has fixed my insomnia.
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by hemling 8y ago
I actually fixed my insomnia in 2018. In the past, I could always rely on the fact that I was able to sleep well the night following a bad night. After I couldn't sleep two nights in a row I started to get very worried. I changed three
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Ask HN: How to move from development to security compliance?
1 points by hemling 8y ago|1 comments
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by hemling 8y ago
Positioning by Al Ries
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by hemling 8y ago
That's a good write-up thanks Do you mean applying directly to jobs that are listed on job boards or company website? It is my impression that this has a low chance of success. Or do you mean apply unsolicited?
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Ask HN: How to get hired without using recruiters?
3 points by hemling 8y ago|3 comments
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by hemling 8y ago
How do I go from general software developer to domain specialist if I don't have domain knowledge in the first place (or want to get out of the domain I'm working in)? I suspect that people who are in a great niche got there by ac
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by hemling 8y ago
Following the entrepreneurial dream and quitting too early or not pursuing employment opportunities because I thought I should be going on my own. Lack of consistency in my career, jumping around way too often. Now in my mid-career, I'
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Ask HN: Cv review service for experienced freelancer? CV tips?
1 points by hemling 8y ago|1 comments
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Ask HN: Where to find a business or life coach? Seriously stuck, need help
3 points by hemling 8y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: I want to do “deep work” but I don't know what. I'm stuck
15 points by hemling 8y ago|9 comments
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by hemling 9y ago
47 here. I drove my career into a dead-end. Always been a generalist. Tried many times to do startups and saas products. It never got me anywhere. Between my projects, I worked as a freelancer, while living in many different countries. I to
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by hemling 9y ago
To anyone who has become a parent recently and wondering what you have done to your life: I feel your pain. After my daughter was born I had dark moments. Boy, was I naive about having kids. It was by far the most exhausting task I ever had
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Ask HN: Where can I learn how lawyers think?
1 points by hemling 9y ago|0 comments
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by hemling 9y ago
Interesting answer! I think this is even truer when it comes to lying to myself. Trying to pretend something that does not match reality can create enormous stress. I realised this one day when I had rather strong feelings of being burned-o
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by hemling 9y ago
Basic, Assembler, Pascal, C, Oberon, Miranda, Java, JS, Python, Clojure, Scala
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by hemling 9y ago
(EU national living in UK) Yes, I want to leave. I believe in the idea of Europe and want to help it succeed. I work in London. It used to be a great place to be if you enjoy living in an open multicultural environment with fresh ideas. Now
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Ask HN: How did you specialise on a domain without prior experience?
2 points by hemling 9y ago|1 comments
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Ask HN: First time giving a speech at a conference. How do I prepare best?
22 points by hemling 11y ago|16 comments
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by hemling 11y ago
I always had high respect for google maps.
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by hemling 11y ago
Knowledge uploading like in the Matrix movie
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by hemling 11y ago
I don't think I lack social skills in particular, I'm easy to get along with and in all my jobs I (think) I made my bosses happy. What I lack is the selling part, the "explain what were your challenges in your last project an
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by hemling 11y ago
I usually do well in a general code interview. But it's certainly not the same, as mentioned many times on HN, lots of devs have problems with code interviews and personally I find their value doubtful. Solving some puzzle is not the s
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Ask HN: Do employers actually look at your GitHub, side project or blog?
4 points by hemling 11y ago|8 comments
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Ask HN: Is there a preference to Front end for remote jobs?
1 points by hemling 11y ago|0 comments
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by hemling 11y ago
After a long absent from the desktop I returned developing in JavaFX. Oh boy has desktop app development improved on Java! I liked it a lot, using FXML to define the GUI, MVC built in etc.
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Ask HN: In an interview, what do you answer when asked “tell us about yourself”
12 points by hemling 11y ago|10 comments