nickd2001

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by nickd2001 2y ago
Good question :) We've a similar challenge to you, kids a few years younger, despite some efforts in school by teachers, they still don't get fed enough of the cool hard stuff they're hungry for, and youngest in particular fi
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by nickd2001 3y ago
Helpful honest post :) And a useful warning to others :) Hopefully helpful to the OP to write this and get some responses. To play devil's advocate, some people worked BOTH hard and smart, and probably don't regret it, and the res
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by nickd2001 3y ago
As someone who's had kids at a similar age to you, yeah its not a nice thought not being around for them as long as you'd like to be. Especially the thought of them having lost their parents when still relatively young (e:g in the
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by nickd2001 3y ago
I wish you the best with finding such a role :)
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by nickd2001 3y ago
I think this is a good Q and the right analysis. FAANG often = mega stress. It needs to be treated as a temporary step, boost your c.v / resume / LinkedIn, save significant £/$/whatever / pay off student debts etc t
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by nickd2001 3y ago
I agree with the above, but have you looked public sector? (e:g gov't , academia) low-key, sane culture can be found there. Simply because the org is not constantly chasing the next quarter's profit. Its not utopia, but in my expe
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by nickd2001 3y ago
I suppose this could muddy the waters over WFH productivity. Assuming its incorrect that in-person workplace is more productive (personally believe WFH same or better, but its still up for debate and may depend on a few things), then, an em
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by nickd2001 3y ago
Regarding unemployment, in my brief experience of that, that does sap confidence, more than one might expect. And conversely, starting back at work seems to fix it instantly. At least it did for me.. 20 yrs ago I returned from some time out
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by nickd2001 3y ago
I can confirm that us Brits do like to have a good old whinge ;) A national trait that's for sure. Personally, I don't notice people whinging quite as much as they did as when I was younger, I feel possibly we've absorbed a b
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by nickd2001 3y ago
But has it actually got worse? ;) I mean, yes in recent times, according to the methodology used by these academics, specifically relative to other countries. But that's pretty specific. As others said, maybe other countries have impro
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But its not all about economic pressure, right? Poor countries with high sense of community and looking out for one another, are often happy. As for the UK, I heard the stats suggest older people are happy while younger people and teenagers
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by nickd2001 3y ago
As a Brit who lived in the US a few years so maybe has a detached perspective.. I saw Americans being happy in a land of opportunity with high personal freedom, opportunity to reinvent yourself, the great outdoors etc, and certainly I enjoy
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by nickd2001 3y ago
There are good and bad tests.... ;) Good = actually tests something, precisely, properly, doesn't take an age to run. Enough of these in CI, and a deploy is far less likely to break prod. Bad = author didn't really know what they
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by nickd2001 3y ago
Seems normal for 20-somethings, yes people did this in the 90s. Probably necessary in your 20s, to get varied experience and increase pay. 30-somethings can be more risk averse if they have young kids. By 40s and 50s, more chance someone kn
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by nickd2001 3y ago
Some reasons why a highly capable developer, (or other highly skilled tech worker of some kind) might not be rich to the point of retiring at 50 : (a) came from poor background in the first place, basic things like house deposit, student lo
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by nickd2001 3y ago
A high-fibre diet is supposed to help, as fibre can absorb toxins. To what extent I don't know. So, make your own sourdough wholewheat bread. And eat plenty of greens like broccoli, cabbage . I guess the greens are sprayed with stuff t
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by nickd2001 3y ago
This could go wildly off-topic... but.. when you talk of Catholicism having status hierarchies, as someone from the Catholic tradition myself it seems to me that most (at least here in UK) do believe precisely in "everyone is equal in
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by nickd2001 3y ago
I agree with this. However, the flip side is, a great company can get bought out by a horrible one. A great boss who appreciates the good stuff you did might leave for a another job. (though maybe you can follow them). Things can change qu
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by nickd2001 3y ago
As you work in tech for a number of years you discover that (a) employers don't become permanently more loyal or generous to you if you "work your ass off" and (b) working long hours doesn't actually make you more produc
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by nickd2001 3y ago
I think there's a paradox, that only when you do things for others with genuinely no expectation of anything for yourself, do you actually get the most reward out of it (e:g in terms of feeling good about yourself or respected by other
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That all sounds like a good way to live :) And a very good idea for nature and the planet to have any chance of surviving humankind's consumption. You can make this work with a family, I feel. At least, we've managed this a bit so
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I'd like to offer the viewpoint that seeking status is a way to unfortunately waste one's life and brain cycles. Not sure how economists model for the certain amount of people that "don't play the game" simply becau
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by nickd2001 3y ago
Such a thing has been done in the UK - as for "no economic basis" - Wikipedia says "Milton Keynes is among the most economically productive localities in the UK, ranking highly against a number of criteria. It has the UK&#x2
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by nickd2001 3y ago
That's probably up to Canadians to decide. But there's quite a lot of space. ;). Joking aside, this sort of thing was done in the UK years ago. places like Milton Keynes, Crawley, Stevenage. Its not without its issues. and not a s
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by nickd2001 3y ago
Challenge 1. "Soaring rents and house prices" Challenge 2. Lots of immigrants wanting a decent job and competing with existent population to apply for these. In a country with as much undeveloped land as Canada has, I think, there
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by nickd2001 3y ago
In tech, getting laid off is scary until... you actually get laid off. :) Then, the world doesn't end. In fact, it can make you apply for the job you should have applied for before but didn't know about, or were too risk-averse to
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by nickd2001 3y ago
And an irony is, if you do indeed keep the focus on learning, some lucrative spin-off buinesses seem inevitable. So, paradoxically, if you want the most lucrative benefits/ boost to the economy, you have to avoid doing anything to seek
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Resource from Monty Python here ;) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohDB5gbtaEQ
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Years ago I worked at a place where we were meant to set objectives to please HR. Instead, at the end of year we always found what we'd needed to work on had completely changed, so instead, we retrofitted objectives for the work we&#x2
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by nickd2001 3y ago
This is all true and good advice. I'd add to this that as a survival strategy, one can develop the meta-skill, of being able to spot which tech skills are fads, and which "have legs" (will be around for a long time). Anything

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