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by p0d 6y ago
Your best option is to be more confident. I am 50 and do not call myself a webdev or programmer however I have made a six figure sum with my side projects down through the years. Most webdevs will never make anything they can call their own
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by p0d 6y ago
I would go to the time just before you hit enter on your question and shout, "BOOO".
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by p0d 6y ago
I'm guessing you don't have a mortgage? I imagine that is what most spend their money on. After this I would say groceries and holidays. As a rule I give away a 10th of my income to my church and other good causes. I imagine looki
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by p0d 6y ago
Thanks. I was reading this thread thinking that sitting alone with your thoughts does not necessarily bring you peace. It can often do the opposite. I take time and pray to God each morning. I find that this gives me peace. I feel better pr
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by p0d 6y ago
I have a raspberry pi and encryped usb drive syncing my Google docs everyday with rclone. A nice touch with rclone is your files are synced locally as usable docs e.g docx, xls. I have also started running my own nextcloud server locally. I
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by p0d 6y ago
A solar powered G-Shock watch which updates every night by radio to an atomic clock. It cost £80 and I really like it.
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Ask HN: Just Sack Me
2 points by p0d 6y ago|0 comments
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by p0d 6y ago
Get married. 30s is about bettering yourself. 40s being cynical. 50s, realising life is about more than money.
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by p0d 6y ago
I have been in sysadmin for 20 years. I recently had to do an Azure certification. I was surprised how hard it was and how much I learned. Now seems like a good time to pause and take the time to do some certs.
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Ask HN: Google's relentless tinkering makes me nervous
1 points by p0d 6y ago|1 comments
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by p0d 6y ago
I have been around the block a few times. Regarding work I always try to do my best. If my employer is unhappy with my work then they can sack me. I have never been sacked. I started my own company. If it fails I will go back to full-time e
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by p0d 6y ago
I am the same age as you. I believe faith is the most central question of life. My best friend who is a scientist is uncomfortable using the word faith to describe his worldview. That is, he will believe the scientific evidence until new ev
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by p0d 6y ago
Here's a view from a higher level...I spent 25 years looking after network infrastrucutures...infrastructure uses up a lot of headspace. The work is never finished and the alerts never stop. If you are good in the space you are shown r
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by p0d 6y ago
I was recently given some money and splashed out £150 on an i5-6th gen desktop which lives in my roofspace. The i5 replaced my trusty dual-core. A long time ago I centralised my projects to the headless roofspace box and now run up Sublime
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by p0d 6y ago
I am older and have observed that many people like myself believe in the biblical narrative of God's plan for mankind. Whether you believe in the bible or not life is about work, finding a partner, sometimes having children, spending t
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by p0d 6y ago
I just came of an accelerator programme a few months ago i.e. I'm in this world. I think you are asking one question but reader's minds will be flagging another. In particular, the low level of funding and the complexity of terms
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by p0d 6y ago
I grew up in an environment where if somebody spoke to you like that you punched them in the face. I'm not advocating you do this but I think my background made me tough. So I haven't been afraid to confront the geek bullies down
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by p0d 6y ago
Thank you for your service. I was at a school careers convention with my daughter and she was impressed with what soldiers earned. She had no idea me and my co-workers earn two or three times the salary of the Sergeant salary she was readin
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by p0d 6y ago
I decided at a young age to forgive my parents for their faults and also admit my own wrongdoings. Even when these wrongdoings were sometimes the result of my parents unkind actions. This was a dialogue with myself, a prayer I guess. As a r
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by p0d 6y ago
I was a church youth worker in the mid 90s when my friend gave me his Dad's old 386 computer which started my interest in computing. I went on to buy a second hand 486 for £200 which was a big investment for my wife and I at the time.
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by p0d 6y ago
How would that stop another school using the same credentials?
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Ask HN: How to restrict access to SaaS by seat?
1 points by p0d 6y ago|4 comments
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by p0d 6y ago
I had my 25th wedding anniversary this week. My advice is to go for the boy/girl you think is too good for you. Whether that be brains, personality or looks. The young often lack confidence despite their cockyness. I got lucky and got
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by p0d 6y ago
The venerable 'sysadmin'
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Ask HN: Programmer's Foot
5 points by p0d 6y ago|5 comments
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by p0d 6y ago
Off-site backup to my garden shed i.e. shed retrieves house data over wifi. The pi4 lives in a plastic box with an encrypted usb drive attached. Just realise I didn't read question well ;-)
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by p0d 6y ago
Yip, reminders from my phone.
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by p0d 6y ago
As solo founders we can easily decieve ourselves. That is take on a dodgey narrative to explain our slow progress or failure. In my case I set some magical goals...I think these goals were me setting myself up to fail. If I didn't have
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by p0d 6y ago
Coaching is good for you telling the coach your plan and having the coach hold you accountable to this plan. A "life teacher" would be too bold a statement for coaches to make :-)
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by p0d 6y ago
Your assessment and my experience are almost uncanny...thank you.

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