Quit Social Media, Your Career May Depend on It

Re:Quit Social Media, Your Career May Depend on It by tcrews on Sunday November 20, 2016 @09:34AM (#12999012)

I can relate to that and part of it is probably because we don't want to be left out, we don't want to miss the latest technology that will make us obsolete, etc.

1) Reading HN all the time creates a false sense that things are moving much faster than they really are.

2) I'd suggesting reading "The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck" and it'll remind you your time is finite

https://www.amazon.com/Subtle-Art-Not-Giving-Counterintuitiv...

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Re:Quit Social Media, Your Career May Depend on It by sean_patel on Sunday November 20, 2016 @03:03PM (#13000850)

Absolutely no need to buy the book. Just read his original blog post that is more or less a TLDR; version of this bloated Amazon book. It made a huge difference in my work life. Everytime I found myself in a dumb user or arrogant dev or inept manager type situation (in meetings or emails or face-2-face), I would think back to this blog post and instantly feel better.

Mark Manson "THE SUBTLE ART OF NOT GIVING A F_CK" (12 minute read) => https://markmanson.net/not-giving-a-fuck

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Re:Quit Social Media, Your Career May Depend on It by ppgn on Monday November 21, 2016 @12:52AM (#13003459)

Thanks for the TLDR!

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Re:Quit Social Media, Your Career May Depend on It by bogomipz on Sunday November 20, 2016 @11:37AM (#12999634)

I couldn't help but see an irony in the Amazon description for this book considering the subject being discussed :)

"In this generation-defining self-help guide, a superstar blogger cuts through the crap to show us how to stop trying to be "positive" all the time so that we can truly become better, happier people."

That being said this looks interesting and I am going to give this a read. Thanks for the tip!

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Re:Quit Social Media, Your Career May Depend on It by tcrews on Sunday November 20, 2016 @02:50PM (#13000765)

Indeed. The book is really good in the first half. The second half is a mishmash of common sense advice, but I still found it useful.

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Re:Quit Social Media, Your Career May Depend on It by _audakel on Sunday November 20, 2016 @04:02PM (#13001200)

The art of not giving a fuck link was actually pretty good read

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Re:Quit Social Media, Your Career May Depend on It by _audakel on Sunday November 20, 2016 @03:50PM (#13001132)

Also may give the false impression that you are becoming smarter though contact with constant flow of info

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