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I think this might be a close second in ugliness to the Tesla Truck. Why can't have an electric Toyota Tacoma? Or an F150 or a Chevy Colorado?

Are you using WSL? It's usually good enough to make linux only software run without any issues.

2016 - Graduated college with CS degree, startup job @ 75k, 1%

2017 - startup shit out, went to 1 company, 85k a year, left that company (really bad situation), second company 100k a year

2018, 115k (same company promoted me)

2019, 150k switched to a FAANG

Robots usually consist of many complicated components. ROS provides a unique and consistent method for those components to communicate with each other via an API and a pub/sub method. That way each one of your components can handle it's own logic via whatever software it likes, just so long as you can connect to the ROS api and let the OS handle orchestrating each component. A bit like a conductor in an orchestra.

I published a research paper as an undergrad on improving an existing algorithm for a team of mobile robots to navigate space and create a map of their environment.

I also used it as an intern at a robotics company to use a microsoft kinect as a depth sensor for helping the robot perceive space in three dimensions.

I was disappointed that he didn't give any information around SPA's he though were good! Does anyone have recommendations for an example of a world class SPA?

I've found that behavior that isn't quite a ritual, but unique to that activity can be highly motivating and beneficial to focus as well. Whenever I want to get deeply focused on code writing, I'll start speaking to myself under my breath. A bit like the intention behind vocalizing your thoughts during a coding interview, it's been very helpful for keeping my mind on track.

is the compensation really like this for a mid level engineer at a FAANG? I'm still fairly new into my career and I can't believe that the enterprise money is sooo much better than the startup world. I'm currently earning around 120k a year with health insurance and no equity. Should I really be designing on trading up into a nice big enterprise job?

Starting off with Ubuntu is a good idea. That's the friendliest distro of linux yet it still provides a fair amount of extensibility so you can start playing around with the really cool things linux offers. There wasn't anything I found myself missing. I suppose the keyboard layout is a little different but that's about it? Again though, the beauty of linux is that you can change just about anything for your preferences. I guess the recommendation is simply to just switch and just start and be patient! Good luck!

How many people actually do this vs talk about doing it? I know Mr. Money Mustache is super popular and generally the tenets are a great idea, but I certainly don't know anyone my age (early 20s) who has become a proponent of these ideas. It seems a bit too extreme for my tastes. Why not just get a job you like, save enough that work is optional and enjoy your day to day?

cool! then there's some hope yet!

What was your salary trajectory? Where did you start and at what point did you start reaching the 200k+ to 300k+ range?

I kind of wish HQ would go away. I know that's mean to say however it's really a rather buggy app and the game it's self is only marginally fun. Having to deal with questions not working, the host droning on, the app freezing or stream crashing makes the experience even less enjoyable. Additionally, the prize money is going to have to increase if prize is going to be more than a few $ as they keep getting bigger. Even 10k when split between a few hundred or a few thousand people gives you a pretty minimal reward. I wonder at what point the creators are going to start pivoting to advertising to start underwriting their gameshow.