TheOneTrueKyle

Took me 5 days as well, though I might have spent more than an hour on it daily. I stepped away from the cube for about 4 years and was able to pick it up again just from muscle memory.

I now use the cube as a meditative practice. For 1-3 minutes, nothing in the world matters with the exception of solving the cube. Doesn't work well as a meditation tool when you start doing other cubes however, like the megminx. It just becomes a frustration device.

I have been looking for a developer position since 2013. I am still looking. I currently work as a test Engineer and have a steady income, but life is genuinely getting worse and worse as time goes by.

Contrast that with blog posts of 20 somethings telling you how to be happy and be productive on medium as they enjoy their Facebook job is quite frustrating and can make things worse.

I am starting to build a brand in the hopes that I can make something out of it and never have to worry about finding a development job.

Besides not listening to people on the interwebs, I don't really have any advice. Just wanted to let you know that you are not alone.

As someone new to python, this has been confusing. The process involves learning using some blog post, the spending time refactoring because its old.

I have been struggling to get into the flow for the same reason that I have trouble getting into meditation: I have bulging disks and chronic pain.

I can never completely focus on anything these days because I am constantly focusing on the pain.

Does anyone else with chronic pain have advice for getting into a flow state without being interrupted by pain?

Want to go more into detail about how advertising has helped spacex?

Congrats on the easy life I guess?

Of course improving skills is always essential in anything in life. That doesn't help you get a job.

Cool, that just about rounds out the reason why this industry is a piece of shit. I'm sure harryh will find a way defend it though...

Of course people do. It's more your reaction to it. Like you are financially invested in people who don't make food but people who bring food a couple feet to the left.

So have you ever tipped a chef?

You live in a completely different world than I do yet insist on generalizing everything. You are quite fascinating.

Let me ask you this then. Have you ever tipped the person who cooked your food?

I spend my nights and weekends working on side projects in the hopes that I can find a job that I like. I have been applying to jobs nonstop since becoming an adult and will continue to do so until I find something that will make me happy.

I definitely do these things constantly in the hopes of finding something that will make me happy, but after almost 10 years and nothing really to show for it, it can cause someone to go insane.

Also, if I have to state my intentions, then a server should have to say, "we ask for money because I chose to work for a company that doesn't pay well. Sometimes we deserve it. Most of the time we don't"

Or realize how stupid that sounds

You have a unique perspective on this situation. I don't have to do shit. I want food, I get food. Not my fault you create a barrier between me and food.

Regardless, I don't go to restaurants because of this.

Sounds like you have a great life and great network of people around you so maybe telling someone what they love is a waste of life is probably not a good use of your life.

Maybe realize that some people struggle to find happiness and will constantly be struggling. Not everybody can have a family. Not everyone can find a job after school. Not everything is easy.

Maybe keep that in mind.

Then that should be apart of the price of the meal.

This mentality is most likely why I usually never tip.

There are people out there that honestly think this is normal behavior. Hey your experience was terrible, but have this $5 your don't deserve.

I live in the US and only tip when service is good.

I don't agree with this. It is really about who you know. I never got a job because of skills

What does being smart have to do with anything?

Smart doesn't equal interesting. Plenty of smart people around me.

What does your comparison about mothers and fathers have to do with anything?

I have never had a good job. Most of my life has been miserable working in QA and not finding any value in anything I do or being able to find something better.

This currently leads me to where I am today, working at a huge corp in a pool of mediocrity. The people around me have absolutely no big ambitions to do anything meaningful in life and are very comfortable with their mediocre kids. These people are happy which is a whole other topic that blows my mind.

Because I am constantly around these people, they think of me as mean and condescending. No I am not, I just can't be happy producing shit work in a company that doesn't provide me with any value. When I go home, I am not going to have fun, I am going to work on a project that can help me get away from these people. I don't allow anyone to passively say "tgif" or "its monday" to me as if I agree with their mediocre sentiment.

Maybe I am mean and that is why I can't find work, but I rather be mean than mediocre.

Yeah you can learn English all you want, but that isn't going to help you understand Snoop Dogg lyrics.

UX and business decisions seem to never get along

As much as I love my sony A7s-II, the UI has been a nightmare and Sony won't update the app to support the Pixel so that is useless now.

However, I still haven't seen a 4k mirrorless equivalent from Canon so my Sony is still the best option for what I want to accomplish.

I still use Canon and Nikon glass however.

You should try spending a year as a production assistant and then come back to me.

Thanks for the insight. I know I am losing out not engaging on the platform. Need to start getting serious about it.

I have been in the same boat for my baking website. Used Buffer and didn't see that many results. Then I abandoned Buffer and came up with a strategy that worked for me.

I realize that twitter was a place where I could get a lot of conversions to the website, but not the greatest for engagement. So I created twitter bot using the Wordpress REST API [1] to just pump out links to my recipes. Instagram, on the other hand, is all hand written and takes me some time. Although instagram barely gets anyone too my website, it has been the best tool for me to build a community around. So much so that I am thinking of abandoning the website.

I can't figure out Facebook for the life of me...

[1]: https://github.com/kylevalenzuela/python-wordpress-twitter-b...

Cool, I have been playing around with Mapbox and React a little bit for a project I wanted to start.

Left for Dead is Turtle Rock and published by Valve

Story time?

Oh man, this is far superior to the official Django tutorial I think. MDN really does a good job at holding your hand through the process.

There are moments when going through docs where way too many assumptions are made about what I know. This is where prerequisites and objectives really help out. I know what I am getting into before grokking.