Flame throws, ants eating the screen, etc. Good times. Simpler times...
My friend has had a rough year (stressful completion to PhD, poor job market, immigration struggles with wife). To top it off, his Google account was just hacked in what seems to be a targeted attack after losing his US number.All passwords changed, completely lost access and cannot gain any access back to the accounts. All phone number/recovery options changes en masse. Lifetime of photos,...
Has anyone had success using their American citizenship status as a way to get a US tech job or a company based in the US with an EU presence to get better pay?I’m an expat in the UK and considering a change. Is it much harder? UK salaries are very low and cost of living is very high, so trying to open my options.
Going through some hardcore career burnout that has been lasting for far too long. Boring and not meaningful work, massive team and horrible oncall. Interviewed and got a manager opportunity for a team I think is quite interesting, but have zero management experience. Anyone enjoy this transition to gain new perspective?I enjoy helping people and have a decent engineering background. This is at...
Which setup is recommended these days for cheaply chatting with multiple llms (not local llms) like sonnet or openAI?
For 90% of people it seems like it would be unusable so I’m glad they are still going hard to expand their market.
My biggest gripe is that companies in the USA like Verizon have really fucked me swapping to the phone. I recommend you FIRST get a SIM card and then and only then attempt to swap phones.
Major issues trying to swap when using eSIM
Shifting away from faang and startups in Silicon Valley that have allowed me to save some money but ultimately just build tech to help billionaires become richer, what else is there in software?I don’t mean what else is there to do to relax, but I mean to get fulfillment and truly benefit society. I’m just an average dev, but my viewpoints about the world have changed since I was 20 (now 30)...
Friends and family tell me I’m insane for entertaining the possibility of taking some time off due to burnout.I’m currently dealing with some serious depression and trying work on these things myself, but it’s proving to be challenging and have set a timer to re evaluate before I dig myself into a deeper hole.Am I disillusioned to think time off would help me? Clearly the tech industry job...
I tried to make my work the same as play and it burnt me out. I’ve tried to recover with play and lost interest in work.
The trick is to build a routine where the expectation is that you work whatever is required, but not overwork (time and energy are finite), but you prioritize play just as importantly. Play (exercise, social, travel and experiencing life) fuel work. It’s a circular dependency that is key to a happy life. How much of each you do, for how long and what exactly falls into each bucket is what each person on this planet needs to figure out for themselves.
I’ve read the books and tried the apps, but at the end of the day none of that stuff really unlocks anything. For me, baseline is to eat healthy and sleep a lot. From there, things unlock
Seems similar to: https://frontpages.freedomforum.org/
I’ve learned it’s now so much the amount you get, but the company culture.
To answer question to OP more directly. Save and invest intelligently and don’t spend what you can’t afford. Been fairly frugal and sitting over 1 mil. My dad had a boring desk job and just retired with same philosophy and currently sitting at 10 mil networth.
He drove a truck for 20 years that he sold for 500 bucks and a crappy car he drove for another 15 years that he sold for 1k.
Not saying you need to enter the extreme to have happiness, but financial growth is like a snowball. Slow and steady
It was great, just like how Yahoo Answers was great. It’s now no longer needed as much.
Moreso speaking for the companies that feel hopeless when the UIs of these open source tools might probably be ok
The field moves fast, but fundamentals are forever