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Posted by
iansowinski on Wednesday June 11, 2025 @05:55AM
from the ask-hn dept.
Hi,I'm on the beginning of my path of changing role - from front-end dev to data/bi analyst. I'm curious if someone here did something similar, and what is your experience, advices and resources. I'm more than open to chat about it!
Posted by
iansowinski on Saturday June 29, 2024 @05:38AM
from the ask-hn dept.
Hi HN,I’m looking for recommendations on the best resources to get started in investing. What books, blogs, or services would you suggest for a beginner?
What were your experiences when startin, and what challenges did you face in first year of this adventure?
Posted by
iansowinski on Wednesday January 31, 2024 @01:21AM
from the ask-hn dept.
What blogs do you read and recommend? Not only technical blogs - blogs in general :)
Good luck! :)
I survived college with leuchtturm1917 - maybe it's some good staring point.
It is really hard to separate work from personal life as freelancer. Maybe OP could start there, because this calculating problems starts there.
Setting working hours can help and IMO can't be that hard even with kids - I did it for some time.
And when you're looking for flexible calendar - you won't find anything better than small paper calendar, pen and cheap casio watch.
Posted by
iansowinski on Saturday June 17, 2023 @04:10AM
from the ask-hn dept.
As Reddit protests are getting big attention, maybe it's great moment to share some alternative forums in which we are engaged.
Apart from HN I can recommend acclaimed music for music lovers.
Posted by
iansowinski on Thursday February 16, 2023 @02:12PM
from the ask-hn dept.
I'm ok with personal finances stuff but I'm new into investments. I know basic terminology, but I'm looking for resources to learn more before doing something stupid. Do you have some good books, blogs, yt channels, podcasts to recommend?
I did similar thing starting with something like "I want you to lead the conversation". It didn't knew that it was talking to another chatGPT. It very fast fell into a loop of historical facts :/
Bro, you are not alone. I have similar problems with my master's thesis.
Two things help me:
- every Sunday I report to my sister on my progress - on the evening she asks me how my paper is going and I honestly answer her even if there is no progress
- I try to work on it every weekend. I stopped fooling myself that working on it on working day evenings is even possible with a kid running around.
And... There is some progress!
I am a news junkie as I'm really into politics. I even studied sociology with focus on propaganda. From some time I started to implement "less is more" in the news aspect. I buy weekly newspaper (printed, helps me focus on reading), listing to one politics podcast a week. It really cleared my mind and I am still well informed. Maybe even better informed as I filtered out low quality information.
You'll use a lot of skills from your current job in the new career path. Just do it!
Posted by
iansowinski on Friday September 30, 2022 @02:34AM
from the ask-hn dept.
Using different techniques I am training to change the way I move around the internet (I guess digital well-being is the best-suited word for that). My last concerns are about news - how it comes to me from social media. I switched to RSS (feedly), but I'm thinking even about using printed newspapers. Do you have your ways or tools of getting and reading the news?
Poland/Poznan interested inmeetup in Oct/Nov?
"Laboratory life" by Bruno Latour and Steve Woolgar
You can have problem with workaholism. Try therapy, you shouldn't regret it.
Posted by
iansowinski on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @05:25AM
from the ask-hn dept.
I just landed a job where the only OS to choose from is Windows. As an experienced Linux and macOS user, it sounds challenging, but I see it as an opportunity.
Is there anybody with similar experience (web apps development on Windows)? Can you share some bits of advice, tools, and setup?
It's good to add some screenshots and exact instalation commands and some examples to the repo - it's good for marketing :)
Posted by
iansowinski on Thursday February 17, 2022 @06:55AM
from the self-post dept.
What tools do you use? What practices, patterns and mental models do you apply to this problem? Do you recommend some blogs and podcasts on it? Do you have some magic scripts, databases or whole programs for it? Can't wait to see the anwsers!
Dumb solution: hiding place for a key. Paradoxically it may be safer than smart solutions :)
MIT Tech Review - mainstream and great
Wired - same
2600 - hacky vibe
Low Tech Magazine - name tells everything
Social Studies of Science - STS academic journal
I have my photos on my personal computer and some of them on my external hdd. I manage and edit them with lightroom.
I backup everything from time to time on two external hdds with rustic.
I export albums to google photos and personal (mine and my gf) stuff on onedrive. But it's only exports - lower resolution and after-edit jpgs.
[edit] only time I lost some image was because I have waited too long to copy it from my camera to the computer :)
- Braun BC02BW alarm clock - I started to sleep more regularly since I use it (there is no snooze option).
- Trek FX 2 + lights + Thule pannier - Not so fast as I expected, but perfect for city commuting.
Location: Europe
Remote: Yes (preferred)
Willing to relocate: Maybe in future
Technologies: JS / Angular / UX/UI design
Résumé/CV: https://iansowinski.com/cv.pdf
Email: [email protected]
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I am front-end developer with a passion for design. Looking for a great team focused usability and user interfaces.
Team player and fast learner.