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Re:Eat This Much – Automatic Meal Planner on Thursday December 19, 2019 @09:22PM (#21841267)

Was a thing for me in Queensland!

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (October 2019) on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @10:26PM (#21132953)

Location: Sydney, Australia

Remote: Willing

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: C#, JS, TS, BI

Résumé/CV: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1LFBvTQMBWEaEeXmJDT5dDupUxu...

Email: danni[dot]uptlen[at]gmail

Specialise in business and process automation with BI work thrown in. Have a bunch of webdev experience. Extremely willing to work in/learn other languages.

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (July 2019) on Monday July 01, 2019 @09:27PM (#20331326)

Location: Sydney, Australia

Remote: Willing

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: .Net, JS/TS, TSQL, Salesforce, lots of reporting, BI, d3.js etc. Would love to move into Rust/Go dev work.

Résumé/CV: Can provide

Email: danni.uptlen[at]gmail.com

Re:Ask HN: How do I solve my technical inadequacy and make the jump? on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @01:32AM (#19794789)

When I was younger I wanted to move in to management type roles. However I have never had (or made?) the opportunity so I feel like these are outside of my short to medium term goals. Moving to a company that offers advancement would be an ideal, but in the meantime I feel like I need to make myself a compelling candidate.

I totally understand around difference between pm/dev work though - in a perfect world I want dev work, however I am willing to accept it's not a possibility for me at my age whilst maintaining my current income.

I don't have a technical network for job opportunities (due to non technical teams) and job ads/recruiters seem to filter on technical proficiency.

Another commenter said I should double down on basics and meet end user needs - that's precisely what I do. I get things done, but can I demonstrate technical knowledge or professional experience with language x? Can I define what a singleton is? I'm not so sure.

Ask HN: How do I solve my technical inadequacy and make the jump?

Posted by ydrol on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @12:53AM
from the ask-hn dept.

I'm going to lay it all out there as I feel like I'm approaching a midlife crisis at 35:I love technical work and programming, however I have no tertiary education directly related to development. I do dev work outside of work hours for "passion" projects (games related, no illusions of becoming professional) so I believe I could be considered motivated and interested in learning.I have ~15...

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Re:Librem 5 dev kits are shipping on Tuesday December 18, 2018 @10:26PM (#18712774)

This is the concerning part for me and is why I have been holding off on this purchase (for reference, I check their website/twitter/mastodon for news/updates every second day or so).

The price rise, while making sense, also says to me that they're trying to gain access to more funds now rather than in the future.

Re:Ask HN: What are some niche communities you enjoy? on Sunday August 05, 2018 @09:30PM (#17694576)

A game I used to play as a teenager: Quakeworld Teamfortress. There are a few discord channels for the various countries where people still play (US: https://discord.gg/FStt9pw, Brazil: https://discord.gg/Ew3NY2Z, Australia: https://discord.gg/amed6v) with organised games happening on particular days each week. What's great is that development/new maps are still being made.

Re:Ask HN: What essay/blogpost do you keep going back to reread? on Thursday October 05, 2017 @02:46AM (#15407077)

Not tech related, but helped me realise how we subconsciously view others and ourselves:

http://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/picture-yourself-as-a-s...

Re:Ask HN: What's happening in agricultural technology? on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @12:20AM (#13469006)

There was a great BBC doc a few years ago (2009) called "A Farm for the Future". It was about someone from a traditional farming family discovering/researching/interviewing around permaculture. In one of the interviews she mentions that traditionally she can feed 5 people an acre, whilst the interviewee was claiming 10+. I believe permaculture has come along in leaps and bounds since, so it is well worth reading up on.