As a 42-year old who has been at this 20 years or so... and who got into tech back in the early 2000s for the love of computer science, I keep thinking to myself... maybe I could become a: * Physical therapist (5+ years…
Not only that, but even if I *do* know about it, I still won't want to use it. I already know the old mainstream thing. 10% efficiency gains isn't enough for me to invest my limited time in learning a new tool,…
These are very wise words that I needed to hear today; thank you.
Thanks - I've been starting to work through this book. I see you are in programming / software engineering - would you say that working through it helped you in your engineering skills (not necessarily day-day, but…
Have you read it? I recently purchased a copy, and the exercises look fun/useful.
This isn't just Adobe. Unity3d does this too. While I like the Unity product, I was trialing others too (Unreal) and didn't realize I was being locked into an annual contract. They don't even have an early cancellation…
No. Designing products, architecting systems, writing code, testing code, documenting systems and releasing and maintaining software all takes time and most importantly, dedicated practice. There are no shortcuts with…
Type 1 for 30ish years... I wish there was some way to move this comment to the top of this thread. You pretty much hit the nail on the head. Yeah, injections suck, but the real sinister issue is the constant attention…
I've done on-call in a fairly severe fashion, similar to a lot of folks here - one one night, off the next, one one, off the next. I didn't get compensated for it. It took a tremendous toll on my mental and physical…
As a 42-year old who has been at this 20 years or so... and who got into tech back in the early 2000s for the love of computer science, I keep thinking to myself... maybe I could become a: * Physical therapist (5+ years…
Not only that, but even if I *do* know about it, I still won't want to use it. I already know the old mainstream thing. 10% efficiency gains isn't enough for me to invest my limited time in learning a new tool,…
These are very wise words that I needed to hear today; thank you.
Thanks - I've been starting to work through this book. I see you are in programming / software engineering - would you say that working through it helped you in your engineering skills (not necessarily day-day, but…
Have you read it? I recently purchased a copy, and the exercises look fun/useful.
This isn't just Adobe. Unity3d does this too. While I like the Unity product, I was trialing others too (Unreal) and didn't realize I was being locked into an annual contract. They don't even have an early cancellation…
No. Designing products, architecting systems, writing code, testing code, documenting systems and releasing and maintaining software all takes time and most importantly, dedicated practice. There are no shortcuts with…
Type 1 for 30ish years... I wish there was some way to move this comment to the top of this thread. You pretty much hit the nail on the head. Yeah, injections suck, but the real sinister issue is the constant attention…
I've done on-call in a fairly severe fashion, similar to a lot of folks here - one one night, off the next, one one, off the next. I didn't get compensated for it. It took a tremendous toll on my mental and physical…