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I did the hike from Pokhara to Ghorepani (Poon Hill is breathtaking btw) and a few other small villages (about a week and half of backpacking). This was after a month in Kathmandu …

There was 18F which was a group within US Digital Services. But as mentioned they got DOGEd. They managed the USWDS (US Web Design System), which was making great efforts to create…

Just moved back to Cleveland after being in Houston for 20 years, grew up here and left for college. Don't regret the choice at all. For what I paid for my house, which is one of t…

Sad to hear. Johansen, Sylvain Sylvain, and Johnny Thunders just oozed "cool" in the most New York way, I think only the Velvet Underground and Ramones are on the same level, but I…

I've worked closely with 18F staff. They are/were some of the most dedicated folks I've ever had the pleasure to work beside. Based on my interactions, they were very dedicated to …

Not OP, but I think it was worth it. Within a year of getting my BSCS, I added almost 25% to my salary. It gave me the leverage I needed to push for more. For someone coming into i…

WGU BSCS grad here as well. Regular brick & mortar schools never worked for me, but WGU clicked and let me finally get my degree. Now I’m working on my MSCS with CU Boulder, which …

Soft skills should be much higher on the list. Software engineers, depending on the org, will be asked to interact with a lot of non-engineering, non-technical types that are in a …

Gatekeeping... some folks just need a gate to feel superior.

Didn't you post almost this exact same gripe the other day? News flash... the world is online right now. I got my BSCS online, doing my MSCS online... neither say they are "online"…

I don't know anyone doing good 1-5 day bootcamps, but I did recently do the multi-week live Kodeco (formerly Ray Wenderlich) iOS / SwiftUI bootcamp and really enjoyed it. I believe…

May want to start with a search on LinkedIn for government contracting firms. Another place to look would be https://www.usajobs.gov which is mostly direct hire into an agency if y…

Aren't cooties the imaginary "bugs" that young boys and girls give each other at recess?

May want to consider government contracting roles. After spending about 15 years in what has come to be known as "martech" as a web developer, I realized how soulless and unsatisfy…

Was very confused by this. I thought the Python package for handling message queues was getting a huge influx of financial support!

A good place, in my opinion, to start would be something like https://roadmap.sh/frontend . It lays out a good tree of knowledge that you may start following. Really, at the start,…

I've always found these types of roles working with external recruiters. Places like Robert Half, etc.

I appreciated finally having a seat at the table in regard to project decisions and team direction. I got to introduce a lot of ideas I had to improve developer experience and real…

Reminds me of "Principia Discordia", this is going to be a fun rabbit hole.

I actually moved over to Linode because of similar anomalies. I had a container I was running my personal site from. Paid my bill on time every month. Got distracted with work and …

My first paying client when I was 19 (so around 1998?) commissioned a local high school graphic design student to hand paint this crazy village scene with stores. She then had it p…

I used to use NetNewsWire, so I redownloaded it. I'll check out Feedly... never afraid to evaluate new tools.

Not a bad idea! I'll look into it :). The temptation is real all the time.

Getting away from time wasting things like mindlessly scrolling Reddit. I realized about a month ago it has slowly grown into an addiction... nothing to do? Pull out the phone and …