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I’ve been doing the above as a consultant for a couple of decades. Here’s what I see: o As others have said it’s a lot. That said it sounds like management trusts uou. More than hi…

Prometheus… though you may not like what you find.

I recommend Julia Cameron’s book the Artists way. It’s designed as a course in creative recovery. With daily & weekly homework. Brilliant stuff…

Wow. That’s hot!

This is so classic, bravo!

Slack is a huge time waster. It is a constant distraction. As as it becomes standardized it’s assumed you will be on it all the tome. Through the workday and even after. The only t…

Hard to change someone’s nature. I agree with @viraptor put them on something requiring indepth research. :)

The concept of “literacy” is relative to begin with.

Imposter syndrome. It’s a thing.

Yeah. Ditto. 49 myself. I enjoy coding as much as I did when I was 20. Do I need to be learning everyday? Yep. Same as back then. And I enjoy it just as much :)

The same way i did at 25. Be better!

Your mileage may vary of course. But i’ve been independent consulting now for 25yrs. Started doing primarily dba/unix work in the 90’s and now of course cloud heavy. Devops is in e…

Thanks Kristine for the link to my article... Myth of Five Nines - why high availability is overrated https://www.iheavy.com/2012/04/01/the-myth-of-five-nines-why...

aws popup loft is free and matches your list pretty well

im in new york. been freelancing for 23 years. demand has never been greater. differentiate. brand yourself. and learn to tell your story aka “sell” yourself. how can you help? wha…

Why call it quitting? That’s just an old world frame. a job should last a lifetime. i rather think each project is a learning experience for both company & candidate. i’ve had 200 …

that’s called hiring a consultant... just sayin

I've written quite a bit about this topic (www.iheavy.com) Yes getting "out of the building" is important, and going out & meeting people is key. All the time. Also don't hard sell…

for me it’s := and probably always will be. those fond memories

This is an organizational alignment issue. your application SLOs can be at but not above your dependent components. if that db has 90% uptime than your application cannot be better…

any language older than 5yrs is a failed language. perl, ruby are recent memories. i’m starting to realize the only industry more fashion conscious than software is... well fashion…

• garys guide <- best resource • inside startups • hackernest • warby parker, etsy many others • code driven are good • aws popup loft • most wework spaces have events.

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