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Ask HN: What has the past 12 months taught you?

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Re: Ask HN: What has the past 12 months taught you?

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Post by sus_007 »

Stay with a single programming language, a single framework, a single library, a single tech stack, a single version control system until you extract the last drop out of it.

Also, I am done with T.V & Social Media. World Cup 2018 is going on ATM, we have Cricket World Cup next, then we have another Sports Tournament, and another, and another one... The entire entertainment industry is one infinite `loop` of baloney and you hold the `break` statement to it. They're made to distract you from the real deal. Go out with a Soccer ball in stead, you don't have to be a top-class player yourself, just kick the damn ball.

No matter how lazy you think you are, how fat/thin you are, start exercising. Just do the basics at the beginning and slowly progress. Seriously just start with a 5 minutes of Jumping Jacks in the morning. You'll feel much better for the rest of your day.

Also, as seen on many of the suggestions in this thread, don't worry a lot about how short our life is. It makes matters worse.

Re: Ask HN: What has the past 12 months taught you?

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Post by hajhatten »

pleasecalllater wrote: post #98

Life is short, so work on things that matter. People you love can be gone tomorrow. You too - so prepare for that. You don't make friends at job, you will be fired as soon as they notice you have some family problems influencing your work. There will be no talking, no asking anything... and then your "friends" will silently agree with everything the manager does. Read more - it really helps with anything you will do.…

Sounds like a really rough year. Hope the coming 12 months will go easier on you.

Re: Ask HN: What has the past 12 months taught you?

#105

Post by saheb37 »

It takes a long time to create something rare and valuable. Patience is priceless.

Going all the way for your dream (or something you believe in); it doesn't matter how many times you fail, and only you should be responsible to decide when to let it go when you think it's time to move on. Doing what you want, for as long as you want, is what life is all about.

Only one or maybe two things are really important at any point in your life, rest of them just seem important, but they are not.

Boredom is the biggest problem of our generation.

Re: Ask HN: What has the past 12 months taught you?

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Post by pleasecalllater »

hajhatten wrote: post #104
pleasecalllater wrote: post #98

Life is short, so work on things that matter. People you love can be gone tomorrow. You too - so prepare for that. You don't make friends at job, you will be fired as soon as they notice you have some family problems influencing your work. There will be no talking, no asking anything... and then your "friends" will silently agree with everything the manager does. Read more - it really helps with anything you will do.…

Sounds like a really rough year. Hope the coming 12 months will go easier on you.

Thanks.

Re: Ask HN: What has the past 12 months taught you?

#108

Post by vertigolimbo »

saheb37 wrote: post #105

It takes a long time to create something rare and valuable. Patience is priceless. Going all the way for your dream (or something you believe in); it doesn't matter how many times you fail, and only you should be responsible to decide when to let it go when you think it's time to move on. Doing what you want, for as long as you want, is what life is all about. Only one or maybe two things are really important at any…

Can you expand on the last one?

I reached the conclusion that I am the most creative, productive and feeling the best when I am bored. But there is price to pay - it takes a lot of effort to get bored.

Our generation is constantly distracted and getting bored is actually a skill. From that perspective, it's the lack of boredom which is the biggest problem of our generation.

Are we thinking along the same lines?

Re: Ask HN: What has the past 12 months taught you?

#110

Post by throwawayME123 »

I've been working in the tech sector since forever. A year ago I took a gig in the Middle East, working for a logistics company. This not being a tech company, plus the lack of tech talent in this region means that the company isn't anywhere as sophisticated as my past companies. Very few people here could get a job at any of my previous companies.

However, it's growing like crazy, hitting revenue goals we never were able to hit in my previous companies, because there is such a huge demand on the market here for logistics/deliveries.

Lesson learned = do something the market wants, you don't even need to be that good to be successful (wrt growth).

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