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Consistently sleep 7.5 to 9 hours a night, which makes meditating at least 30 minutes more fruitful.
Going mushroom foraging several times this month, which is a great excuse to go hiking outdoors.
All these changes have reduced my day to day stress and anxiety levels dramatically.
I passed N3 level of Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT). Whole life I have been doing mostly technical and engineering work, even hobbies and side interests were mostly technical-oriented. I would never have imagined to pick up another spoken language to learn. I am enjoying the process of language learning though sometime struggle with it. Even wife has been surprised how seriously I have taken to learning Ja…
> The only drawback is that I haven't done anything technology related for a while.
While the vast majority of technology content is in English, consider seeking out to read/listen or even starting a podcast, blog, meetup in Japanese around your technology interests.
I’m trying to do 30 yoga classes this month. It’s not a success yet but I’m on track to hit the target. I set this one month fitness goal because I thought it would be immediately achievable and healthy.
Got promoted to Senior Engineer. Made Support Lead of an important assignment, leading a team of 7 Engineers. If anyone would like to advise me on how to be a good Support Lead, I am eager to hear and act. PS - Support Lead is also Operations Lead
https://allarsblog.com/2018/03/16/confessions-of-an-unreal-e...
Got promoted to Senior Engineer. Made Support Lead of an important assignment, leading a team of 7 Engineers. If anyone would like to advise me on how to be a good Support Lead, I am eager to hear and act. PS - Support Lead is also Operations Lead
Congrats! I always regurgitate this article for those who want to become excellent Lead/Senior. https://allarsblog.com/2018/03/16/confessions-of-an-unreal-e...
I’ll keep HN posted with the details, but so far I’m making a lot of progress on the company’s tech!
Self-taught, second profession, 38-years old, after just 1.5 years into my SWE career, lots of hard, deliberate work in an uncharted CI/CD space, and I've landed a role as a Site Reliability Engineer for a major player in the health insurance data domain. 105k base salary, typical benefits package, in a medium-COL US region. This puts me well-ahead of what I thought were already pretty aggressive goals I had set for…
Out of interest, what were you doing before and why did you switch?
I switched to software engineering because there was I good strong likelihood I have a knack for it (turns out I do), that I was going to really enjoy it (turns out I love it deeply), and that there's good money in it (confirmed).
It was a calculated decision, though not a difficult one, and maybe the best I've made in my life so far.
I just passed 100 consecutive days of workouts! At least a one mile run or 20 minute Peloton ride every day. Lower impact days allow for 'active rest'. Was a tough start, too, with a calf sprain almost right away, on Day 5. Even managed to fit in workouts on international travel days!
Assembled a great team to work on Climate Change. Got lucky that most of them are friends and were super interested in the concept
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What'd you do? The only thing that seems to help me is hanging on a pullup bar for intervals of a minute or so. A hang a day keeps the pain away. =)
Dead hangs are great but unfortunately I can't have such setup at my current location. It didn't offer any lasting fix either. What worked for me best was: - Myofascial release of pec minor/major with theracane (generic one bought in a well-known chinese webshop). - Doorway stretches. - A physical device that's rock-shaped on which you lay down and safely stretches the sternum/ribs area. - I avoid smartphone use when…