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Re: Ask HN: What Skills to Acquire in 2020?

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Post by jimbokun »

vpEfljFL wrote: post #32
hijinks wrote: post #3

Kubernetes.. almost all the companies are on it or looking at it in one way or another.

If everybody knows kubernetes what is the point to learn it? You can't stand out with this skill if you wouldn't do it professionally. Just to get familiar is enough. I would go with bash, sed, awk.

But not everyone knows Kubernetes.

"You can't stand out with this skill if you wouldn't do it professionally."

But there are an increasing number of opportunities to do it professionally?

And every developer should have bash, sed, awk in their toolbox, anyways, So yes, at least get familiar with those tools and learn to recognize when they are a good fit for a problem you're trying to solve.

But after that it can still be good to learn Kubernetes, too, if you want to work at companies that have large scale back end systems.

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Post by bradgnar »

deepGem wrote: post #16
kerkeslager wrote: post #9

Starting conversations with strangers. Squat and deadlift. Eating healthier. Doing something kind for someone else every day. Honesty. Listening to people you disagree with. Driving safer (this is the most dangerous thing we do on a regular basis). Meditation.

I will add Kettlebell swings to Squat and deadlift. They are one of the best all round exercise for muscle development particularly around the lower back and for cardio as well. In fact, I haven't come across a full body muscle building and cardio exercise that can match Kettlebell swings.

TURKISH GETUPS!!

Re: Ask HN: What Skills to Acquire in 2020?

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Post by tashoecraft »

komali2 wrote: post #169
ravenstine wrote: post #152

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In a similar vain, I recommend getting a sous vide circulator. You'll make perfect steaks and pork chops every time, and it's extremely clean and convenient. You can cook all sorts of other things sous vide style as well. I recently got one, and I've been cooking at home a lot more often as a result. I think more people would cook their own food if they knew how to make it taste really good.

I fully support the value system here in that we both want people cooking for themselves more, but I have to say that sous vide cooked steaks taste like boiled meat to me, aka terrible. People around me are swear by it until I slap a ribeye onto the pan for them, high heat, making sure to render the fat. To each their own but imo a sous vide is a big, expensive, plastic waste of counter space.

If sous vide is tasting really bad to you, you’re doing it wrong. Almost certainly you’re not doing the final step, finish in a pan. You shouldn’t take something right from the sous vide to the plate, hit it in the pan at the highest heat you possible can to get the Maillard reaction and develop the crust.

Re: Ask HN: What Skills to Acquire in 2020?

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Post by raverbashing »

heinrichhartman wrote: post #13
kerkeslager wrote: post #9

Starting conversations with strangers. Squat and deadlift. Eating healthier. Doing something kind for someone else every day. Honesty. Listening to people you disagree with. Driving safer (this is the most dangerous thing we do on a regular basis). Meditation.

deadlift's are quite dangerous for the untrained. Start with "Fix Rounded Shoulders" and "Fix Anterior Pelvic Tilt" if you have not already done so. Plenty of great advice on YouTube on those topics.

They are not "quite dangerous", they're safe if you can follow the form correctly

Yes, they're not really a beginner exercise

> "Fix Rounded Shoulders" and "Fix Anterior Pelvic Tilt"

Build strength bit by bit instead of follow every Athlean-X nitpick ;)

Re: Ask HN: What Skills to Acquire in 2020?

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Post by komali2 »

I pirated Ableton a while back and turns out after actually learning how to use it through the in software tutorials and a couple YouTube videos, I really enjoy producing music. Starting out can be as simple as laying out beats which is very entertaining.

They do a 30 day trial but I don't think that's enough time to figure out if you wanna drop 800$ on it. They have some 100$ package that in hindsight probably had everything you need if you buy serum as well (another 100$ iirc).

Re: Ask HN: What Skills to Acquire in 2020?

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Post by temporama1 »

rubenabergel wrote: post #17

The ability to be true to yourself in social situations! -> https://www.youtube.com/c/socialanimal We are surrounded by opportunities for real human connections Every day, we go through dozens of situations that encourage light, authentic interactions with the people around us. All these moments when someone is next to you, and YOU feel like you want to interact… but you don’t …you are working at coffee shop and ther…

Dude...just, put Netflix on or something.
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