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Ask HN: What skills do you want to develop or improve in 2025?
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#272I started with non-technical skills at the earlier stages of my life (sales, marketing, communication) so my goal in the next 10 years is to pick-up:
- Programming and be proficient with one language fundamentals (for now JS/TS) - launchschool seems like a great place for mastery learning.
- Math academy for learning math as an adult with a similar principle of mastery.
On a personal front I've managed to lose 14kgs with the skill of consistency of calorie tracking with Macrofactor and strength training + walking.
And last but not least the self-discovery, meditation and couple counseling made the major difference in my day to day.
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#273Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've been following Math Academy's Mathematics for Machine Learning Course and it has been great.
Did you start at that level or did you work up to it? I'm about to finish Fundamentals I and I'm curious what other people have to say about the site.
I started at that level. I studied mechanical engineering at university (bachelors and masters) and have been working as a SWE for four years so I have a strong base in mathematics (more so in calculus and linear algebra, a lot less in probability and statistics).
But the way the site works (as I'm sure you know) is that you take a placement test and then they build a knowledge graph taking into account what you know and what you don't know. So in theory, I should cover all of the subjects I am unfamiliar with.
So far I've been liking the site. It's worth noting that I enjoy math, so I have fun doing it every day and I really like the spaced repetition aspect. I've only been doing it for a month and probably won't be done with the course until March at my current rate. Perhaps my favourite aspect is that it does take the guess work out of self studying mathematics, which I find it be a more challenging subject to self-study compared to say programming. This does, of course, mean that you must trust the teachers behind the product quite well but I have taken the time to research the employees and founders behind the product and I was left impressed.
I'm not sure what my end goal with it is at the moment. I've been fortunate to work for a big tech company in a product software engineering role, which pays well, but I find it immensely boring. I'd love to move towards AI, but not sure if that will work out just yet.
How have you been finding it?
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#274I was just recently a developer, not even a senior, at the current job who was elevated to lead on two different teams, and there is no raise because my terms are defined as part of a larger contract. If I want more I need to become a director equivalent project manager as that is also part of this contract. That is offered to me but PMP is a required prerequisite that I don’t have. So, I guess I should get PMP.
In the meantime I have found ways to self host personal media this year from the house and make it available across the internet behind find a personal domain name. Everything is fully automated and free. If can get my finances in order this would be my start up idea: a preconfigured hardware box with custom dashboards for all household and media services that are privately available across the internet. The MVP is complete.
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#275My goal is a non goal. Try to live in the present, enjoy leisure time, and stop stressing about always having to up-skill myself. As I near my 50s, I realise life is too short to always be working. It’s okay to take a break and just enjoy stuff guilt free. Having said that I have allowed myself one time intensive hobby - to learn Japanese. I’ve memorised around 1000 kanji and my grammar is decent. My goal is to pass…
Lol. I found instead of japanese u should other things.
Re: Ask HN: What skills do you want to develop or improve in 2025?
#276Earlier quoted context omitted.
Honestly i think these are the same though. I'm never _less_ drawn to doing important things than when i watch youtube for the first hour or two of the day. Starting the day with a complete dopamine dump (i don't know if it's correct physiologically but it feels like it) really kills motivation and thus avoiding it really makes the day productive. Since I've noticed in myself, it make a lot bigger difference than one…
I would agree that watching phone in the morning tends to make things worse but avoiding it does not automatically lead to being productive. For me at least.
I'm of two minds here.
On one hand, I absolutely agree that you should try to focus on maximizing the positive aspects of your life rather than overly focus on beating down the negatives. For instance, I'm happiest when I'm taking a lot of recreational classes outside of work, and when I'm doing that - my phone usage is not a problem - it's a fine way to spend my limited free time because I'm already doing the things I love.
On the other hand, in the morning especially it feels like looking at my phone can kinda derail my day sometimes. So I download Opal and just set a hard block (impossible to skip) from 9:55pm - 9:35am, that way I'm able to use my phone during the day, but not the very first thing in the day. I find that works well for me.
Re: Ask HN: What skills do you want to develop or improve in 2025?
#277Study for and Pass the CKA exam
Ansible
Improve my programming, either via CS50 or the new edition of Think Python
Put my synth collection to use
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#278After procrastinating it for months--heck, years even, I finally started learning to draw. I just bought some sketchbook last week and already used up all of the pages. Also is there anybody here who also draw?
I loved to draw as a kid and in 2015 I tried to really learn so I bought a cheap course in one of these learning platforms (I think it was udemy). I haven't really kept drawing and have been on and off since then. Last year I decided to get back at it again and have been drawing a bit more consistently but I still can't keep it a daily routine.
TL;DR: I draw, not consistently, but I do enjoy it.
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#279Earlier quoted context omitted.
> all of my hobbies, habits, and "likes" have been dopamine driven Would you mind giving examples. I ask because I’m wondering about a family member.
Google "adhd hobby jumping". Too much to explain here. The main thing to keep in mind with ADHD is that when a normal person simply thinks about doing a task, they get a hit of dopamine that gives them the motivation to do the task. An ADHD person doesn't get that until after the task is done, which leads to them never starting. The exception is with things that are an instant dopamine hit. The new shiny. Lather, Rin…
What I've found helps me with hobby jumping or not completing tasks/practicing/etc. is to not talk about it. If I'm going to do a task or work on a hobby the act of saying I'm going to do something triggers the same dopamine reward as actually doing the thing. Instead I try to only talk about things that are already done in order to hold myself a little bit more accountable for actually working on stuff.
Re: Ask HN: What skills do you want to develop or improve in 2025?
#280Earlier quoted context omitted.
Did you start at that level or did you work up to it? I'm about to finish Fundamentals I and I'm curious what other people have to say about the site.
I started at that level. I studied mechanical engineering at university (bachelors and masters) and have been working as a SWE for four years so I have a strong base in mathematics (more so in calculus and linear algebra, a lot less in probability and statistics). But the way the site works (as I'm sure you know) is that you take a placement test and then they build a knowledge graph taking into account what you know…
Thanks for the response. I've enjoying it and learning a lot. My base in math is a lot weaker though, so it's taken me quite a long time to get through even Fundementals I. I'm almost there. I went into more detail in another comment:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42509408#42519882
I'm planning on improving my mental math this year too which should help with the speed of the more concrete problems. I love algorithm design so having a stronger base in math will be a big help.