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

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Post by davedx »

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.

If you're starting out doing deadlifts then I'm almost certain you're at a gym where there's someone experienced enough to show you how to do a deadlift.

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

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Post by unnouinceput »

bayareabronco wrote: post #34

Survival skills. Global warming, unprecedented fires, coronavirus, rise of fascism, and on and on we go.

you'll die within a month if modern society collapses. Just focus on making a difference on current society instead of becoming a fatalist.

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

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Post by Dumblydorr »

yaman12 wrote: post #19

Learn a another human language. You don’t have to be good at it or even able to converse. Languages are systems of thinking as much as they are systems of communication. Some thoughts only make sense in a given language! The process of learning a language builds cognitive skills and perhaps fights cognitive decline. If you have absolutely no “ear” for human language start with Esperanto and work your way to additiona…

I was thinking of learning French, can anyone recommend which tool to use?

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

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Post by texasbigdata »

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.

Even then not necessarily sufficient. Source: worked with a trainer on this for months after pulling my back at a crossfit years earlier and still having lingering effects. Sitting a ton creates, or can create, large hip inflexibility, tight hamstrings, etc. If budget and space isn't a material constraint, get a hexbar... it will lessen some of the impact on your back.

Deadlifting (and squatting) is arguably the most important full body exercise you can do, and the staple of every single marvel super hero body transformation, but the risk threshold is fairly high for a beginner.

If you want to stretch, try ROMWOD. A bit intense but likely the most impactful in terms of results.

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

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Post by JoeAltmaier »

unnouinceput wrote: post #42
bayareabronco wrote: post #34

Survival skills. Global warming, unprecedented fires, coronavirus, rise of fascism, and on and on we go.

you'll die within a month if modern society collapses. Just focus on making a difference on current society instead of becoming a fatalist.

Some will. Some of us already live relatively independent lives. Not a lot, to be sure. And it can hardly be done in a city.

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

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Post by unnouinceput »

shaggie76 wrote: post #14

When I read the latest "who is hiring" post I was overwhelmed by the amount of Python listed; I've always used PERL but I seem to be the only one at the office left who can.

So you're becoming a niche developer. Congrats, now is time to shine and rack in the big dough. While everybody flocks to Python, go search jobs for Perl and ask for big buck. I bet there are plenty of legacy projects for Perl.

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

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Post by mechhacker »

Dumblydorr wrote: post #44
yaman12 wrote: post #19

Learn a another human language. You don’t have to be good at it or even able to converse. Languages are systems of thinking as much as they are systems of communication. Some thoughts only make sense in a given language! The process of learning a language builds cognitive skills and perhaps fights cognitive decline. If you have absolutely no “ear” for human language start with Esperanto and work your way to additiona…

I was thinking of learning French, can anyone recommend which tool to use?

I learned with a really inexpensive (30 bucks) boxed set called Living Language

Then once I knew the basics I went to conversation hours

About 3-4 months to low conversational if you practice 30min-hr every day

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

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Post by unnouinceput »

yawgmoth wrote: post #23
hijinks wrote: post #3

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

I like Docker, I like microservices, but I feel like I'm just not excited about Kubernetes itself. There seems to be a "bullshit complexity" that people add to it that I really don't think is going to stick. But, I really do like the "GitOps" experience. A merge to a master branch is a deploy. Should I just get over this perception and learn Kubernetes, or could I find joy and professional usefulness out of another t…

Don't worry, it will pass, just like 2 years ago all the rage was blockchain.
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