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Re: Ask HN: What is the most exciting thing you have learnt this year till now?

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Post by gabereiser »

the_only_law wrote: post #29
mabbo wrote: post #12

That I can survive being laid off. That emotionally, it won't crush me to find out my company decided I was in the 20% that wasn't needed anymore. That financially, my family can get by if I spend 11 weeks unemployed. That I can accept a job that pays significantly less than I used to make. I really did think that the entire experience was going to leave me the empty shell of my former self, that the mental toll woul…

I had the opposite experience. I thought I would easily survive a layoff, but now it looks not so likely.

Numbers game, go submit 100 applications, get 25 interviews, get 3 offers. Go.

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Post by hiAndrewQuinn »

fzf! I even wrote a whole tutorial on it :) https://andrew-quinn.me/fzf/

Excitement for me is measured on a scale of how fast I go from "wtf is this" to "omg think of the possibilities" and given that I was working as a very shell-heavy cloud admin for the first half of this year this quite handily topped the list for me.

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Post by rubicon33 »

fredgrott wrote: post #10

That stacking stimulants is the wrong approach...instead stack weak stimulants along with herb MAO inhibitors to optimize output. My bias is that I have ADHD with anxiety mixed in. Best way to describe is that if one takes Adderall one gets a push pull effect where you are in focus robot mode whereas with this approach its a focus mode with whole environment awareness without the uncomfortable push pull effects.

Can you provide more specifics? What is the “weak stimulant?”. Caffeine? Which MOA herb?

Could be of benefit for others who have tried adderall but found the robot-mode to be an unideal way to live.

For instance if you love sports or fast reaction video games adderall really hurts performance in those areas.

Sounds like you have a solution and would be interested in hearing more about it. Maybe your most exciting thing learned could be someone else’s!

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Post by sneed_chucker »

RiOuseR wrote: post #26
mabbo wrote: post #12

That I can survive being laid off. That emotionally, it won't crush me to find out my company decided I was in the 20% that wasn't needed anymore. That financially, my family can get by if I spend 11 weeks unemployed. That I can accept a job that pays significantly less than I used to make. I really did think that the entire experience was going to leave me the empty shell of my former self, that the mental toll woul…

> I no longer define myself purely in terms of my career. I've been struggling with this. Any tips?

Hobbies, relationships, religion.

Jobs can effectively squeeze your time and energy such that the above are hard to come by, making career self-definement a default path for many people.

Re: Ask HN: What is the most exciting thing you have learnt this year till now?

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Post by yayitswei »

Lyngbakr wrote: post #34

I can't say that I "learned Lisp" this year, but I took my first tentative steps in Lisp. It has been eye opening for sure and I'm excited to learn more.

Congrats! You're in for a trip. It's not one big epiphany but lots of little ones.

Re: Ask HN: What is the most exciting thing you have learnt this year till now?

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Post by the_only_law »

gabereiser wrote: post #41
the_only_law wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I had the opposite experience. I thought I would easily survive a layoff, but now it looks not so likely.

Numbers game, go submit 100 applications, get 25 interviews, get 3 offers. Go.

Yeah it’s a little too late for that. My lease is up at the end of the month, my savings have been battered from attrition and emergency expenses and the rental market is ridiculous here (not that that matters without income anyway).

I submitted plenty of applications, got few interviews, got passed up for most of the roles. I no longer have time to wait on onerous bureaucracies. Hell I was hoping for an offer this week, but both myself and the recruiter are at a loss as to what the company decided. I got another email the other day informing me that some job I applied to months ago was just straight up canceled.

The real problem was I didn’t quite understand how things had changed and was desperate to avoid moving. I should have just taken an on site role and moved a long time ago.

Re: Ask HN: What is the most exciting thing you have learnt this year till now?

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Post by itsmemattchung »

mabbo wrote: post #12

That I can survive being laid off. That emotionally, it won't crush me to find out my company decided I was in the 20% that wasn't needed anymore. That financially, my family can get by if I spend 11 weeks unemployed. That I can accept a job that pays significantly less than I used to make. I really did think that the entire experience was going to leave me the empty shell of my former self, that the mental toll woul…

What an eye opening experience! Getting laid off can feel like an emotional rollercoaster and it's great that you were not only able to ride that wave but also, as you mentioned, reprioritize your life in such a way that you no longer tie your identity strictly to your career. I too recently, in the last year or so, come to the same terms; as a millenial, I'm now finding activities outside of "work" (behind the keyboard) enjoyable and guiding some of my long term goals.

Re: Ask HN: What is the most exciting thing you have learnt this year till now?

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Post by HeyLaughingBoy »

adamredwoods wrote: post #33
solarmist wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This annoys me to no end! There _IS_ good bread in the US too. You just need to ignore the bread aisle of supermarkets!

In the US, good bread must be actively sought out. It is not available everywhere.

> buy a bread at a bakery ;)

Pretty sure every bakery I've been to in the US has had good bread.

Re: Ask HN: What is the most exciting thing you have learnt this year till now?

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Post by solarmist »

adamredwoods wrote: post #33
solarmist wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This annoys me to no end! There _IS_ good bread in the US too. You just need to ignore the bread aisle of supermarkets!

In the US, good bread must be actively sought out. It is not available everywhere.

Fair

Re: Ask HN: What is the most exciting thing you have learnt this year till now?

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Post by leetrout »

ativzzz wrote: post #16

I'm a new parent this year and I was not mentally prepared for it (lol is anyone?) For a few months, I regretted my decision to have kids almost constantly. It gnawed on me. Then I stumbled upon the regretfulparents subreddit. Seeing the posts was pitiful. I saw how destructive it is to our psyches to carry around regret and let it wear us down. I cringed seeing the posts, mostly because I felt the same way they did,…

Dude being a parent is the HARDEST thing anyone will ever do.

People that don't agree are either wealthy or full of shit with horrible children IME.

To anyone reading this: It is A-OK to feel what you feel (regret, guilt, fear, etc) its what you do with those feelings that matter.

The first year of parenthood is absolutely miserable with the lack of sleep and quick milestones changing (for the better, usually) the routines.

It. Gets. Better.

But its work and you gotta take care of you. Cant pour from an empty cup, etc etc.

Build a support network and use it.

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