As the title says - I have one month where I am not employed. The new and previous jobs are well paid Bay Area tech jobs (living expenses are not going to be a concern). I am looking for advice on exciting new tech I should pick up during the month. I am a backend engineer. Should I learn crypto or should I go for ML/AI?
Ask HN: Have one month break (switching employers) – What should I do?
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#2GNU Make sounds like a good fit for your background.
Re: Ask HN: Have one month break (switching employers) – What should I do?
#3The Graph DB scene is quite interesting, might be worth considering.
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#4Have you considered sailing or learning a new language such as french (or doing both)?
Re: Ask HN: Have one month break (switching employers) – What should I do?
#5The Graph DB scene is quite interesting, might be worth considering.
Are there specific Graph databases you would recommend? I have played with Neo4j about 5 years ago. Has there been anything revolutionary in this field since then?
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#6Have you considered sailing or learning a new language such as french (or doing both)?
I am fluent in 3 languages. I grew up in India where just about everyone ends up learning at least 3 languages. A month is too short to really pick up a language.
Sailing or outdoorsy stuff like hiking is not my cup of tea. I work out (cardio and weights) to keep myself fit. Not planning on making any changes to my daily routines during the month
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#7The Graph DB scene is quite interesting, might be worth considering.
Are there specific Graph databases you would recommend? I have played with Neo4j about 5 years ago. Has there been anything revolutionary in this field since then?
Oh if you've seen it ... Cypher seems to be spreading: standardised and adopted by DBs other than neo4j, so I thought a good slow month to pick it up, play with a few of the DBs, toy project ... but not if you know it already.
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#8Based on your responses to other comments you would prefer to stay indoors and learn some tech. As you are a back end engineer I would suggest learning some tech which is wildly different but useful and fun. May I recommend blender! [1]
[1] https://cgmasters.net/training-courses/blender-for-complete-...
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#9It really depends on what you love doing. Do you know how to swim? It's a useful skill to have, not to mention a fun cardio exercise. If you spend an hour or two every day, you can actually make pretty good progress on learning how to swim.
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#10Travel.