Ask HN: What did you work on in 2017?

Post by songzme » Mon, Jan 01, 2018, 12:01 AM UTC

comboy wrote: post #345

songzme wrote: post #320

I quit my job as a software engineer at Google early this year to teach people how to code. I started paying people $15/hr to learn so they can make ends meet while learning instead of working at Walmart. I thought about all the missing pieces in my engineering growth and created a curriculum that welcomes students from 0 engineering background and plugs in all the holes that were black boxed to me in my engineering…

This is absolutely awesome. Sounds like a really great way to make the world a better place. Not everybody is using fb, I hope you'll finish your http://garagescript.org/ website soon because now most links don't seem to be working. When you provide more details I think you may find some people who are willing to donate. E.g. is non-profit registered under garagescript? I couldn't find it. Well at least make contact…

Post by olalonde » Mon, Jan 01, 2018, 12:09 AM UTC

jesperlang wrote: post #341

I quit what many would consider a successfull job in programming and had a sabbatical year. Moved to a smaller town and down sized everything in spending to the point where I pay $600 per month for housing, food and bills, so living of my savings haven't been an issue at all. I have focused on things like reading (read +40 books in 2017, up from 1-2 per year), wood working, sketching, running and skiing. To keep up m…

Post by JDiculous » Mon, Jan 01, 2018, 12:16 AM UTC

borplk wrote: post #290

JDiculous wrote: post #230

Left $150k software engineering job (well got fired for making video called "9 Ways to cope with having a boring 9-5 job" which somebody found and sent to HR) to make videos about stuff I think is interesting ( https://www.youtube.com/c/JDiculous1 https://www.facebook.com/HonestLogic ), with a slant towards addressing wage slavery, basic income, student loans, capitalism, etc. Still in the early stages, but I'll be h…

Did you speak to a lawyer? Firing you for that sounds illegal.

Post by JDiculous » Mon, Jan 01, 2018, 12:20 AM UTC

zerr wrote: post #281

JDiculous wrote: post #230

Left $150k software engineering job (well got fired for making video called "9 Ways to cope with having a boring 9-5 job" which somebody found and sent to HR) to make videos about stuff I think is interesting ( https://www.youtube.com/c/JDiculous1 https://www.facebook.com/HonestLogic ), with a slant towards addressing wage slavery, basic income, student loans, capitalism, etc. Still in the early stages, but I'll be h…

Wow, is it even legal in your country? What was the official reason mentioned? Maybe you can sue them?

Post by bcongdon » Mon, Jan 01, 2018, 12:22 AM UTC

paulgb wrote: post #86

I got a pen plotter (AxiDraw v3) and it's been a great creative outlet. I wrote a couple tutorials on techniques I learned or discovered: Fractal generation with L Systems: https://bitaesthetics.com/posts/fractal-generation-with-l-sy... Surface projection: https://bitaesthetics.com/posts/surface-projection.html