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Re: Ask HN: What has the past 12 months taught you?

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Post by __s »

thetrumanshow wrote: post #21
iamwil wrote: post #16

It's really important to put feedback loops in place in your life to change it in the direction you want it to go.

I want to know more...

I've been considering this. In the past I've been on the side of figuring if you can control your mind then you can control your predicament. But I'm now at a point where I'm not having such fine control over my mood. So instead I need to force myself to behave in ways which may improve my environment, which will improve my mood, which will reinforce the behavior

Of course the truth of depression is that it never goes away. But this is something to try to get through a few months

Re: Ask HN: What has the past 12 months taught you?

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Post by qntty »

toomanybeersies wrote: post #40

Geez, I could write a book about what the past 12 months taught me. But here's the main points: * Learn when you have to move on, sometimes some things are out of your control and there's nothing you can do about it. * We all have our own story, don't judge people for their vices and flaws unless you know their story (there are exceptions to this rule) * Sometimes you just have to take the jump, quit your job, move o…

Can you expand on the third point?

Re: Ask HN: What has the past 12 months taught you?

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Post by ronald_raygun »

* I find mentoring to be one of the most rewarding things I can do

* People wait too long to quit a job or get out a bad situation

* Being very deliberate about what you do and who you spend your time with is worth it

* Sleeping masks really improve you quality of sleep

Re: Ask HN: What has the past 12 months taught you?

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Post by antoineMoPa »

thetrumanshow wrote: post #21
iamwil wrote: post #16

It's really important to put feedback loops in place in your life to change it in the direction you want it to go.

I want to know more...

Not sure if thats the kind of thing that OP meant, but I have a sheet of paper where I note all the sport I do, which motivates me to do more since I started it ~3 years ago.

Re: Ask HN: What has the past 12 months taught you?

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Post by qntty »

throwaway713 wrote: post #37

Before we got married, my wife said she would move with me to California if I ever got a good offer from a major tech company. This year I got an amazing job offer, and my wife threw a giant fit, told me she's not coming, and said "I took a gamble and lost. I never thought you would actually get an offer". Now she's refusing to get a job, wants me to continue paying for our house that she's living in on the east coas…

Wow I'm sorry, but congrats on the job offer.

Re: Ask HN: What has the past 12 months taught you?

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Post by goatherders »

throwaway713 wrote: post #37

Before we got married, my wife said she would move with me to California if I ever got a good offer from a major tech company. This year I got an amazing job offer, and my wife threw a giant fit, told me she's not coming, and said "I took a gamble and lost. I never thought you would actually get an offer". Now she's refusing to get a job, wants me to continue paying for our house that she's living in on the east coas…

It's over. You can either admit it now or wait. But from experience I'm telling you it's over. This is your one life. One trip around the stars.

Re: Ask HN: What has the past 12 months taught you?

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Post by goatherders »

jageen wrote: post #43

I fail two interviews one is from Google and one is from Facebook. now I am rethinking about my ability towards coding and algorithms.

No no no. It means you aren't built for a contrived interview process. Has nothing to do with your skill and talent and work as a coder.

Re: Ask HN: What has the past 12 months taught you?

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Post by Scarbutt »

throwaway713 wrote: post #37

Before we got married, my wife said she would move with me to California if I ever got a good offer from a major tech company. This year I got an amazing job offer, and my wife threw a giant fit, told me she's not coming, and said "I took a gamble and lost. I never thought you would actually get an offer". Now she's refusing to get a job, wants me to continue paying for our house that she's living in on the east coas…

You didn't told us what it taught you.
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