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Re: Ask HN: What was the best decision you made in your career?

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Post by hef19898 »

yutyut wrote: post #134

I was a mid-level developer at a large software company making a very competitive salary and quit to join the U.S. Marine Corps and train to become a Naval Aviator. I'm now a 'mid-level' AH-1Z pilot. I work longer hours and have generally a lower quality of life but there's something to be said for the immensely unique things I've gotten to do and how profoundly well-rounded the entire experience has made me. I will…

May I ask how old you have been when you made the transition? And whether you had family or not? Because I learned that this significant change in lifestyle is a lot easier the younger you are and the less other commitments you have. Respect so for becomong an aviator, that definitely isn't the easiest career path.

And I could imagine that a former naval aviator who is also a programmer has a bright future in the defense and aerospace industry if you want.

Re: Ask HN: What was the best decision you made in your career?

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Post by daef »

FahadUddin92 wrote: post #139
minhazm423 wrote: post #135

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have a ton of questions for you but I'll boil it down to several for now: 1) Which courses would you recommend? Which had the greatest impact? How would you do things differently? Would you forego engineering entirely? 2) Suppose one doesnt have friends from school or work, how does one build a linkedin following? What did you write about? How did you promote your articles? 3. Again, favorite books? Most impactful?…

1. The courses on AI/Machine learning and blockchain (or anything that has do with 4th Industrial revolution) are great. Coursera is great for this. The greatest impact was the combined effort of being able to do multiple courses (in so many different things) and being able to better understand different programming languages, technologies and marketing (SEO, ads, content marketing, referral marketing, driving sales)…

blockchain voting?

Re: Ask HN: What was the best decision you made in your career?

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Post by malux85 »

FahadUddin92 wrote: post #129

I did following things that helped me grow, 1. My engineering ended in 2013. I was shit broke. I started doing online courses in 2016. Till now I have done 51 online courses in different things and just a month ago I got moved into a DevOps role (from a WordPress developer role). $0 invested in it. 2. The other best thing is growing my LinkedIn network. I grew my network from 200 people to to 15000 people (most of wh…

Hey, can you mail me (in my profile) would love to chat

Re: Ask HN: What was the best decision you made in your career?

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Post by aavotins »

FahadUddin92 wrote: post #129

I did following things that helped me grow, 1. My engineering ended in 2013. I was shit broke. I started doing online courses in 2016. Till now I have done 51 online courses in different things and just a month ago I got moved into a DevOps role (from a WordPress developer role). $0 invested in it. 2. The other best thing is growing my LinkedIn network. I grew my network from 200 people to to 15000 people (most of wh…

Would you mind sharing where you found leads on technology oriented Slack channels? I'm old school, used to hang out on IRC some 15 years ago, but went silent and passive after starting a family. However my boys have grown and I'm looking into getting back into general or topic oriented technology talks and banter, but have no idea where to start looking for like minded people.

Re: Ask HN: What was the best decision you made in your career?

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Post by FahadUddin92 »

daef wrote: post #162
FahadUddin92 wrote: post #139

Earlier quoted context omitted.

1. The courses on AI/Machine learning and blockchain (or anything that has do with 4th Industrial revolution) are great. Coursera is great for this. The greatest impact was the combined effort of being able to do multiple courses (in so many different things) and being able to better understand different programming languages, technologies and marketing (SEO, ads, content marketing, referral marketing, driving sales)…

blockchain voting?

Yes. I am working on a blockchain based voting system too.

Re: Ask HN: What was the best decision you made in your career?

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Post by jmcgough »

I came to the bay for a few days before a PhD interview (cognitive science). My friend convinced me to crash on her couch and find a job in SF. I skipped the interview, taught myself some web dev, and got a job at a startup.

I was pretty burnt out on research at that point. I can guarantee I wasn't mature enough or stable enough to get through a PhD program.

Re: Ask HN: What was the best decision you made in your career?

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Post by girvo »

dionidium wrote: post #120
NamTaf wrote: post #113

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Define "medium-sized". Sydney has over 5m people in it and covers approximately 4750 sq mi. So maybe half the population of the LA metro area in about the same size?

> Define "medium-sized". Sydney has over 5m people in it and covers approximately 4750 sq mi This reveals something many readers might not have noticed. It's a quirk of politics and history that "Sydney" is defined to include the entire urban agglomeration that surrounds its city core (all 4750 sq miles of it), but this isn't the case in most U.S. cities. For an apples-to-apples comparison, you should be looking at U…

As per your footnote, LA reminded most of Australian sprawl in how it’s all spread out. Brisbane, where I live, sounds big, but the actual city is rather small — and way less dense than central LA!

Re: Ask HN: What was the best decision you made in your career?

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Post by girvo »

meetz wrote: post #127
throooowaway wrote: post #31

Changing jobs! Seems like it's so much easier to make more money by getting a new gig than by negotiating with your current employer. I've changed jobs every year since I graduated college; each jump has added 20k or 30k to my salary. I didn't have the best grades, didn't go to a good uni, but I've gone from 45k to 170k in 6 years.

Doesn't the employer often ask that why you change jobs every year ? Is it fair enough that if one company offers better gig than other so I can negotiate with other to increase gig?

They surprisingly don’t, in my experience.
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