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Re: Ask HN: What’s your plan in 2019?

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Post by ckrusk »

febin wrote: post #47

a.)Need to read complete these books 1. The Personal M.B.A 2. Running Lean 3. Thinking Lean 4. The Automatic Customer 5. Bankable Business Plans 6. A programmer's introduction to mathematics b.) I have a starup idea in education to shorten learning curve using education games, this is what I am planning. 1. Build M.V.P of educational games that teaches mental models or popular concepts or ideas release them on HN, ta…

Be sure to follow up with a post about your ed-tech product. I made educational games for my senior thesis project a while back and I always looking for other people in the sector! P.S. Thanks for the book list, I have added a few to my list for 2019.

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Post by takinola »

alphagrep12345 wrote: post #108

I am completely clueless and confused. I’m 23 yr old working in a dead end job at Oracle. Each day of my work just makes me feel more drained and irrelevant. I’m unable to change company because of visa (I’m on l1). I am split between changing the team or leaving USA for London/India for good. Leaving USA is a risky career proposition - which also pulls me towards doing a masters so that I can stay in US few more yea…

Will your company sponsor you for a green card? My understanding is the green card process is significantly shorter if you are on an L1. That outcome would give you maximum flexibility with regards to working and living in the US

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Post by schachte1 »

BigHatLogan wrote: post #99
etrautmann wrote: post #85

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That’s a wonderful goal and resonates with me as well. Your first and second points stand in direct contrast to each other - being more conscientious and deliberate without over intellectualizing and dealing with decision paralysis. You might benefit from talking to a counselor or someone who can help prevent you from getting stuck thinking in circles.

I didn't even notice that, but I think you're right--the two points don't play well with each other. I think what I meant to say is that what I tend to do is debate between doing multiple things, but then I end up doing none of them. I try to think things through--which thing would be best? which would help me the most?--but ultimately I sit there idly watching things go right past me. My goal in being more conscient…

You should read the book The Slight Edge. It talks about the mindset to achieve what you're looking for.

Re: Ask HN: What’s your plan in 2019?

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Post by llama052 »

I'd like to just find my passion for this industry again. This year has slowly worn me down to where my interest is now escaping it in my off time rather than exploring.

It scares me that something I've always loved is finally turning into a job. Maybe that's normal though.

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Post by jason_slack »

ckrusk wrote: post #109
jason_slack wrote: post #76

1. continue learning Chinese (4+ years already) 2. get a new quant job 3. improve my marriage. It's been awesome for 12 years now. 4. continue taking time to read each day but vary my subject matter even more.

How have you been learning Chinese? I am adding learning how to read/speak Mandarin to my 2019 list.

When I started took a 101 and 102 Mandarin class. It was the only class I was taking so I gave my whole attention. I studied for several hours each day. I practice my handwriting every day still. YouTube videos of Chinese sitcoms are helpful to watch.

I can read and write well but my speaking has always struggled. I don't hear as well as others and I often can't tell which tone I am using or the other person is using.

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Post by yulaow »

benmanns wrote: post #16
sidcool wrote: post #4

I like to call it 2FA - Fitness, Finance, Autonomy. All my activities will be around these themes, viz. Getting healthier, learning more about personal finance and planning around self-sufficiency in as many aspects of life as possible.

What would you like to learn more about personal finance? That’s something I’m well versed in and want to teach and write about in the coming year.

I am not the person to which you are asking, but I would be _very_ interested in more detailed ways on how to correctly diversify investments in the most safe way possibile.

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Post by egoisticalgoat »

1. Start getting help for my depression and other mental health related issues. I've been dealing with depression for years now, been officially diagnosed about two or three years ago. I've had a few sessions with a therapist last year but I've broke off all contact with them since. I also have another mental problem which keeps me from eating 90% of food, which makes social gatherings in restaurants etc. a pain.

2. Start exercising more. I've bought myself some dumbbells earlier this year, and I've used them less than I'd like to admit. I wanna gain some strength to protect myself and other people from others, as well as have the strength to help people with moving etc. since i had to help with that a few times this year.

3. Get back into programming as a hobby. I'm slowly starting to regret turning my hobby into my job. I love programming, but when i get home from work i have no energy nor enthusiasm left to touch any of my personal projects. I'd love to add a bunch of planned features to my website which has about 1.4k unique users a day on average, but i need to get my motivation back first.

4. Contribute more to open source. This year I've made a whooping 4 pull requests to open source projects. Half of them one-liners. I've been part of this community for a while now and i feel the need to return something to it.

5. Do more volunteer work. I've donated to a lot of charities this year, but there's only so much money i have left at the end of the month. I have a lot more free time than money, so I plan on spending some of my afternoons a bit different.

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