Empathy. The tech giants are having massive scandals because they lack it. Whatever you do, be here for the end user. Think about their lives and make it no worse.
Hah I was gonna say Empathy as well!
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#24Two things I want to focus on are Kubernetes and Golang. I've played with them in the past, but not spent enough time with them to be confident using them in production.
Go is undeniably very useful, just feels like such drudgery actually working with it.
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#25Meditation. Being able to direct your attention, to be present in difficult situations, to care about others when it's easier to worry about oneself, and to be willing to see truths that contradict one's self-image. There is much to be gained from this simple practice, and much to be lost from foregoing it.
"the faculty of voluntarily bringing back a wandering attention over and over again is the very root of judgment, character, and will. [...] An education which should improve this faculty would be the education par excellence." - William James
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#26I think the electronics and electronics fabrication industry is ripe for major disruption in 2019. The end of copper clad fiberglass boards are in sight, and that will change the way we think about electronics in fabrication. Electronics is also kind of exciting right now in particular. The open hardware community while in it's infancy still, is growing rapidly. Notably, the ESP32 platform has allowed home brew IoT t…
> The end of copper clad fiberglass boards are in sight Where can I read more about that? My google searches have not been fruitful.
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#28Organizing.
Not necessarily in your workplace, but sure, that too if you're into it.
Mostly I mean community groups of like-minded folks who stay in touch, remain active and do meaningful things together, like speaking up against bad uses of technology in government and law enforcement. Or training people how to get started in tech. Or hacking something together that could be meaningful for the lives of people in a city.
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#29Empathy. The tech giants are having massive scandals because they lack it. Whatever you do, be here for the end user. Think about their lives and make it no worse.
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#30Financial literacy. I find many of my smart, technology friends don't really have a solid grasp of finances and economics. Something as simple as a six-month cash flow spreadsheet would do wonders for most people. I am trying to instill this in my older children.
I highly recommend "The Index Card: Why Personal Finance Doesn't Have to Be Complicated"
https://smile.amazon.com/Index-Card-Personal-Finance-Complic...
https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/01/08/46...
Index card the book refers to: https://i.imgur.com/S1sR5Dy.jpg
/r/personalfinance flowchart: https://i.imgur.com/u0ocDRI.png (How to prioritize spending your money)
