1. Do cool things. 2. Tell people about them. 3. Stay away from any glowing screen unless I'm doing 1 or 2.
Simple but wise words. Good luck with achieving them!
Ask HN: What are your goals for 2023?
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#521. Find a good contract and make some money before "software developer" stops being a thing. 2. Maybe finally, at 35, start studying for a BSc. 3. Get my programming language / desktop environment / editor project into a useful state.
Software developers are not going away any time soon, however much open AI hype would want that, writing code is a very, very small part of our job
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#531. B1 in European Portuguese. (Wife and I got our A2 this year and are seriously considering moving to Porto).
2. Actually start updating my blog with my research.
3. Shift the weight that's piled on the last few years
4. Start the new job search, just hit 5 years at my current role and I'm getting seriously itchy feat.
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#541. Trying to focus on one goal.
2. Do the goal.
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#55Complete msc
Rethink current job and maybe try to find compiler job
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#56-hope i didn't get affected with covid even though it's not a big deal.
-stay healthy as dreamed.Sleep early and quit smoking.
-stick to onething cuz the more you're trying to figure out,the more likely you ended up knowing nothing throughly.
-smile more and don't overthink
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#571. Get a new job in software dev 2. Get better with everyday Norwegian (that new job should take care of that) 3. Get to A1 level in French (Bonjour, monsieur !) 4. Get through my list of books 5. Start a toy side project only to present something and make small programs for myself along the way
Love to see so many people wanting to learn or improve in foreign languages. Good luck, you can do it! :)
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#581 earn an income with my passion project https://QuietNearMe.com 2 play more, more humor, more laughs 3 expand social circle, make new friends
Neat project. For what it's worth I want to poke around at it to discover "what kind of places might you recommend near me" to find out if I'm interested but I don't want to sign up without any sense of its value so I just closed the page.
Thanks! And I completely agree, I generally do the same. I don't sign up without a sense of the value.
I put the sign up wall - reluctantly - recently because people are not inclined to suggest their favorite quiet spots. And I need to grow the quiet map to make it liveable for me. Currently its all on my dime & time.
It needs to stay a free platform for users. It's not the affluent that live next to railways, share rooms, can escape to the countryside.
So I put the sign up wall so I at least have the possibility to send an email every once in awhile, to reach out to the interested users. To encourage them to add a quiet spot. I have not send such email since I created it 7 months ago.
I'm not happy with this "solution" but have not found a better way. Would welcome any advice or input.
ps: If you like, I'll send you an entry code.
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#591. Finish my academic duties (masters degree). 2. Get a job, start a small side business, grow my online presence. 3. Get the hell out of Latin America, this continent is far too violent.
Expressing curiosity regarding your third point: the time zones of Latin America are very friendly to USA work. How does the violence fare in more expat (pricier) locations? I’m sorry for you that you and your friends(/family) have to deal with an unsafe environment. I’m curious what you mean by violence. I got into a database of potential consultants for a Latin American software company, and I’m open to input regar…
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#60settle in the netherlands (my family and i are moving to amsterdam in january). it's going to be a huge change for us too -- going from a tropical country to an european city, not only not knowing the city itself (we've never been to AMS, only to London), but also, we don't speak any dutch (although my coworkers said i don't really need dutch, my wife and i are trying to learn it).
I think you do well to learn Dutch. People here speak English well, the universities are a magnet for international students and especially Amsterdam is quite international, so changes are that you will order something in a cafe in your best dutch and they would not understand you, because you speak Dutch.
Your coworkers left out an important detail though: on the workfloor, in the shops, anywhere, speaking English is fine. When socializing, there you will face obstacles.
After work hours are for relaxing. So, having to speak in English makes it less optimal, even if the Dutch are really willing to accommodate you there. Quite naturally, people will drop to Dutch again during conversations. If one have to make jokes, common references and all the stuff for which you need a finer touch which your mother tongue provides for, falling back to a foreign langue is a degradation. 1) vocabulary, 2) emulation vs native speed.
If you are with six dutchies and you are the only one that forces everyone to have a "degraded experience" of a fun night, you do well to try to learn Dutch. Tell them to fuck off if they switch to English when you want them to speak Dutch, so you can learn.
You can be direct and honest with the dutch, that is appreciated. When people start to insult you, congratulations! They are joking and signaling they accept you as one of them. You should respond with another insult.
When we do something social, we plan. Don't just drop by and assume you will be invited over for dinner. Dutch people are anti-social or well organized, pick your perspective. This is definitely a difference with more tropical social climates.
If you move in January, brace for cold, dim days. When spring comes, everything will look nicer.
Good luck!