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Procrastinating on studying for my AWS certification next week. I was unemployed for several months of this year and knowledge of AWS or any of the major cloud providers was the most glaring hole on my resume. Happily, my new employer pays for AWS training for all of its employees, so that hole is being filled... except, as always, it's way more fun reading HN than studying :/
Looking for a new project. I'm a freelance iOS developer and posted in the most recent "looking for project" topic but I wonder about whether that's actually very effective.
I apologize for being such a downer, but I'm dealing with the fact that my mom died last week. With my brother, other family members, and friends, we're figuring out what to do next. EDIT: She had some end of life arrangements in place (like a will) to make things easier. She had cancer, so this wasn't unexpected, but it doesn't make the feelings any less chaotic.
There are lots of professional grade live video tools with great features and steep learning curves, I'm aiming to create a dead-simple, WYSIWYG tool for people who want audio-reactive live video effects at their events. The dream is for non-technical artist types to be able to pick a playlist, add a video source (stream, file, webcam, etc), choose some effects, plug in a projector and watch the magic - all with 0 knowledge of shaders or color theory.
(Probably frustrating her a little that I'm on HN at the same time)
Procrastinating on studying for my AWS certification next week. I was unemployed for several months of this year and knowledge of AWS or any of the major cloud providers was the most glaring hole on my resume. Happily, my new employer pays for AWS training for all of its employees, so that hole is being filled... except, as always, it's way more fun reading HN than studying :/
Are you referring to the Cloud Practitioner one? Or something else
I'm also trying to get back into Software after an injury that left me in a wheelchair for 7 months and walking again just as COVID hit. I got into volunteer work and eventually ended up doing COVID vaccination and testing for the few jobs I've held since. The work gap is hard to explain for me personally.
It's likely I'll end up in a low skilled position for a while as I continue the full interview processes needed now that I have a stable place to live again.
I like the question - and wish I had a more positive response to it.
Nobody will know homelessness until they experience it. My life has ended up in 2 storage units, my car, and the room I'm now renting. Don't think it's impossible that it could happen to (some of) you. Many people are much closer than they ever realize.
At this point I am still looking in software dev / database roles. I am a published author, and have been working with SQL since the 90's. I started at a dial-up ISP in 1994 when RADIUS still meant what it stands for :)
No real reason for writing this other than prompted by a question. I am likely a bit of an outlier in this situation.
I'm quitting my job of 4 1/2 years next week to pursue a passion project. I woke up a bit ago, am sitting on the couch, procrastinating, and dwelling on the bittersweet realization that I'm going to be lacking job security soon. Exciting times. I'm building a "sneaky" mental health app. It presents as if it were a modern, sci-fi take on Tamagotchi coupled with a daily self-reflection routine. You find yourself surpri…
Investing in yourself is job security. It's literally why I've never had to worry about work :) Good on you :D
Thanks for the words of encouragement.