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Solid prediction. I've been THIS close to learning Scala a few times. I did pick up some Groovy/Grails a couple years ago and decided, while familiar & powerful, I'd try to venture outside of the JVM next.
Scala still on my mind though. Kotlin too.
I learned a ton in 2018 after many years of working primarily with Java & Spring in large "enterprise" systems. It had been getting boring to the point of questioning if development is what I wanted to do. 2018 was a year of stoking the flames and I'm really enjoying hands-on technical work again.
I decided to pick up Python and learned some Flask & Django while I was at it. Really liking it. I also took some machine learning courses and wrote an image recognition app w Pytorch. I started & finished two Udacity nanodegrees to help keep me on task with learning these tools.
I worked for a while on a cloud infrastructure team and enjoyed learning a decent bit of Go, AWS & Terraform. Also touched on Docker, K8s & that whole ridiculous devops ecosystem.
Lastly, for the first time in my career, I worked solely in Linux (used to work solely in Windows). Never going back to Windows!
I second this. These concepts were a reality check for me.
A significant amount of freedom is necessary to maximize people's potential in terms of both productivity and happiness. People also need clear expectations and accountability for their work. These are not mutually exclusive, but much easier said than done. I always lean toward more freedom than control and always will.
Sometimes you need to let people have enough rope to hang themselves. Sometimes you need to take risks that may come back to harm you for the betterment of your culture & team.
Micromanagement should be a last resort and is indicative of other issues that should be addressed.
I like what the Netflix culture slides say about Freedom & Responsibility [1].
You are doing amazing work in this world. Be encouraged and keep it up!
I got into recreational gymnastics about a year ago to challenge myself and have really taken to simple body weight exercises with no weights... But people have different bodies and need to find what works for them.
Here is what i may do in 30-40 minutes in the morning: * stretch quick. * ab/core workout for 5-10 minutes. Then 2-4 rotations through the following: * hand stand hold against the wall. * air squats or power jacks. * push ups. * calf raises. * variations of pullups.
The only equipment i have is a pull up bar over a door frame.
Super simple super effective.
If you're writing your first page as a standalone thing though that matches what the posting is looking for, do you think you need to eliminate unrelated things on the remaining pages?
Are people intentionally crafting their resume in such a way that the first page(ish?) could essentially be read as a standalone thing -noting the highlights and main points. Then the remaining pages would, in a sense re-state some of what the initial page has but drill down and provide more detail. Is that a good approach to take?
* Don't follow a specific diet and don't exercise regularly *
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Honestly, this is the biggest red flag for me. Yes, you may have other personal/emotional/mental health things you want to get support for, but regular exercise can do absolute wonders for your overall well-being.
My advice: watch a couple youtube videos about navy seals -about how disciplined they are and the will power they develop to get up every day and attack the day during their training. Challenge yourself to get up early and do a good quality workout for about ~2 weeks straight, then re-evaluate how you feel. I bet you'll feel 5x better.
The spring reference docs are quite good. I'd take a scan through those first, maybe focusing more on the areas you will need so you have an idea what it can do and how.
I have left 3 jobs and for all have asked/told not to bother with a counter offer because my decisions were not based on $. Looking back on my career thus far im sure i could have made more money but not sure i would have been better off.
Love the idea opening this up to remote engineers. Looking forward to that.
I wouldn't make math/STEM a special emphasis when they're young.
It's more important to foster an positive learning environment and encourage/draw out curiosity and creativity at this age. Help them become curious about the world, fascinated with what they're learning and find enjoyment in learning.
In terms of subjects, aim for a strong reading focus at an early age as it will pay dividends in all other subjects (even math) if they can read/comprehend well.
Too many options! Give me 3 things to pick from, I'll debate for a while, go with one and after awhile feeling it's less than adequate, I'll start looking at the other two.
Give me many more options, as the internet does, it gets much worse.
If only we knew exactly what we wanted to study and there was one good option/path for it
I moved to a "remote" place in Canada from Chicago and took a significant pay cut. 5 yrs later I'm finally making about as much as I was when I left. And I'm still making an awesome living where I am.
And it was totally worth it given cost of living change & everything else. Salary isn't everything!
You thinking undergrad degree?
My experience has been almost identical to this and I too find it sad. Why does it have to be like this though?
I find it interesting that people use the need for a CRM like this to make two opposing arguments: 1) If you need something like this to better communicate with friends/family, you must not genuinely care about them 2) If you use something like this to better communicate with friends/family, it shows that you actually do genuinely care about them
The former assumes if you care enough you should be able to do it on your own without assistance from a CRM/app, the latter does not make that assumption and gives you kudos for using the tools available to make you better at caring for others
i think that people are beginning to find these more shallow ways of connecting less meaningful and while they will always serve a purpose, i think that technology such as virtual reality will enable people who are not in the same room together to connect with one another in more meaningful and real (feeling) ways.
This is refreshing to hear. I've been a successful developer for years working for a few different clients but don't have this portfolio of things I've done after work.
What I do have is a bunch of great reviews from my managers in the past years. Do those carry any weight in an interview?
facebook was great for helping human connection but obviously comes with it's limitations. apps like facebook/whatsapp clearly expand the breadth of who we can connect to and how often, but there's so much more to tap into when it comes to human connection that text/photos won't do. the fact that you mention "if anything" is almost a little depressing to me. surely technology will have a lot more to offer.
video chat is another connection mechanism that provides more depth in ways that text/photo sharing never will -e.g. it reaches more of our senses.
the next big thing will be something very different and the trick will be getting it into every home. imo, it's clearly virtual reality related. i should be able to put on a headset/glasses and and sit in my living room with a friend and have that beer while chatting with them so it feels like they're in the room with me. the more real this can feel the better.
i'd imagine google/facebook are already racing to find this next big thing today. getting this into every home is the key. this is a race worth investing a lot into imo. if someone else can beat one of these big companies to this, they'll find themselves in position to surpass them.
The fun and beautiful is what drew me in. As I got to know the rest of her (smart, good head on her shoulders, confident, compassionate) it became a no brainer.
Not to mention having WAY more time for it (assuming you're the type that believes once you have kids, they deserve your attention & care more than other things).
I'd recommend walking into a couple homeless shelters, volunteering there and getting to know the user base. I'm sure you could get some face time with a director or staff there and ask them what they think about your ideas. I bet they will have a lot of feedback for you. One of their primary jobs may be to connect their clients to the community and each other -something you are trying to do too.
I have spent a fair bit of time in homeless shelters and working with immigrants so I'll share a bit of my experience there. I bet more homeless folks have cell phones than you may think. If they are in an urban area, they will likely be able to get access to the internet via wifi. A number of homeless I have known have a cell phone with apps and use it for texting, but don't have a phone or data package.
If you're hoping to connect homeless & refugees to jobs, then you'll need to connect them to the established community and not just each other.
App or website ... If it's a social app, is it something they'll need connectivity for all the time in order to use? If so, then you could probably go either way. If they could technically use features of the application offline, then you could go the app route.
I've done a lot of volunteer work in this area so I'd be curious to follow along how you're doing if you have things to share.
I use it during sleep and have for years. It helps me sleep but I do keep the volume low.
We got it recently at the office too and I like it. Just can't be too loud.
know: java, groovy, javascript --- want to learn next: python
Thanks, helpful for sure. Yeah I'm not looking just because I'm "bored", I suppose it's a myriad of reasons but that is one of them.
Why did you decide to make the change to security consultant?
How were your security skills before you decided to make the change? You said it was a hobby, but for how long? I'm thinking I'll have to carve off time for a while to invest into learning the new hobby then see where I'm at in 6 months time.
I found this website pretty helpful for investigating a career path change to cyber security and it contains information about more specific jobs within the cyber security field. http://www.cyberdegrees.org/jobs/
I guess I have a couple of interests ... developing secure code & architectures as well as hacking/defending against hackers (ethical hacking).
From some of the job descriptions in the link above, things like: Penetration Tester (ethical hacking), Security Analyst / Security Auditor, Forensics Expert
Thanks, yeah, I was looking at cyber security specialization at courseera and will take a peek at edx too. Definitely all comes down to time for me since I still work full time and am raising kids but I can find a way to carve out the time.
Definitely like the idea of carving out time for a passion project and going from there. I'll probably start out with a couple of MOOCS or something in each field and give some thought to what that passion project will be.