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I don't think you can fix burn out with new responsibilities and challenges. At least it didn't work for me.

Before you will make any significant changes in your life I highly recommend to take long vacations. It depends how severe the burn out is. Maybe you need 2 weeks, maybe 1 month, maybe 2 months will help.

I recommend "reading challenge" from GoodReads. I like "challenges". Additionaly I set the limit higher every year - this year I set 40 books and I already read 39.

Location: EU

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: to Danemark, Sweden, Norway, Finland or Switzerland

Technologies: expertise in Kotlin, Java, Android and some parts of Spring and Spring Boot (Data, Security, Web)

Résumé/CV: email if needed

Email: rm2cdr at gmail.com

I'm a tech enthusiast with a solid computer science background, and my software journey has been quite the adventure. I've explored a range of projects, from crafting C++ VPNs to diving into DJI drones (fun fact: I tackled debugging on unreleased devices, spanning the US to EU distance!), and I've also built some nifty enterprise apps.

I've worked with code analysis tools and seamlessly integrated medical devices via Bluetooth, taking on projects that go beyond the typical CRUD tasks. Additionally, I've had a great time as a lecturer, and it appears that people really enjoyed my courses. So, if you're looking for someone who's passionate about tech and enjoys challenging projects, just drop me an e-mail :).

"Silicon Valley". It's not a movie, but a documentary TV series about startup scene in '00 ;)

I am self-employed and I can deduct VAT if I buy it in Poland.

There is also a book published by Tim Marshall in 2021 The Power of Geography. Highly recommend reading these two positions.

Changing fields is though for everyone, no matter how talented you are. There is a great chance he will fail. On the other hand, he meets all requirements that are needed to succeed.

Carmack has proven his extraordinary technical skills. I recommend following his Twitter. Sometimes he posts non-obvious technical stuff. I read some interviews and to me, he doesn't seem to be a person who is driven by gaining popularity.

I think this news is very optimistic, as yet another intelligent, talented and hard-working person is joining the field. Moreover, he is a household name, which may lead to benefits like popularization of the topic, gaining investors attention and so on.

I will keep my fingers crossed for him :).

Please, upvote parent comment :). I guess there is a lot of people who are wondering which papers he read.

Out of 36 books I read this year, these 4 positions have the biggest impact on my life:

The gene: an intimate history by Siddhartha Mukherjee - fascinating book about genes and medicine. Author explains ~150 years of experiments and findings in genetic science without going into technical details.

The child in you by Stefanie Stahl - it is one of the most important books I ever read. This book helped me understand myself, discover and overcome some of my traumas.

Nonviolent communication: a language of life by Marshall Rosenberg - very good handbook for improving your communication skills.

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus - when I think of this book word "charming" comes to my mind.

Sure. Here is a link to GoodReads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52269471-mindf-ck

The story tells story of Cambridge Analytica. Author describes how it all started, how they gathered data and influenced people. Also he describes how it affected politics. It is very well written and feels like really good political-fiction. Unfortunately his descriptions match how last two political campaigns run in my country. Same approaches were used to get people votes. I rarely used my social media accounts but after reading this piece I decided it is the right time to leave all of them.

I have mid 2012 MacBook Pro and I am about to change my workstation. I stopped looking at MacBooks - in my opinion nothing justifies such high price. In mid July new Thinkpads with Ryzens 4000 will be available, I'm going to get one.

No problems with European openings.

Well I don't advertise myself at all. I am searching for companies that are hiring remote employees and they don't have requirement to be located in US. I'm using remoteok.io, jobs posted on hackernews, some combination of googling and friends' recommendtions.

It's medical app. I don't want to provide more details as he is not aware I mentioned him ;).

This. I do exactly the same. I have bunch of python scripts in git repo that manage my notes / flashcards and so one stored in csv files.

In my career I have estimated a lot of project. I tried different techniques and I find https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Program_evaluation_and_review_... is the most accurate one.

If I was asked to give some hints, I would say:

- in optimistic and pessimistic cases don't fear to use extreme values

- don't estimate on your own, take reasonable amount of developers with variety of experiences

- don't give exact value to client, give probabilities ("it is very likely that we will be deliver this in between X and Y man-hours/days)

All estimates I made using PERT were quite accurate (<5% time difference between estimated and real execution)

I just need to write this ... "Fiuti" in Polish sounds almost like "Dicks"

I can remember praising Medium as the ultimate solution for professional bloging. I stopped using Medium when a pay wall was introduced. I didn't follow what happen since then with the platform. Can someone shortly introduce me to the topic why Medium is considered now as evil corp?

Same thoughts. Sadly we live in world when it is good enough to get recruiters' attention. Some time ago there was a post on HN about some bullshit like "everyone should have a blog".

Do you know any professionals with exceptional experience that is being shared on their blogs? For example, if someone is interested in .NET I can recommend this one: https://www.wiktorzychla.com

Some time ago I was looking for an apartment to buy. Sites in my country are bloated and terribly slow. Checking several offers took minutes. Moreover I live in a city where good offers are sold the same day they are published.

I decided to run scrapper to fetch all the data about available apartments in my city. Thanks to that I was able to browse offer at speed of tinder. It took me a few hours to write all the stuff, it saved me probably weeks.

To avoid getting caught I decided to setup TOR on my raspberry pi and use it as a proxy. It was extremely easy and reliable. Sites were so slow I didn't notice significant performance drop. I didn't care about changing proxies because TOR made it for me.

Except that it is good idea to change User-Agents and add some random delays between calls. Luckily for this case it was enough.

He bought Instagram because they are talented developers, not because they are a competitor. /sarcasm

I forgot to mention, <2000$ with 23% VAT :(

Damn it, I have about 40 users playing my game and I'm supper happy.

You simply skipped 3 great, must-have, state-of-art frameworks released this week.

Does it mean that Microsoft may release some phone in near future (year? two? three?) with SDK based on Xamarin?

Happy to hear that. I sold my Moto 360 after ~year.

I used it every day and until a software update broke it (it run into infinite loop of crashing Play services). I sent it to warranty and Motorola reinstalled the OS but in meantime I used my old, classic watch. It turned out I didn't miss 360. Other people I know have similar stories.

Hopefully the platform is still alive. Does anyone develop apps for Android Watch? AFAIR there is no special category in Google Play for this.

I agree with self driving cars. I almost forgot about them watching this keynote.

Just noticed. They all wear Android smartwatches...

I don't know single person in Europe who uses his Android smartwatch after couple of months!

In my humble opinion Google isn't solving new problems anymore. They created great company thanks to solving very important problem: people couldn't find right things on the Internet.

Now it is all about ads and reducing number of taps required to order a pizza. The keynote is just boring.

Ufff I thought I am weird because I had same thoughts.