gdfer

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.

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!