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Same with tradeshows: I have many times been on tradeshows on buildup days. It is a huge mess, full of crates and packaging. Next day, everything is glorious and neat. Just for 3-4 days of 'show'

Also similar: Join a local Toastmasters group. This is a global organization where you learn and practice to speak in front of a group, both prepared speeches and spontaneous. It may find weird to join it, but I would advice to visit one once in your neighborhood: They are all super friendly and I have seen dozens of people come in and move from shy and awkward to great storytellers in just a year or so.

I live in The Netherlands (actually in the same city as the photo's were taken): There is a very large difference in traffic density and complexity between the larger cities such as Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Utrecht and the rest of the country (including middle sized cities).

When I visit one of those larger cities, I am also constantly looking for bikes everywhere not to be crashing into me.

I do sleep 8+ hours each night (Netherlands): Up at 7.30, leave at 8.15, 30m commute. Leave work at 5.15, get to sleep around 10.45.

I use nextDNS to block all ads on my iPhone X, works like a charm

Also fun debugging VoIP traffic to the local network, and seeing dns-queries from collegues PCs on the network, then asking them: Are you visiting xyz-webpage, and seeing their reaction!?

Such a great tool and 100% free. Use it often to debug network issues and see where devices connect to. Like someone else said: a multimeter for networks.

Also used it to learn about WiFi connection setup with acces point. Can see all the beacon packets and WiFi packets

Nice, these are located less than a mile from my home and nicely situated along a stream, just like a bunch of mushrooms in a forest.

They have been around for decades and were an innovation project from an alternative living cooperation in the city (Den Bosch).

I think they are now mostly occupied by students and 30-.

Author here. Thanks for all the great and different insights and experiences. Especially also about 'feeling being listened to'.

To be fair, I was a bit short in my description: I do have a great relationship with my manager and he is one of the best managers I ever had. Also, I am not a developer, but a product manager, so already used to steering the 'ship'. We are in a relatively small team of 6 and we are all sitting together (including manager).

Maybe not what you are looking for, but I do it the manual way. Low-end, but reliable once in a while: USB3.2 external SSD (example 60usd on NewEgg for SanDisk 1TB)