No degree, pretty much self taught. Lots of right place right time type referrals. Been the family tech support since I was 8 until I started charging them my hourly rate.
But yeah... This is mostly because I had ADHD and depression which caused me to drop out of mechanical engineering school. Probably making a comparable or better wage than I would have. Wish I would have learned to code sooner though...
Wake up 4:45am, start work 5am (9am or 10am central). Make a bagel or something easy. Get drinks as needed. Get a snack before standup at 1pm central if needed. Get off at 1pm (5pm or 6pm central). Make lunch at that time. Eat dinner about 5-6pm. Head to bed at 7:30pm to 8pm.
I don't take a lunch. And if I do, I'll just work later or start earlier the next day.
I have to get on meetings at 4am sometimes when we do a deployment or have meetings with people who are more important than me. I've had to be on a 3am equivalent meeting once in the past 4 years. Small price to pay for the privilege of living in Hawaii.
Of course some places I've known sooner, but those are the exception.
If it wasn't for the quality of life my current jobs is providing, I'd probably find something else. I just can't find anything right now that is intriguing enough and pays enough for me to make the jump without losing benefits.
I wear waist braces at night. Switching my keyboard layout to Colemak was the #1 improvement. #2 was ditching the apple mouse and apple track pad for a track ball mouse. The braces help with cubital tunnel syndrome.
It sucks. But my body could be broken in other ways. I'll take this inconvenience. Hopefully it doesn't get worse before I retire.
From a "humorous absurdity" point of view, I kind of love this comment. It has just the right amount of pettiness and vindictive sentiment -- with just a hint of "tone-deaf". Bravo!
Looks like you can get high on the leader board if you're not limited to English. (I forgot what style our alphabet is derived from, I cannot remember the word...)
I believe they're collectively referred to as Latin languages, despite the Germanic branch that led to English. I often think of those languages as "in contrast to" pictographic languages <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_writing_systems#Proto-...> although Wikipedia distinguishes them from ideographic ones and that's too hair-splittery for me to comment upon :-(
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