BigHatLogan

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by BigHatLogan 8mo ago
What is your repurposing plan, if you don't mind my asking? I am trying to think of alternatives too, but it's quite stressful.
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by BigHatLogan 9mo ago
Thanks for the response. When you say "one slice of the industry", is the suggestion to understand the core business of whatever I'm building instead of being the "specs to code" person? I guess this is where the ad
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by BigHatLogan 9mo ago
I think you're right about trying to stay one step ahead of product requirements. Maybe my issue here is that I'm looking for another "path" where one might not exist, at least not a concretely defined one. From childhoo
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by BigHatLogan 9mo ago
Good write-up. I don't disagree with any of his points, but does anybody here have practical suggestions on how to move forward and think about one's career? I've been a frontend (with a little full stack) for a few years now
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by BigHatLogan 1y ago
Really well said. I would even go further and say that the "smart people with expertise" even disagree on matters like this and are operating on imperfect, vague information. Knowing that, it seems even more ridiculous to ask pass
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by BigHatLogan 3y ago
You should write them down. I would love to read them, and I'm positive many others would, too. The 90s gaming scene is incredibly fascinating to read about, especially as it started to shift from the cowboy ethic to the corporate ethi
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by BigHatLogan 3y ago
Really enjoyed this comment--thanks for sharing. Game development really sounds like such a different beast from standard line-of-business programming. Always enjoy hearing stories about it and reading books about it (Masters of Doom comes
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by BigHatLogan 3y ago
Thanks. I love that. #3 and #4 are helpful. I need to get out of the "This is the most important thing ever!" impulse when it arises. My mind goes into a complete overhaul in that direction, and I find the whole thing incredibly d
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by BigHatLogan 3y ago
Thanks for the response. Really appreciate it. This is really helpful. The existential need you mentioned is really powerful. Now that you mention it, the last time I felt really mentally aligned, well, and focused was when I was out of wor
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by BigHatLogan 3y ago
Thanks for the suggestion! I tried this a decade ago, for something unrelated, and I recall it not having much of an effect, but if I’m being honest I don’t remember if I gave it enough time either. It’s been circling around in my head for
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by BigHatLogan 3y ago
Cheers! Thank you for the link. I will give this a watch this evening. I’ve enjoyed a lot of Rich’s podcast guests in the past actually.
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by BigHatLogan 3y ago
Can you share how you got through this period and found alignment? I’m going through something similar to what you’ve described. Not the hospital situation—I’m sorry to hear about your mom—but more so the thoughts darting rapidly on their o
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by BigHatLogan 3y ago
Wow, what a perfect description—“impulses happening erratically in my mind.” I’ve been trying to…get to the root of this in my own life lately. I also find myself writing feverishly during these states. I call them “soft manic” states, soft
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by BigHatLogan 3y ago
Well said! I was thinking something along these lines--that there must be some sort of correlation between physical health and mental sharpness. Maybe that's why professors are typically fairly lean.
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by BigHatLogan 3y ago
Thanks. That's good advice. I have noticed a tendency to shy away from things more often lately--when I'm diving into one of our legacy systems at work, for example, if I come across something I don't understand, I immediatel
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by BigHatLogan 3y ago
Appreciate it. I was thinking of reading more books, too, but it might be better to think about what I want to achieve, as you mentioned. It's all quite vague in my head. I just feel a lot more mentally sluggish / sloppy than I us
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by BigHatLogan 3y ago
You may be onto something here--I definitely have slipped in taking care of the whole organism. My sluggishness might be a symptom of that.
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by BigHatLogan 3y ago
Heavy books and scientific papers about anything I find interesting? Or about things in my work domain?
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by BigHatLogan 3y ago
Yeah, I do wonder how much of this is "smartphone-induced" sometimes. I can almost "feel" my brain growing increasingly sluggish by the day...maybe a break is in order.
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Ask HN: How do you become smarter?
81 points by BigHatLogan 3y ago|75 comments
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by BigHatLogan 4y ago
Yeah, I'm thinking of slicing and dicing it up for some sort of combination here if that's possible (there are others involved in this vacation). Thanks--that's a good idea to explore. But yes, you're right: my gut is sa
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by BigHatLogan 4y ago
Yeah, that's a good point. I'm "guessing" if I'm on the chopping block, the vacation won't make or break it either way.
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by BigHatLogan 4y ago
Thanks. Yeah in my head it seems crazy that something like a 7 business day vacation would put a target on my back, but I'm still stressed about it nonetheless. Thanks for the input though.
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by BigHatLogan 4y ago
That's the problem--I could see myself doing both :( Guess I have to make a decision soon
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Ask HN: Should I postpone my vacation due to the threat of impending layoffs?
1 points by BigHatLogan 4y ago|9 comments
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by BigHatLogan 4y ago
Buying this off the strength of your recommendation. That sounds exactly like what the doctor ordered. I'm getting worse at expressing myself the older I'm getting, and I'm finding it impairing my personal life, work life, so
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by BigHatLogan 4y ago
That was excellent. He found what he absolutely loved to do early in his life, and then managed to keep doing it until death came knocking. May we all be so lucky! RIP.
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by BigHatLogan 4y ago
Yeah, fair enough. That is a good point. Well said.
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by BigHatLogan 4y ago
Haha good point--the "correlation is not causation" is another one that annoys me.
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by BigHatLogan 4y ago
That's fair--I appreciate that. I was being a little flippant with my examples, you're correct.

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