kgf1980

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by kgf1980 2y ago
I bought and worked through Let’s Go by Alex Edwards and found it really good and re-use lots of the code ideas and structure in other projects - link (no affiliate) https://lets-go.alexedwards.net/
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by kgf1980 2y ago
I’m not a coder day-to-day (I was in the past, mainly C#) but I still write toy stuff to make my life easier, and the stuff I write in Go I’m more likely to be able to return to a year later and be able to quickly understand what I was doin
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by kgf1980 2y ago
I left tech (C# developer for a partner reselling/customising the MS XRM/Dynamics CRM platform in the UK a few years ago to get my HGV (CDL in the US?) license and drive trucks. Honestly, I love it, generally I talk to the office
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by kgf1980 2y ago
As a current UK HGV driver (currently on my break at services in a max 44t unit+trailer) a range of 375miles would just about cover the longest shift I do but some range anxiety would set in. Longest shift is London->Birmingham->Londo
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by kgf1980 2y ago
I’ve tried Factorio and could never get into it … Satisfactory on the other hand is a game where I can look at the time and realise I should of had lunch two hours ago
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Dad hacks database to fake death and avoid child support pay(bbc.com)
24 points by kgf1980 2y ago|11 comments
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by kgf1980 2y ago
Love the UI and much faster than JustWatch, _but_ checked a film I watched this weekend and it says it’s not available (whereas JustWatch lists the streaming platform it’s on)
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by kgf1980 2y ago
For me it’s the fact I hand my keys in at the end of a shift, and I don’t have to think about work until I go in for my next shift - liberating after years of checking work emails from the sofa at night.
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by kgf1980 2y ago
I’d guesstimate if you were in a high-demand/niche role with a high hourly rate, plus you can max out your hours each week, probably around £65k?
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by kgf1980 2y ago
Surpringly the shortage of drivers is not actually a thing anymore (during Covid perhaps) but the large number of people who got their HGV license when the government changed the rules during Covid has actually caused pay rates to drastical
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by kgf1980 2y ago
Yes, work is covered under both the Working Time Directive (which I’ve opted out of the night work limit and the 48hr working week) and the EU Drivers Hours rules - work are hot on infringements for exceeding working hours but more so on br
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by kgf1980 2y ago
I don’t do nights out or away, so I’m home every night (morning as I work 3pm until I’m done, generally 1-2am, sometimes 5am) No spouse or kids which probably helps and is why I don’t mind picking up overtime and extra shifts
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by kgf1980 2y ago
I’ve not had any issues with vibrations but I’ve not been driving perhaps long enough? That said, the newer generation of trucks are so smooth I don’t think that’s as much of an issue as it may have been in previous generations. Wage wise,
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by kgf1980 2y ago
It takes surprisingly little time to get used to the size - that said I’m more confident I the rigid vehicles than the artics in terms of tighter manoeuvring. Most of my work is trunking however so distribution centre to distribution centre
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by kgf1980 2y ago
I think for me it’s not having a time pressure - if it takes me 2 weeks spending 2 hours a day to implement something there’s no issue when it’s just projects for myself (I’ve basically written a PWA for tracking my pay, hours, rest time et
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by kgf1980 2y ago
I went the opposite way (in the UK) and moved from development (mainly C#) to lorry driving (everything from 12T rigids to 44T artics) however in my free time I’m enjoying developing (some RoR, some Golang) more than when I was paid to do i
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by kgf1980 3y ago
Nothing public, but I’ve moved from tech into driving trucks, and I wrote a small website I use daily to track my working hours, rest, payslips, mileage and weight - so far it’s been about 3 months since I’ve had to make any code changes
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by kgf1980 3y ago
Were you by any chance listening to Rewinder on BBC R4 just now as well?
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by kgf1980 3y ago
I’ve gone the other way - I used to work in tech (although I used to work in more traditional LOB development roles rather than VC/startup based) and I now work as a HGV (truck) driver. I’m based in the UK, and to be honest I prefer dr
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by kgf1980 3y ago
The vans and trucks I drive at work (not Amazon) have had similar driver-facing cameras installed recently - the first time out in one, on the motorway I picked up my travel mug and the screen on the camera flashed/beeped with a generi