neonlights84

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by neonlights84 2y ago
Natural language processing
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by neonlights84 2y ago
At least in the professional world, I believe the key is knowing that "work" is an artificial construct designed to make owners and shareholders richer at the expense of you, the working drone. So "making progress" becom
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by neonlights84 2y ago
Invest as much money as you can in a diversified low-fee stock market index fund. Set it up as an automatic payment from your bank account. It gives you the best chance you have of retiring early. Also, start building a bunker and stock it
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by neonlights84 2y ago
I don't have a formal background in CS -- most of my schooling and professional background has been centered squarely on mechanical engineering. Attending college in 2004-2009, the school I went to spent just a couple class sessions te
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by neonlights84 2y ago
Entrepreneurs! Hah, this is Boeing, they are anything but entrepreneurs. They are the government-endorsed American aerospace monopoly, stifling innovation. And "communist" is just a bad word used by people in power to silence and
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by neonlights84 2y ago
Noooope. One does not simply learn 15 years of CAD techniques in a month.
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by neonlights84 2y ago
Get an apprenticeship at a local machine shop. Work insane hours doing manual repetitive labor. Get injured and pressured by your employer not to file workman's comp. Cope with medications, prescribed and otherwise. Join a union (if yo
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by neonlights84 2y ago
A few years back, I interviewed with a company that specialized in air filtration products for hospitals and medical facilities. The company had grown rapidly during the COVID-19 pandemic and was gearing up to expand their facilities. Durin
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by neonlights84 2y ago
The key to interviewing well and confidently is to understand that you are not the only one being interviewed. You are interviewing them! And you want to ask probing questions that reveal the employer's mindset and working conditions.
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by neonlights84 3y ago
Sure would be nice to read this without a goddamn paywall.
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by neonlights84 3y ago
I hear there's going to be excellent job opportunities for guillotine sharpeners.
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by neonlights84 3y ago
And the worst of all are the hardworking lazy ones, who exist only to swallow up their compatriots in universe-unravelling paradoxes.
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by neonlights84 3y ago
Got laid off in August right before my wedding. Thankfully found a job quickly, but the lesson I've ingrained is that (at least in America) you can do your best possible job and still end up on the chopping block. It's very bother
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by neonlights84 3y ago
A new software guy recently told me that he was planning to read a textbook over the weekend so that he could be prepared for a technical discussion meeting during the week. My thoughts were 1) you must be really bad at time management and
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by neonlights84 3y ago
Having previously been in a project lead position, I've wondered about this myself. It's downright impossible to get a team to follow a project plan when you have no management authority over them. You can report the facts to thei
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by neonlights84 3y ago
Ten bucks says that these cars are going to get rear-ended like crazy. And then the owners will get slapped with higher insurance premiums.
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by neonlights84 3y ago
I've been navigating this question myself - in the mechanical engineering world. Much of my background is in product design, particularly sheetmetal enclosures. I grinded through a few different jobs in that space, picking up some skil
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by neonlights84 3y ago
When you change a mostly-working product, failure is probable. Especially when you attempt to monetize and politicize in a space that is diametrically against those goals.
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by neonlights84 3y ago
For every success story, there are 9+ failures.
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by neonlights84 3y ago
Given all of the regulatory obstacles and logistical headaches surrounding manufactured products these days, I personally feel that mechanical/electrical entrepreneurship is a path to ruin. Since you're in software already, would
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by neonlights84 3y ago
I am so glad to see someone else say this. LinkedIn jobs is utter garbage. I'll search for a particular skill keyword (a skill that I'm uniquely good at) and I'll get dozens of postings (promoted and otherwise) that have no m
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by neonlights84 3y ago
When I was getting ready to graduate college with a degree in mechanical engineering (circa 2009), I must have applied to Boeing 50+ times. I was a huge fan of the company. Every application was flatly rejected, no explanation given. I move
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by neonlights84 3y ago
In my mid 30s, got laid off from a medical device company in August, literally a week before my wedding. Company's sales had been floundering, the company founder had caused numerous schedule overruns by meddling too frequently in pro