vectorboost

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by vectorboost 5y ago
I can testify that similar daily routine works and can keep you inspired and on fire. However take enough rest and watch out for burnout! It worked wonders for me until I realized my research subject is going to shit and that I science is n
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What do you do at work, when you have nothing to do?
3 points by vectorboost 6y ago|3 comments
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by vectorboost 6y ago
I went to 2, or maybe 2,5 burnouts. When my 3rd burnout was on its way I realized I cannot continue like this. I did a PhD in IT and taught a few courses. After some time i realized that the research I do is mostly useless and waste of publ
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by vectorboost 6y ago
Sure there were far-right people and calls for violence on Parler, but the same thing is on Twitter. Twitter and Facebook is literally overflowing with nazis, fascist, communists openly calling for violence against ppl or a particular class
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by vectorboost 6y ago
I left my last job in a senior position. In my current job I do something a bit different and I am technically a junior. Since I was in both positions my advice or request to seniors would be to try to take your time to explain things to yo
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by vectorboost 6y ago
Mozilla, I actually got a bit angry with some of their products lately (namely the Firefox) and stopped using it. But without it it would be kind of Chromium everywhere world.
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by vectorboost 6y ago
Dev.to is great blogging and community platform. Twitter is also good.
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by vectorboost 6y ago
Two things come to my mind: 1) Reflect on how is your problem solving process. What kind of emotions do you feel, when you are faced with new problem? How do you proceed, is it chaotic, or straightforward? Are you able to calm down and look
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by vectorboost 6y ago
I will just add some practical experience, we work with WebMethods flow languages (used for business integration). It looks cool because you can make "code" which is more readable for non IT people. The problem is that some task w
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by vectorboost 6y ago
I felt a bit similar and what I had to do is actually think and even write down what kind of activities really interests me, give me energy and inspire me. It was quite an interesting mix of tech, teaching, community service, working with y
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by vectorboost 6y ago
Windows: Vivaldi browser - Amazing for productivity, custom search engines, configurable, can be controlled by keyboard. I can search in company ishare/OneDrive via URL bar etc. Total commander - I use quite minimal interface, it actua
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by vectorboost 6y ago
Skype for Business - I really hate this shit. Random disconnects, errors, no offline message support, idiotic message history in Outlook, random errors "Text is too long" etc.
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by vectorboost 6y ago
Agree, I kinda hated the GIMP but then I learned it's logic and I started to like it. The problem is when you used Photoshop before. Some things that you can do there with one click take quite tedious procedure in GIMP. For instance dr