Readit NewsayoubElk commented on Help HN: Stripe shutting us down with 48 hours notice on a holiday skeleton crew · Posted by u/thiscatis
Damn! Stripe seems to be really dropping the ball recently.
Thank you for this gesture.
I lost almost everything. Job, 7-year relationship, my mental health.
Feeling that I'm not only alone but inadequate to have a life like anybody else.
I'm still alive, so there's that.
This too, shall pass.
Going through tough times sucks, but it's extremely helpful to keep in mind that it will eventually pass.
Stay strong.
An alternative scalable way is to switch from a full time job to becoming a freelancer/consultant and set your own rates.
In order to be able to land high paying projects as a consultant, you would need to showcase your skills somehow (open source, portfolio, etc...). This can happen later on though and as a start the easiest way would be to ask for referrals and make it known to your network that you're looking for consulting opportunities.
Making this transition though would imply that you'll need to think about it as a business instead of a job, and start cultivating new skills i.e. communication, marketing, sales, etc...
I'm personally suffering from back pain when staying in the same position for prolonged periods of time (working, sitting somewhere, laying down).
Work wise, I've tried many chairs, which evidently were not all the most ergonomic, but what I noticed was that it's mainly caused by weak core/back muscles.
So I just want to mention that an ergonomic chair wouldn't be a solution by itself if you're in the same situation as me, strengthening your core should be a very important thing to take into account as well.
ayoubElk commented on Ask HN: Those who quit their jobs without anything planned. How did it go? · Posted by u/break_the_bank
I think this is every traveller's worst nightmare. Looking back was there anything you could have done to prevent it?
Agreed, the worst part was the fact that I had actually just purchased that macbook a few days before getting on the plane and I moved all my data to it without having it backed anywhere (Rookie mistake).
I could have:
- Picked a better hostel to stay at
- Backed up my data properly to minimize damage if it eventually happens
- Been more wary of other guests (99% of them were cool people but you still need to be aware of who's there with you)
- I used filevault, but forgot to enable find my device
ayoubElk commented on Ask HN: Those who quit their jobs without anything planned. How did it go? · Posted by u/break_the_bank
I quit my job in 2018 without any other opportunity lined up.
I used all of my savings to go on an extended trip to Asia, the idea being that I'll travel around, work on my own projects, and do some freelancing to cover my expenses.
Things didn't go as planned though, I got robbed in the hostel I was staying at and lost my macbook. Eventually I decided to cut my trip short and go back home where I started freelancing (which I'm still doing currently) and I would say it was one of the best decisions I ever made.
I have no direct knowledge of how US government contracts work, but if I were somehow involved in the process of reviewing bids/proposals I would definitely not take a company that offers a $1 bid seriously.
It is rough. There are many ways that different tools put NAs, na, N/A, "", etc. in a file. To chose only "NA" would mean I would be excluding the output of other tools. I chose accessibility over specificity. #trade-offs.
Maybe you could just background highlight the empty cells?
It's been pretty helpful for us moving our analytics queries from mongoDB to clickhouse.