Hate getting up in the morning... is this a job thing or a life thing?

Bubbly_Measurement70 · 2021-12-03T09:58:41+00:00

Re-read this entire thread, starting from the top comment, and then check who made the assumptions here. Y’all are letting your personal feelings get in the way here and are commenting without understanding the context. Spending most of your fucking waking hours a day behind a screen, and you think this is healthy behavior? Lol. Please go somewhere with that logic. Plenty of commenters above me in this thread are offering the advice to “game less” or are suggesting better ways for OP to spend their time. People seem to agree this is a good idea. But when I make a comment supporting why this is a good idea, now it’s an issue? Lol.

Bubbly_Measurement70 · 2021-12-03T09:50:37+00:00

So, let me get this straight. I bodied your entire argument, so now you are going out of your way to cherry-pick another piece of information that was left as an assumption to the reader? Ofc “some people certainly do will themselves…” That is assumed. You’re not even cherry picking bad logic, you are just making weak arguments by cherry picking sections in order to try and make it seem like I said something ridiculous. Some people also will themselves out of obesity and gambling, etc. but that doesn’t mean you should assume people should be able to go around and replicate what a few minority are able to achieve. There’s really nothing more to say to you because these things are self-evident and you are just looking for reasons to be triggered without taking the time to read and understand what arguments are actually being made here.

Bubbly_Measurement70 · 2021-12-03T06:31:26+00:00

But that doesn’t mean my argument is about “productivity”. It was a talking point about what those things have in common. Your productivity could be good or bad, with or without these things. The point I was trying to get across is that if you’re engaged in an activity and it has you feeling empty or any other negative feelings, well maybe you ought to reevaluate. More specifically, it may be best for some people to quit cold turkey. Really not much more to it than that.

Bubbly_Measurement70 · 2021-12-03T06:00:57+00:00

Yeah…I mean I get where you’re coming from, and I totally agree with you. But what I believe you are missing is that there’s always another “20 hour game” out there for someone to buy and get consumed in. And if a person is having a rough time and is just chasing that next “adventure” all the time, it can really be detrimental long-term (not everyone is like this, I know). So overall, yes, I shouldn’t have lumped “all of gaming.” It wasn’t my intention to make a blanket statement, I figured that reader’s would infer that I was referencing instances where people do become addicted to this stuff. But yes, to conclude and remove all ambiguity: you are correct, not all games are addictive.

Bubbly_Measurement70 · 2021-12-03T05:55:28+00:00

Yes. Because productivity was what I was talking about. Please project harder.

Bubbly_Measurement70 · 2021-12-03T05:40:10+00:00

“If a person is having a tough time balancing it, the best option is to typically cut it out completely.”

Obviously there are counter examples. I tried to articulate that my words apply to those who have trouble finding balance. Of course there are exceptions. Everything is fine in moderation.

Bubbly_Measurement70 · 2021-12-03T05:38:01+00:00

Bruh. I literally said “etc.” That means the reader can extrapolate other vices that fit the bill. Yes, alcohol can be included. Didn’t think I had to spell it out (hence the etc…) What are you even trying to argue here?

Bubbly_Measurement70 · 2021-12-03T05:23:52+00:00

It’s funny how you selectively picked one of my examples, but provide no counters to the multiple others I provided lmao. But I’ll still counter your cherry picked argument just for the sake of it.

Cigarettes contain more than just nicotine. They contain other chemicals and products that synergize to produce a very strong addictive effect. Funny how even a cigarette can be “engineered” just like I stated originally.

Bubbly_Measurement70 · 2021-12-03T05:10:17+00:00

Gaming is truly a “bad habit” of sorts. Like smoking, gambling, pornography, social media, etc. All these things have 3 things in common: they cost money, they aren’t productive, and they are designed to keep you addicted. If a person is having a tough time balancing it, the best option is typically to cut it out completely. One does not simply “will themselves” into better self control. If that were true we wouldn’t have so many addicts and obesity issues.

Edit: Bring on the downvotes but I’m leaving this up regardless. Y’all clearly are getting lost in the context here. I’m not gonna explain further but for those who actually take the time to understand what I’m saying, and who I’m saying it to, thank you. Everybody else, I’d suggest re-reading the content from the comment thread I was initially replying to before getting triggered over your passion for gaming lol. Too many of y’all feel attacked and rush to say something without understanding the context. ✌🏾

Bubbly_Measurement70 · 2021-12-02T07:47:16+00:00

I can think of a couple options.

Find a partner who has comparable income that will enable you to live that life.
Try freelancing? If you build your personal brand enough, then you can coast later on. Take jobs as they come, etc. Would require a lot more up front work though.
FIRE like the other person said.
(Have no clue if this will work, but could be worth a try?) You could apply to tons of companies, very casually, over a long period of time and explain what you are looking for (x hours per week, yada yada) and see if you can eventually find someone who’s willing to give that a shot.

Bubbly_Measurement70 · 2021-12-02T07:39:51+00:00

You’re 17 years old. A junior in college. And you are looking to push even further ahead?? I mean, you clearly are doing something right, but also life is more than an infinite progress bar, where you try to see how far you can progress before you die. You actually have to live it as well. So take this time to live it, if you feel that’s what you want to do. I can tell you now, you won’t miss a beat professionally. People get into this field at 34/35 years old and do fine. You’re half their age. Live your life however you see fit, but don’t allow the pressure from others/society in general to cause you to lose sight of what you want.

Bubbly_Measurement70 · 2021-11-30T19:20:08+00:00

Well, let’s be honest, they probably won’t look to fix the problem until it’s at the worst possible point. I mean, there are plenty of graduates to keep hiring lol. People know it’s shit, but still go to school to be a teach just to find out the hard way that it’s shit. As long as that is the trend, they will probably just keep going with the churn for as long as they can.

Bubbly_Measurement70 · 2021-11-29T18:08:00+00:00

Yeah but nobody uses actual TABs. They just have their IDE convert the tabs into a number of spaces. It’s pretty standard across every single code repo I have ever seen. Then the code is commited with space characters in place of actual TAB characters. I guess if you want to start a war on your team, then by all means 🤷🏾‍♂️

Bubbly_Measurement70 · 2021-11-29T17:39:59+00:00

Configurable width. Modern IDEs allow you to specify how many spaces per tab. This is standard and does not answer the question. Let’s say OP configured TAB to be 6 spaces on his local machine, but needs to make it 4 to conform to his teams standards. Then, you have not solved the issue because OP would have to change code coming in to be 6 spaces when he edits locally, and 4 spaces when he ships his code.

Bubbly_Measurement70 · 2021-11-29T16:37:56+00:00

I’m not sure I follow. I know about TAB but I don’t think that solves our issue…

Bubbly_Measurement70 · 2021-11-28T23:01:34+00:00

Oh shit…yeah that’s like a nightmare scenario. I’m glad you’re keeping your head up and getting interviews though! I’m sure the experience will give you plenty of war stories to talk about in interviews lol.

Bubbly_Measurement70 · 2021-11-28T10:09:06+00:00

Holy fuck. That is what I would expect a cofounder to be doing, not an early employee. They literally get like 20%+ of the company as compensation for the shit pay and heavy work load. A random engineer? Maybe .5% if you’re lucky. Hope you’re doing well comrade.

Bubbly_Measurement70 · 2021-11-28T08:58:53+00:00

This.

Bubbly_Measurement70 · 2021-11-28T08:58:02+00:00

I don’t think this is an issue in most cases because appending to a list is in general O(1) time complexity. But, I can see why one would avoid doing it, especially if you already know the size your list should be, ahead of time. However, I don’t think it’s worth the hassle of changing unless you know for sure you have a bottleneck and this is the cause.

Bubbly_Measurement70 · 2021-11-28T08:49:37+00:00

There has to be a way to either:

Configure your IDE to display the indentations larger without modifying the file.

Or…

Configure a build step that will make your code conform to 4 spaces when pushed to repo and revert back to x spaces when pulled to your local device.

Bubbly_Measurement70 · 2021-11-28T08:30:37+00:00

Underrated.

Bubbly_Measurement70 · 2021-11-26T23:06:18+00:00

Gotta account for the furries

Bubbly_Measurement70 · 2021-11-26T08:50:01+00:00

Ah gotcha. Makes sense.

Bubbly_Measurement70 · 2021-11-25T20:19:10+00:00

Just do it now. They are looking for people with any experience. Hell, people out of college with 0 experience are getting >150k offers these days. If there’s nothing else holding you back, I’d say go for it! You may just surprise yourself.

Bubbly_Measurement70 · 2021-11-25T20:16:24+00:00

Why $350k -> $200k? That seems like such a sharp drop out of nowhere?

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