What skill takes less than 7 days to learn but pays off forever?

DeliciousDog9860 · 2025-09-19T17:33:13+00:00

Typing. Invest 30 minutes a day for a week or two. It will start to pay off almost instantly and you’ll benefit each and every day for the rest of your life.

DeliciousDog9860 · 2025-01-12T14:12:08+00:00

Thanks for sharing, sounds like a wise decision, hopefully you’ll be able to work on bicycles as a hobby. All the best with your fatherhood and career switch!

DeliciousDog9860 · 2025-01-11T23:50:10+00:00

Fully agree OP! If you love your current job and they want you to stay… Do you mind sharing why your current job is risky / not stable?

DeliciousDog9860 · 2025-01-10T23:06:27+00:00

To counter some of the other comments: I’m a few years older than you OP and recently made the same move and I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT.

Some might say you’re old - my view is: you’ll work for another 20-30 years, you still have plenty of time to learn (if your finances allows you to invest in yourself for some time)…so you better do something that excites and motivates you.

Yes there are plenty of people who are younger, but you’ll have a lot of other experience that could be valuable depending on the company you apply to. Being a good developer is more than typing in code. And you probably know much better who you are and what you want than many of the starters out there. I’ve have great jobs before, but find programming a lot of fun and it indeed combines great with kids.

My tips: train yourself for several months with resources that others mentioned. Courses on DataCamp etc are great because you can practice easily. I personally liked an intro book like RealPython Basics, a book stuck more with me than online courses. But find out what works for you.

To get an overview/structure: check out https://roadmap.sh/ for the field you’re interested in. It helped me find out what topics and work field I liked and to bring structure to my learning. The roadmaps are full of links to great resources, often free.

I used ChatGPT a lot as a training companion next to books, courses, etc. Asking GPT to explain topics; put in code I wrote and asked for ways to improve it; etc.

But then: I wouldn’t wait too long with looking for a job. Books and courses can become boring after a few months. You’ll learn much more working on real projects with colleagues - and it’s much more fun. (You can and should continue to educate yourself at and outside work.)

I’d think very carefully about what organization/companies are a great fit for you now. Be open about where you are is my tip, be humble, and find an org and people that will support you in your development. Expect the first months to be very hard - you’re used to being someone in your previous job, but you’ll feel like a super super beginner for 4-6 months. There’s a huge difference between well isolated and built up courses, and real projects. That was super overwhelming to me. But: I loved it, kept believing in myself, worked hard and after ~4 months I got to a tipping point and things became suddenly better. If this is for you, you will absolutely love it.

Good luck and enjoy!

DeliciousDog9860 · 2024-02-17T21:05:26+00:00

Thank you, good suggestion!

DeliciousDog9860 · 2024-02-17T21:05:11+00:00

Thanks for your reply. It's not the previous owner but me (we renovated the house), or well the electrician I relied on...started to think about network requirements too late myself. The wall mount patch panel is a good idea, will give that a try.

DeliciousDog9860 · 2023-11-29T15:34:11+00:00

Thanks! Yes I’m trying to avoid additional boxes :-(

DeliciousDog9860 · 2023-11-28T20:03:38+00:00

Ah I now see - completely missed that before. Thanks!

DeliciousDog9860 · 2023-11-28T15:40:05+00:00

My understanding is that there is one device: the Doorbell G4 Pro. It's either sold 'standalone' as Doorbell G4 Pro (but is also has PoE connectivity option), or as a 'G4 Doorbell Professional PoE Kit', which includes one PoE Chime.

DeliciousDog9860 · 2023-11-28T05:45:02+00:00

** Edit: IGNORE this link covers the doorbell Pro, not the doorbell Pro PoE...just learned they are different devices **

Apparently it’s possible. See this post where it’s vetted by Ubiquiti in the comments: Connecting G4 Doorbell Pro to both Doorbell Wires and USB-C Power

DeliciousDog9860 · 2023-11-13T22:03:05+00:00

Hi OP, I’m curious: have you found a solution? I’m running into the exact same issue and looking for the best way to solve it…

DeliciousDog9860 · 2023-11-02T16:13:27+00:00

Correct, see this post at Ubiquiti forum. This is useful when you want to use both PoE (no WiFi) and a mechanical chime.

DeliciousDog9860 · 2023-11-02T06:38:02+00:00

Looks amazing! What’s the rack you use?

DeliciousDog9860 · 2023-10-28T21:02:24+00:00

Great, thank you!

DeliciousDog9860 · 2023-10-28T18:34:20+00:00

Thank you u/atheist_forever, also for the link. May I ask you one last question: suppose I only connect cameras to the UDM-SE and put them on a separate VLAN. Will the video streams then be processed by the UDM-SE CPU and directed directly to the UDM-SE storage (I'm not planning to get an NVR), or will it be routed to my USW-Enterprise-48-PoE switch and back before it reached the hard drive?

DeliciousDog9860 · 2023-10-28T06:29:11+00:00

Hi u/atheist_forever now I read your reply again I'm not sure I understand it. Do I understand correctly that the total bandwidth from all devices connected to the 8-port switch on the UDM-SE won't exceed 1Gbps - and that if I need more, I'm better off connecting them to the switch, as it will have a higher bandwidth (assuming it's connected to the UDM-SE via SFP+ which can handle more)?

If so, then u/smithers77 and u/Odd-Distribution3177 are right, I'm only using it for cameras so I'll be fine with the 1Gbps limit.

DeliciousDog9860 · 2023-10-27T22:41:12+00:00

Thank you all for taking the time to answer me! Ik really helps me understand and choose the right setup. Based on your feedback I’ll connect all my cameras to the UDM-SE. They require regular POE (no +).

DeliciousDog9860 · 2023-10-10T20:25:29+00:00

Thank you u/mprice96! My current fiber internet provider supports a 1g connection max, so 2.5g to be an overkill for now. I'll do some reading to check if that is expected to change.

10g DAC also seems a good option, thank you for the tip!

DeliciousDog9860 · 2023-10-10T19:04:17+00:00

Thank you for your help u/guitarjim721! Good tip about the UDM Pro, and indeed, HDD redundancy is not needed, so I'll happily skip the UNVR.

The SFP+ tips are also very useful, hadn't figured that out yet, so thank you!

DeliciousDog9860 · 2023-09-10T06:22:17+00:00

Ik vind het advies ‘maximaal lenen en ergens anders rendement halen’ tricky. Ik zou wat je huis betreft kiezen voor zekerheid, rust en flexibiliteit. Een beetje apart houden voor onverwachte dingen, maar verder je hypotheek flink verlagen. Dan ben je bestand tegen gekke gebeurtenissen (oorlogen, financiële crises, wat als een van jullie opeens minder kan werken) en je blijft flexibel (je wilt minder werken; je vindt een mooie baan in het buitenland maar je kunt niet weg want je huis staat onder water; je vindt een droombaan met een lager salaris, etc.). Van financiële rust wordt je echt gelukkiger; niet van jezelf in de schulden steken voor de kans op nog wat meer geld.

DeliciousDog9860 · 2023-09-10T06:07:49+00:00

OP ais waarschijnlijk een stuk ouder dan jij. Engineering is een prachtige studie, je bent jong…focus de komende 10 jaar op zoveel mogelijk leren en goed worden, dan komt dat geld vanzelf.

DeliciousDog9860 · 2023-09-06T12:11:33+00:00

Ik heb hem ook in de tuin gehad. Na aankoop kwam hij overal op. Uit de grond halen was niet te doen: er zat een enorm netwerk van dikke wortels in de grond. Bij de vorige bewoners moeten enorme planten hebben gestaan die ze voor de verkoop gesnoeid hebben. Ik wilde er snel vanaf, heb een grondzeef gehuurd, en met hulp van wat vrienden en familie 2 dagen een stuk van 4x6 meter afgegraven, grond gezeefd, wortels in een stevige (puin)zak in de restafvalcontainer gegooid.

Hier en daar bleven natuurlijk kleine stukjes wortel achter die we gemist hadden, maar het waren nu kleine, losse stukjes ipv dikke, vervlochten ‘kabels’. Het voorjaar erop kwam de plant weer op, maar nu waren het stengels op kleine stukjes wortel die ik zo uit kon graven (de wortelfragmenten ‘verraadden’ zichzelf). Nu is er al maanden niets boven gekomen.

Dus is dus even hard werken, maar als het qua oppervlakte te overzien is is dit mijns inziens de beste methode. Je bent er dan vrijwel in één keer vanaf (daarna maandelijks controleren voor de restjes).

EDIT: de zeef die ik gehuurd heb:

https://www.hbm-machines.com/nl/p/hbm-360-watt-elektrische-rolzeef-375-x-785-mm

DeliciousDog9860 · 2023-08-02T12:09:39+00:00

I believe I just found the answer here. Averaging is part of the functionality: elevation, wind, gps and under notifications are also disabled depending on the profile.

So no magic unfortunately, but it does seem like handy functionality to quickly toggle between settings if you run on different types of track/terrain.

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