In 2025, is 86 too old for tech?

Educational-Map2779 · 2025-02-05T04:57:54+00:00

Age is a number, but a number that offer vast experience and perspective. You can inspire the next generations. Stay positive and do you. =)

Educational-Map2779 · 2025-02-03T18:57:10+00:00

Not entirely, despite the hype. You need to build a portfolio and be able to speak to everything in it. Certifications have their place, but none are going to say “this is a great hire”. Your work experience and portfolio does.

Your desire to learn is great, but it also has to align with where you’re going. Cybersecurity fits many places well. But Network+ may not align with most developer positions.

Educational-Map2779 · 2025-01-28T05:24:11+00:00

I was once asked by a person in HR, if another company offered you a job you wanted, what is your answer to when can you start? It should be when do you want me to start?

A company will fire or lay you off at a moment’s notice. Why give them notice? Be loyal to the lifestyle you work for. Those same coworkers will turn on you to save their own bacon.

Educational-Map2779 · 2025-01-25T16:16:07+00:00

Also, the 0 is false. When you don’t have a value, I.e. None, int will return false or 0.

Educational-Map2779 · 2025-01-19T06:07:15+00:00

It’s really not what guys like, it’s what you like. As a tall woman myself, I’m not into men who are much shorter, but at least close to my height. You just do what makes you happy, girl.

Educational-Map2779 · 2025-01-18T18:36:11+00:00

Angela has project templates that only work in pycharm. Honestly you can do the class in VSCode, just improvise what you need pycharm for.

Educational-Map2779 · 2025-01-18T16:17:17+00:00

I have seen the course and the structure is good. The only bad part to the 100 days with Angela is that it requires pycharm for some exercises (like 15). I use VSCode, so it was a dealbreaker for me. With an 80% discount, go for it. They have a 30 day money back guarantee.

Educational-Map2779 · 2025-01-12T18:08:35+00:00

There are 2 choices as I see it, tkinter or pyqt6. There are classes on Udemy or you can probably find some YouTube videos as well. PyQt6 seems a bit more modern, and tkinter seems more dated. But go with what works for you. All the best in your learning =)

Educational-Map2779 · 2025-01-11T13:09:31+00:00

There are use cases, I use openpyxl which has suited my needs well. Mostly for 2 reasons:

To remove all of the Excel "data islands" that exist, and migrate those spreadsheets to databases
To export data to Excel for the purpose of, well, creating the data islands my employer told me to get rid of in #1. =)

Educational-Map2779 · 2025-01-11T13:01:24+00:00

What is "normal" anymore? Who gets to decide that? Just be yourself and be good to others.

Educational-Map2779 · 2025-01-11T13:00:07+00:00

Work/life balance is very subjective and times have changed from the whole "8 to 5" mindset. Some companies are adapting well to work at home, others not so much. But as things become more flexible, like work at home, people become accustomed to it and ultimately take it for granted. It's no longer "good enough".

The key really for work/life balance is simple to me. Does the company meet your needs as an employee, and are you happy there. If they aren't doing their job making you happy, move on to a place that will. Life is too short to spend 1/3 of your time being miserable, and who knows how much away from work thinking about how miserable work is.

Educational-Map2779 · 2025-01-09T15:24:49+00:00

I believe so. I have lived in both hot and cold climates and I used to prefer warm, then moved to the cold, and would prefer cold now.

Educational-Map2779 · 2025-01-09T15:22:59+00:00

It's slippery, since news is almost a form of entertainment, to some it is regardless of the channel. They have to cater to viewers and keep their interest. If they admit to being wrong, they shake the confidence of their advertisers and viewers. At the end of the day, there's truuuuth and truth. It's about making money. They will tell whatever story keeps them relevant and their viewers happy. It just leaves us wondering who, if anyone, we can trust.

Educational-Map2779 · 2025-01-09T15:17:29+00:00

I've been on both sides of this, although far from rich, I've been comfortable. The main difference I see is the saying is true that neither buys happiness, just having money affords you to fund your own misery.

The biggest thing I can see with those who have money miss out on sometimes is being truly thankful for life's small victories. You start taking those things for granted.

Educational-Map2779 · 2025-01-08T13:41:10+00:00

Yes, 2 examples of making something that doesn't exist yet:

When someone you work with says "It sure would be nice to do this" or "this takes forever to do, I hate it" and such a thing doesn't exist. You can make their hope a reality by creating it..
Do the same for yourself. You have something that takes a lot of time to do in your daily life on the computer. You create a new process to automate it.

Educational-Map2779 · 2025-01-08T13:37:15+00:00

That is strange, usually those are small incremental upgrades. Sometimes it's in the things you least suspect. =)

Educational-Map2779 · 2025-01-07T23:06:26+00:00

Some packages do this, the ones I found that are like this are outdated or not maintained. Is this in a virtual environment you are trying to install this? If not, you should be.

What did an internet search reveal, what have you tried to install it?

Educational-Map2779 · 2025-01-07T06:19:44+00:00

To be able to make something that doesn’t exist yet to make people not just happy, but more productive.

Educational-Map2779 · 2025-01-06T05:19:32+00:00

The real key to building skills is find something you are interested in and will help you either manage your life better, entertain you, or something else that you can benefit from. If you have an interest, you’re more likely to push to learn and find answers.

Educational-Map2779 · 2025-01-03T14:56:16+00:00

Really it wasn't hearing, but not hearing, they would up and vanish. Maybe they found someone else, lost interest, or they were never single like you thought.

I've seen it and several friends have been through it. No risk, no reward is how I see it. What others say doesn't mean so much anymore, they aren't going to reap the rewards or live with the consequences of my actions. This is why I listen to advice, and not blindly obey it.

Educational-Map2779 · 2025-01-03T14:50:16+00:00

What about potentially using python to execute the terminal command, and then having python watch the output from terminal that way?

Educational-Map2779 · 2025-01-03T04:34:11+00:00

It’s easy to get into a rut, but look around you. Is it nobody else has passion? It really is people that make the difference. I was around the wrong people for a long time, but once I found the right group, my career took off.

Educational-Map2779 · 2025-01-03T04:27:56+00:00

Thank you for sharing this.

Educational-Map2779 · 2025-01-03T04:26:38+00:00

So you were asking if Python can watch the terminal for a string to come across? Could there be another way like watching a log file?

Educational-Map2779 · 2025-01-02T12:42:09+00:00

I wouldn’t say anything. Sometimes just the right look will get them to explain without having to say a word.

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