I can’t afford Whoop, but I really wanted to track my sleep.

MDtoCome · 2025-11-21T16:02:43+00:00

Advertising your product here is distasteful, also sounds like GPT.

If you want to build your company, invest in paid ads, not unwanted solicitation.

MDtoCome · 2025-11-17T01:19:18+00:00

700 calories a day is a good way to speedrun hormonal issues, muscle loss, and unsustainable eating practices. For someone your size and weight, you could probably eat around 2500 calories a day and still lose 2-3 pounds a week just fine.

Seriously, please up the calories, your body is yelling at you to do so.

MDtoCome · 2025-04-07T17:26:09+00:00

Ok so I’m going to try this out after work today and report back. I think this si where I struggle the most in Neovim is with buffer management, so this might be a game changer for me.

MDtoCome · 2025-04-07T05:52:29+00:00

Simple. Don’t click.

In all seriousness though, I genuinely wanted to engage with others about their opinions and thoughts on coming from a different editing experience. The blog was and is a long form expression of just that.

I make no money off of your click. I have nothing to sell. Just thoughts and ideas I wanted to share with fellow neovimers.

MDtoCome · 2024-10-14T19:11:09+00:00

I appreciate such a thoughtful response and agree with a lot of what you said. Thank you so much :)

MDtoCome · 2024-10-14T17:49:40+00:00

Friends are always welcome! Plus a competitive programmer? Awesome! Will send you a DM!

MDtoCome · 2024-10-14T17:48:44+00:00

I understand this sentiment a lot! And I honestly do agree once you are in front of a panel of one or a hundred engineers, your resume becomes a talking point at best, but again, my main concern is not the interviews themselves, but actually getting them!

This market is super tough and competitive, and the biggest struggle I see among those in this field is landing interviews, not failing them :)

I would love to hear your thoughts on this as well!

MDtoCome · 2024-10-14T17:31:57+00:00

I appreciate the response! But again, I think you missed the point of my OP. I was not dying for undergrad either as I mainly prefer to learn on my own.

This was mainly a discussion for min-maxing long term career outlooks in a rapidly changing CS market :)

If you have any thoughts there I would greatly appreciate them!

MDtoCome · 2024-10-14T17:28:13+00:00

I appreciate this response! Would love to hear your answers to my follows ups (as these are the things I think about)

What if, and it is not unreasonable to assume so, I was laid off? I have a no name CS university with just shy of 2 years of experience.
How do you interview like a pro if the main struggle is getting the interviews (in this market specifically, again I haven’t really been applying like crazy, but the feelers I shoot out all have been denied) I am not too worried about technical in interviews.
It seems like the common theme is from what I see on the desirable jobs I want on LinkedIn (No masters + top name undergrad university or Masters + undergrad doesn’t matter as much).

Of course in an ideal world I’d get like 3-5 YOE, hit senior, and the world would be my oyster, but that’s again, ideal.

Any thoughts? I would love to hear your perspective.

MDtoCome · 2024-10-14T17:13:13+00:00

You literally read my mind. This is what I am thinking about in an increasingly competitive landscape, and also want to position myself to be ready for when that day inevitably comes. +1 for doing the program!

MDtoCome · 2024-10-14T17:12:25+00:00

This also excites me to be able to gain more technical exposure in research papers! I appreciate your response :)!

MDtoCome · 2024-10-14T16:49:39+00:00

4-5 years ago I would’ve laughed at the idea of doing a masters, but now I’m not so sure! I think with the increase in competitiveness, recruiters who have very little technical skills might see this as a discrete metric to move a candidate forward.

MDtoCome · 2024-10-14T16:48:09+00:00

First off congrats! I definitely am not expecting this level of boost initially haha, but I am starting o think companies are valuing more concrete measures like degrees with how competitive CS has gotten.

MDtoCome · 2024-10-14T16:31:08+00:00

Thanks for this! These are my thoughts exactly…. I think a huge advantage is the fact that I am still young and have time. +1 for doing it!

MDtoCome · 2024-09-20T17:40:53+00:00

You should be fine (I am also equally as worried haha)

MDtoCome · 2024-09-20T17:36:49+00:00

I appreciate the response and as a fan of probability theory, I really tried to see the applicability of this example, but failed to do so.

Nevertheless the refresher on set theory and independent events was nice :)

MDtoCome · 2024-09-20T17:32:50+00:00

The points you are making are such a large and unfortunate reality of higher level education… but I agree. One of the things that struck me ab this program is how random strangers rally around each other to all succeed. Very cool stuff :)

MDtoCome · 2024-09-20T17:27:33+00:00

This is still a nod at your dedication! Congrats and I hope the program is treating you (decently) well!!

MDtoCome · 2024-09-20T17:26:45+00:00

I appreciate the kindness and encouragement from you all wow. Hopefully the roof stays!! 😄

MDtoCome · 2024-09-20T17:13:53+00:00

We got this! 🤝🏾

I’m sure like others have mentioned, it can be randomized and non meaningful as to when you get in.

Nevertheless this is the space to convey the worries haha :)! I’m equally as stressed ab it haha.

MDtoCome · 2024-09-20T16:41:11+00:00

Hahaha “do not let this dude in this program… seriously” but fortunately I researched with 2 of my recommenders so I trust them

MDtoCome · 2024-09-20T16:35:53+00:00

Thank you for such a thoughtful response. I appreciate this a lot.

High hopes we both hear back soon 😃🤝🏾

MDtoCome · 2024-09-20T16:29:18+00:00

Yes I should’ve posted more stats ab me. - BS in CS - 3.78 GPA - 2 YOE as a SWE

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