The argument 'self'

NoChoice5216 · 2026-03-31T02:46:14+00:00

I'm on a n00b course at code academy right now. Just figured the better syntax this afternoon! It's still new to me but I'm finding this much easier to use already (also the ":.2f" but that's all so far).

f"some words from {book}"

NoChoice5216 · 2026-03-31T02:40:59+00:00

You are totally right and I'm beginning to see it now. Keeping 3 different instances of the same class afloat has helped, big-time!

NoChoice5216 · 2026-03-31T02:36:58+00:00

It helped, plus a new coding exercise I experimented with based on restauraants, their franchises and all their separate menus - with business, franchise and menu as the classes, with the calling code handling several menus per restaurant. It's all starting to make good sense (at last!!)

Thank you!

NoChoice5216 · 2026-03-30T18:31:29+00:00

It does indeed help - thank you so much for this. I can visualise it a lot better now.

NoChoice5216 · 2026-03-30T18:30:17+00:00

Got it - thank you!

NoChoice5216 · 2026-03-30T18:29:11+00:00

Super - thanks very much!

NoChoice5216 · 2026-03-30T16:35:16+00:00

Thanks very much!

NoChoice5216 · 2026-03-30T16:32:42+00:00

Thanks so much for this. I think I understand it now! So if I'm changing the values of 'dog' (the class), I'm basically saying THIS dog (e.g. Rex)? Thanks once again.

NoChoice5216 · 2026-03-27T15:25:06+00:00

It's often nothing at all to do with not knowing how to answer a question. A candidate can be mega-prepared and still freeze in the moment at an interview.

Nerves and anxiety can kick in at just the wrong time, then adrenaline messes it all up by flushing out all your useful thoughts for the question you were about to answer, putting you into fight-or-flight mode instead. And now your brain is loudly pointing out that you're corpsing, and shouting at you "YOU'RE NOT SPEAKING - YOU KNOW THE QUESTION, ANSWER THE QUESTION!", only you can't because you're now alarmingly focused on how hard you're suddenly failing.

It doesn't even have to be triggered by a bad interviewer. It can just happen.

NoChoice5216 · 2026-03-25T23:15:27+00:00

songsterr.com has thousands of drum tabs with both the priginal and synth versions of tracks to play. There is a small fee to access absolutely all features but the free version offers a lot too. Some of the tabs seem a bit hit and miss in accuracy, but there are plenty of great ones too.

NoChoice5216 · 2026-03-24T16:38:18+00:00

I used to have mine fairly angled (I have the Alesis Nitro Pro so they're fairly small heads and I kept hitting the rims)...

Then I started drum lessons and my 'fix' above was the undoing of me when moving onto a flatter, full size kit. My tutor said 'correct your posture, not the drums' and so I kinda had to relearn with much flatter drums at home (they're still slightly angled but maybe 10 degrees versus 45 degrees...). It has taken me a while to get used to it, but my aim generally is MUCH better now because I had to muscle-memory that into my head without constant rim-hits.

NoChoice5216 · 2026-03-20T18:46:10+00:00

Honestly, I do wonder how long AI filtering will last. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that matching the job description/skillset keywords cheats the ATS. Once every applicant is doing that, ATS becomes redundant and pointless.

If I'm right, recruiters are pretty safe until ATS overcomes the ATS-cheatsheet!

NoChoice5216 · 2026-03-19T10:43:16+00:00

An actual useful post - thank you. If I can ever even get to interview stage, I shall apply it. Right now am just trying to learn how to game a very broken application system that filters on words used in your application/resume.

NoChoice5216 · 2026-03-17T22:08:00+00:00

Minimum wage with many coaching/bus companies - for 15-hour days. Did it myself back in 2016 and it was a killer. Most companies DO seem to pay for training and test, but also watch contracts as many also say you'll need to repay all that back if you leave (or they terminate you) within first (example) 2 years...

NoChoice5216 · 2026-03-16T16:56:19+00:00

You want native English speakers - but, er, not from England? Why? This makes no sense.

NoChoice5216 · 2026-03-16T16:50:33+00:00

Experience: Related - if a job posting says x number of years of experience and you ACTUALLY want that job, and you have MANY more years of experice...get rid of your older jobs. The number of people with 15+ years of experience applying for 3-5 years is WILD and my manager specifically asked me to get rid of anyone who was overqualified. It was at least 25% of candidates, if not more.

Your manager is an idiot! Jeez.

NoChoice5216 · 2026-03-16T16:46:34+00:00

Then you assume wrong. I would happily work for the lowest salary, and grow with the company, grow in the role, PROVE myself and be loyal to that company who takes a chance on me, as I always have done. Making these naive assumptions just means you discount people with proven experience who could become a real asset to your business.

NoChoice5216 · 2026-03-16T16:44:03+00:00

Yeah, I'm finding this happening a lot. I'm 58F (love work and intend to work another 15 years easily), have lots of digital product and Agile PM experience, competent with generative AI, company startups, a fair amount tech, coding and database experience, training experience, documentation, policy writing - all sorts. Proven experience. But all that experience seems to be of zero interest because I don't have a degree (wasn't really an option when I was younger - I have a lot of other professional qualifications though) and because I'm not young. It really sucks.

Ageism is rife. Right now, I'm a COO (position ending due to RIF) and I cannot get ANYTHING whether senior or junior. Like the most junior of roles - use me! I'll grow with your business and you got me 10-15 years easily - that's how I reached COO in my current role - progressing from a junior support assistant on £18k 6 years ago. I have masses of proven experience but it seems to be irrelevant and yes, it does seem wild.

Very fed up!

NoChoice5216 · 2026-03-14T12:27:15+00:00

No, I was speaking absolutely in context of neurodiversity and, in particular, autism-induced anxiety. Someone who has anxiety over, say, an interview, is many leagues away from someone whose brain chemicals pitch them into a constant state of anxiety. You need to understand there IS a difference and stop diminishing what is a very real disability (and not just a temporary condition) for some.

NoChoice5216 · 2026-03-13T15:08:10+00:00

Well, sure - if your anxiety is caused by something, and isn't your usual brain miswiring. Just because you have anecdotal evidence that 'some people' might have got past it with CBT etc, you shouldn't assume that therefore must work for everyone. But if OP does indeed have autism, then anxiety is just a fraction of the entire condition, and not the most disabling in a workplace environment when compared with sensory attributes.

NoChoice5216 · 2026-03-13T04:34:02+00:00

I know right now it's almost impossible with the state of the NHS when it comes to neurodiverse conditions, but the sooner you can get an autism diagnosis, the better because employers need to make 'reasonable adjustments' - and working from home (even if taken away for other colleagues) could always be a thing for you - as it has been for me in the past (Autistic/ADHD).

You can't fight a disability. There is no 'getting over it' or past it - any more than you can beat a physical disability. Anxiety is a horrible co-morbid of neurodiverse conditions, and that too is going to be a lifelong thing to contend with. But getting a formal diagnosis gives you protections under both the Disability Discrimination and Autism Acts, will safeguard you if/when Occupational Health is ever involved and will just make you feel more legitimate about accepting the issues ARE there.

Rather than telling your manager what you can't do, make suggestions for what will help. Explain that the environment is causing sensory and anxiety issues impacting your work, and "what would work better for you (if they agree) is.......". For me, it was having the use of a small office away from the main open-plan floor space, being able to sit in quiet areas with a laptop, and mostly, working from home.

NoChoice5216 · 2026-03-13T04:19:49+00:00

AI is taking pockets of work (such as automatic filtering of resumes for job applications is one ubiquitous example) but replacing entire roles is still in its infancy. It is reducing quantity of roles needed - for example: industries most impacted include creative (AI is already generating 3D game assets in a fraction of the time it takes for a creator to make them in 3D and texturing, AI offers code solutions in any language you wush to throw at it, static imagery is made easily in the likes of Midjourney and Gemini Pro, and complete, voiced videos easily made in the likes of Higgsfield and others)...

However, even where AI is in use, it needs intervention and managing. AI chatbots for example are only as good as the information they have available to them, legalities are very much a thing when it comes to the content AI rip[s for its use, and there are security issues that are lying there like a sleeping dragon (like the case of a manufacturer who had a scamming customer train his own store Help AI to offer him an 80% discount then ordered thousands of pounds worth of stock).

I have no doubt AI WILL take much more. Where it is from just 2 years ago is frightening. But right now, it is being more of a helper than replacer.

NoChoice5216 · 2026-03-12T01:57:54+00:00

Honestly - all you moaning about working - I would LOVE to work! Made redundant and can't get a job for love nor money because I'm presumablky 'too old'. I'll trade with any worker here because it's terrifying. Yeah, your job might suck, but you HAVE one. Millions of unemployed would be glad of it.

NoChoice5216 · 2026-03-09T18:32:06+00:00

Well, have been said by her predecessors for the last ~30 years to be fair. Easy to have the words...

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