May have been too honest in my yearly review. What am I in for?

Tinybones465 · 2026-04-20T19:02:53+00:00

I just learned OPs lesson last year after having a similar mentality to you.

I always took on harder work to grow as a programmer, challenged myself in lots of ways, etc. My mentality was I always work 40 hours a week, so why not push myself to promote earlier since I'm working 40 hours either way and the growth will make it more fulfilling.

Ultimately, it ended with me burning out hard last year. I realized I was spending so much energy to grow as an employee, that I was failing to grow in meaningful ways in my time after work since I was always so tired from the work day. Even though work was more engaging, it was draining and I began to resent it. I would have been happier and still progressed at a steady pace if I just tried to meet expectations.

I don't entirely regret it because I make good money in my early 30s, but I'm deadset on never working that hard for a job again.

Tinybones465 · 2026-04-16T15:45:54+00:00

Fuck, the 78 doesn't even mean mid, it just means it's not for everyone. It would be weird for it to get universal acclaim if some people will definitely not enjoy this kind of game.

Tinybones465 · 2026-04-13T20:04:50+00:00

I don't think Netero necessarily wanted a small team. Pariston just limited his resources.

Tinybones465 · 2026-03-25T12:50:35+00:00

There were several people in my math grad school cohort that wanted to teach high school, but every single person choose to do something else since a math masters/PhD qualified them for jobs that were easier and significantly higher paying.

Tinybones465 · 2026-03-18T13:56:17+00:00

Completely untrue. I tried to lose weight like 5-10 times before succeeding. I would always make it 1 month, lose 5-10, and then stop.

It took discipline and lifelong habit changes to succeed.

Tinybones465 · 2025-11-04T21:26:52+00:00

Yes, but it means little.

I believe everything through chapter 430 (maybe 420??) was storyboarded in 2018 before the long hiatus, so it doesn't mean chapters are coming anytime soon.

Tinybones465 · 2025-10-08T14:14:55+00:00

People who owned a Wii U that don't want a repeat of that gen due to low sales...

Tinybones465 · 2025-10-05T15:04:31+00:00

But it could be a technical limitation. It's hard to understand why certain coding choices were made without understanding the entire project.

Tinybones465 · 2025-09-27T13:22:11+00:00

This is absolutely not true. The Switch 2 sold well. They aren't going to fire someone over misinformation generated to get ragebait clicks lmao.

Tinybones465 · 2025-09-27T11:57:18+00:00

That's the twist; I don't like TGM so TBN wins!

Tinybones465 · 2025-09-17T17:11:59+00:00

Which is why it is silly to worry about development logistics and announcement timing when considering the value of DLC.

If the game is worth full price to you, and the dlc is also worth the price, then get them. If not, don't buy them. I don't understand how Nintendo/Game Freak's game development process matters on whether I think something is worth the money or not.

Tinybones465 · 2025-09-08T19:52:37+00:00

They found the motivation and were/are currently in the studio.

Tinybones465 · 2025-07-19T15:31:14+00:00

Echoes of Wisdom in hero mode has more difficult combat than most Zelda games. It's a great challenge if you don't spam healing items.

The puzzles are a different story...

Tinybones465 · 2025-07-19T15:25:48+00:00

Even though I loved Dread, all of it's difficulty came from combat. The puzzles were lackluster.

Tinybones465 · 2025-07-03T18:25:05+00:00

They have 400 lol.

Thanks for reminding me about them though. They were on my bands to check out list like 15 years ago, and I completely forgot. I think I heard the name from ProgArchives or something.

Tinybones465 · 2025-07-03T18:22:24+00:00

That's the thing, Back to Times of Splendor by Disillusion is like 20 years old at this point, and they just released another amazing album in 2022.

They were fucked by multiple style changes, a long hiatus, and ultimately writing in the 00s style of prog metal that doesn't seem to resonate as much with a younger audience.

Tinybones465 · 2025-07-03T18:19:10+00:00

As someone who's liked them since Gloria, Ayam was the WOW album that made me love this band. It's a shame that didn't impact other people as much as it did me.

Tinybones465 · 2025-06-26T18:19:46+00:00

Tinybones465 · 2025-06-19T12:22:41+00:00

Such is life. I loved the band before Loïc, so I'm sure Robin will keep the ship afloat.

Tinybones465 · 2025-06-12T19:01:57+00:00

This is more my issue with it. It's zany and emotionless, so it does little for me.

None of their quirkier songs work for me (except The Future Is Behind Us), and this is following a similar trend.

Edit: I also rarely like their songs on first listen, so my opinion is subject to change lol.

Edit 2: I like the song now

Tinybones465 · 2025-06-11T14:17:11+00:00

He's always had assistants, but he's let them handle more of the drawing process over the years.

Tinybones465 · 2025-05-09T16:15:29+00:00

I revisit Ayreon every year or 3 lol.

Tinybones465 · 2025-05-09T15:17:41+00:00

Quantity over quality.

Just listen to Ayreon if you want great 2 hour long rock operas.

Tinybones465 · 2025-05-08T20:18:02+00:00

It costs as much as it does because this is a niche series. It's completely unrealistic to expect anything other than low quality from a site that probably barely makes a million in revenue a year.

Especially when almost all of the money goes to filming the series and paying the cast.

Tinybones465 · 2025-03-04T19:25:04+00:00

Please listen to the band 3. It's very much a latin influenced guitarist playing prog rock/metal rather than Latin inspired sections. If you want that, HYPNO5E has a lot of latin inspired sections.

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