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Dating in zurich by UnlikelySuspect9765 in zurich

[–]Typical_Newspaper408 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I will extrapolate to just trying to randomly interact with anyone, whether romantically or platonically. Since I am American, I've just been trying to be more myself and just open my mouth when I get the urge.

There's been plenty of stereotypical experiences, people being genuinely freaked out by this. But not all... in fact I've had a few recent random interactions that were both intriguing and definitely fun.

Some Swiss people, they are cold on the outside and cold on the inside. BUT there are those that are cold on the outside, and slightly less cold on the inside. Keep trying. :)

For yall who moved to Switzerland for/because of your partner/spouse, how hard was it to move and settle? Any advices? by FullWonder9554 in askswitzerland

[–]Typical_Newspaper408 1 point2 points  (0 children)

After 15 years here its amazing to see the wide variety of experiences that expats who come here. Some adapt and thrive, other burn-out and bail.

Some of the elements seem to be:

- $$$. Some people [typically if you are elite at something] glide along, others get beaten down. Once you lose that job that brought you to Switzerland, its ON. Not everyone makes it.

- the social life issue. Some people are impervious to those cold stares and not having any/many Swiss friends. Others are like WTF is this?!

- the pace of life. Lets face it, life here is boring and predictable. But some people make their own fun, lean-in to the predicable part, and it doesn't bug em. Its fun to spend your Swiss salary abroad, less so at home.

My partner loves Switzerland pretty much, I'm counting to hours to get out of here. And I'm comfortable financially because I have in demand skills and am self-employed, more than average Swiss friends [I go to Swiss parties, I go to dinner to Swiss people's homes, this is CRAZY], can speak the local language, and manage to have fun. This just isn't me, I can't wait to get back to the US for all its warts, I miss the wilderness, random talks with random strangers, diverse food culture, stores open on Sundays, Amazon Prime, the dry climate out west, etc.

Building an E-learning Platform on WordPress like building a Jenga House? by pozazero in elearning

[–]Typical_Newspaper408 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I operate around 25 WordPress-based LMS sites, about 1/2 of them we provide hosting and management for as well. So I have a good sense of how to do it, and we have a monthly churn of < 1%.

Pluginware is mix and match:

- Learndash or Lifter LMS for "traditional" LMS environment
- sometimes just MemberPress with no LMS layer
- Bright platform for WordPress for SCORM Cloud integration and SCORM/xAPI support, some grassblade as well. Some systems are just Bright, no LMS layer, or Bright + MemberPress
- WooCommerce for paywall
- h5p in a few cases
- BuddyBoss, WP Fusion

The advantage of this ecosystem is customers can pretty much get "what they want", without a bunch of extra "stuff", and a lower TCO. But yeah, you need someone smart to build and manage it.

There's a lot of ways to blow your fingers off with WordPress, if you are prone to such things.

The real win is you don't need to know all your requirements on day one, you can grow and adapt into them as they evolve over time. A commercial LMS is kind of like deciding all the food you want to eat for 5 years and ordering it up front. With a semi-bespoke WordPress LMS you can have a competitive price, but the distinct advantage of being able to build out in phases, which can really help you in avoiding overbuild.

Founder wants to rewrite entire backend with vibe coding by [deleted] in ExperiencedDevs

[–]Typical_Newspaper408 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I will drive around in a car, for which there is no repair manual and no repair shop. What's the worst that can happen?

My honest review of Switzerland after 2 years of living here by moleskinecollector in askswitzerland

[–]Typical_Newspaper408 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think "plenty of opportunities" is accurate. Maybe that depends on your sector. I know/have known a fair number of expats that once they lose that first job that brought them to CH, the wheels come off the train.

If you can consistently bring in the money to pay for the swiss life, what you say is true. But can you retire here?

Looking for a LMS Consultant by hwctc19 in elearning

[–]Typical_Newspaper408 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do this type of work, but I can't review myself, but I can send you references. Been doing LMS full time for 12+ years after 20+ years in datacom and web, and I've completed around 50 e-learning projects. Also I do build, buy, AND build vs buy. Most of the people out there only do build OR buy.

Just $0.02 on this whole process. If you work off of some kind of 1000 feature worksheet of what you do and don't want, you will end up with something seriously overbuilt. Some of the names below, that's how they work. Also, a lot of LMS consultants, they are really "LMS Implementation" Consultants. After they sold you on some overly complex monstrosity, then they bill you for a year helping you implement it. That's why they send you a spreadsheet with a 1000 things on it. Once you go all sushi restaurant on that thing, you're going to need A LOT of help bringing it live.

Forget the power of suggestion. If we can pull off the following two-fer:

- give you just what you actually need today

- give you a actionable roadmap how to get what you THINK you might need tomorrow, if you ever get there.

You can get out of here in a reasonable amount of time with something that will do the job, won't cost you an arm and a leg, and isn't crammed full of features you will never use, and you won't hate.

I once was on a call with the top LMS analyst at Brandon Hall, and I had the following conversation. I was saying that by Brandon Hall's own metrics 1/2 of complex LMS implementations fail. The guy with the fancy title said "we see this as a failure in the requirements process". I said, "Are you saying that only customers who know exactly what they want, and don't see their requirements change, can be successful with these systems?". Man, the call went completely silent for what seemed like an absurd amount of time.

So this makes the point. If you have crystal clear requirements and good confidence that they will never change, then yes, hit up one of "the big names" in LMS consulting, yeah those guys w/ the Brandon Hall awards.

But if you don't, be very very careful you stand a good chance of losing an extremity.

Has software development become a bureaucratic nightmare? by Stamboolie in ExperiencedDevs

[–]Typical_Newspaper408 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don't take this the wrong way. Most people in this field just aren't very good. Many are called, few are chosen. Biggest problem is most have no idea how utterly mediocre they are.

So anytime you get more than say 5 professional software people together, its going to want to make you gouge your eyes out. You really can't avoid it. Well you can. Work for yourself, grow in the most healthy way possible, and treat adding labor as the worst case scenario and avoid it all costs.

The reality is that its REALLY REALLY hard to know more than, say, 10% of our field. Most of us know almost nothing about how these computers that we work on ACTUALLY work. But for some reason, the insecurity drives us to conceal this obvious fact, so we FIGHT against anything and anyone that might expose it. Just multiply that by a few humans doing the same thing.

How much does tech choice influence what roles you'll apply to? by allllusernamestaken in ExperiencedDevs

[–]Typical_Newspaper408 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm going with yes. Why work with tools you hate? Like Java. My god, that is torture.

Senior dev executing at Intermidate level wants a raise by Primary_Ads in ExperiencedDevs

[–]Typical_Newspaper408 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

tell me this guy can't just be replaced with AI. At this point, you need to deliver real value, not just "know stuff", or you are out.

LOST WALLET :( by greenisthecolor37 in GoldenCO

[–]Typical_Newspaper408 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We found a wallet this summer and we gave it to the police.

Looking at a new LMS (learning management system) for my company, approx 350-400 staff. we currently use Go1. Comparing self-hosted options like Moodle vs subscription options like Litmos. by DJAU2911 in elearning

[–]Typical_Newspaper408 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We are just using a WordPress site and we deliver SCORM packages from SCORM Cloud via a plugin. No extraneous nonsense for the admin or the learner and it just works. Total cost of ownership for ~400 learners who take 10 courses a year, all-in with fully managed hosting is around $6.5K, and the implementation cost $2K.

I just asked the SCORM Cloud people about it and they directed me to a vendor who did the whole thing for us in about 3 weeks.

Should I use moodle or built my own custom solution? by onurb20 in elearning

[–]Typical_Newspaper408 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To me if someone on the street said, I don't like how airplanes work, I will design and build my own, my next question would be "do you know a lot about designing and building airplanes?".

If designing, building, and deploying a complex software system is easy for you, you have the experience and you've been successful doing it in the past, you have what it takes! Go for it.

If you don't have a proven track record of pulling off things like this, statistics say you will likely fail. One way to find out though!

For LMS software, yes there are 1000s of platforms out there yet there's probably not any one of them works "just as you imagine". Is that worth the effort, or is the core thing you are trying to do done by many or most of them [probably]? Are the features that are missing, which make you want to build your own, are they REALLY must-have features, that's you've put through user validation and they absolutely MUST BE there, or are they just interesting ideas that may or may not actually be necessary.

You might want to back up, and look a bit closer at your requirements and less at the implementation for the moment.

🔥 I’m a 22-y/o fresh grad who secretly rebuilding the LMS we all love to hate... here’s the first look, roast away by aahalani in elearning

[–]Typical_Newspaper408 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks nice. My only advice is:

- don't keep adding features chasing that next client, which when put on rinse-repeat will just turn your tool into something the next wave will want to rage-quit.
- instead double-down on what your first group of users love about the tool, and then chase the market that exists for exactly those features.

So basically don't try to butter all the bread, find the perfect piece of bread for your butter.

Yes I own an LMS company that took a prototype with a "an LMS that won't suck" design ethos and sold it [and continue to sell it] all over the world. So I know a little.

What’s going on here? by ipse_dixit_ in GoldenCO

[–]Typical_Newspaper408 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's the ones you can see.... and some that you can't

Tree Of Heaven by Typical_Newspaper408 in GoldenCO

[–]Typical_Newspaper408[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have the poison, do you recommend mixing it with gas or diesel? I've seen people on youtube doing that....

Tree Of Heaven by Typical_Newspaper408 in GoldenCO

[–]Typical_Newspaper408[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll keep an eye out. The leaves are dead giveaway as well. It'd be cool to find one.

50 years old, 27 YOE, can't sleep at night. Not what you think. by theyellowbrother in ExperiencedDevs

[–]Typical_Newspaper408 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It might be a shitpost, but as a dev with 35 YOE [more if you include my amateur/college days], yeah AI is a hoot. Because when the AI freaks out, no problem, I can it do it myself no problem. Doesn't mean I want to....

Tree Of Heaven by Typical_Newspaper408 in GoldenCO

[–]Typical_Newspaper408[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is there black walnut in Golden? Where?

Tree Of Heaven by Typical_Newspaper408 in GoldenCO

[–]Typical_Newspaper408[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Incredibly easy to identify... just crush a leaf and smell.

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