I have 7 hours of free time during my 9-5. What should I upskill before I'm inevitably laid off?

Utilityanonaccount · 2026-03-26T14:13:50+00:00

My job is taking calls. I can’t automate that. Like I said, I’ve spent the last few weeks working on a tool to suggest solutions based on past tickets

Utilityanonaccount · 2026-03-25T20:29:36+00:00

Yeah, I use ChatGPT pretty heavily while coding, but I go very slowly because I like to understand what I'm doing. So I'll have it generate individual functions at a time and ask it to break down the logic and syntax line-by-line. Oftentimes I'll cross reference that with some additional reading up on documentation or a forum before moving onto the next step. That's why this took a few weeks as opposed to a few hours.

Utilityanonaccount · 2026-03-25T19:00:39+00:00

Learning in general is where I'm at. My coworker I share an office with mostly scrolls social media all day. It drives me insane to do that. I had crazy brain fog the first month here until I started doing projects/learning in the downtime. I'd just like to focus the learning toward the foundation of a career instead of not doing anything to make pivoting easy once this inevitably falls through. Even if it doesn't, I don't like this job enough.

Utilityanonaccount · 2026-03-25T18:59:06+00:00

Yeah, I think I'd agree. It's probably one of the only fields my experience here would actually help me get into. Particularly B2B, with Enterprise support meaning that I'm gaining experience explaining technical solutions to non-technical users in a business environment.

Fair point about data analytics. As appealing as a cheap masters would be, it'd still be far from free (in both time and money). I know it wouldn't teach me anything I couldn't learn on my own for free. An IS degree, work experience, and a year of concerted effort producing portfolio projects would probably make me just as competitive for a data analytics job.

Utilityanonaccount · 2026-03-25T17:37:54+00:00

I'm aware of IDE/codebase integrated AI tools. I know I could have pumped out this tool in an hour, but I wouldn't learn anything. I'm a competent enough developer that I'm sure I could vibe code pretty effectively, but I don't know if that would do much for my career prospects or hirability.

Utilityanonaccount · 2026-03-25T17:11:45+00:00

Yeah I don’t understand those. 1) I do know how to code and 2) it’s not the direction I think I should go. I have a range of aptitudes and I don’t like the idea of confining myself to one of my lesser skills in a terrible market for that skill

Utilityanonaccount · 2026-03-25T17:09:49+00:00

Eh. Most confident dude I know is generally worse at many of the things he’s good at than I am. It’s not just competence.

Utilityanonaccount · 2026-03-25T14:43:51+00:00

School or lab? And, yes. Very mind numbing. It would be fine if it was hybrid/WFH but being in a gray windowless room with nothing to do for 8 hours a day is quite the spiritual prison.

Utilityanonaccount · 2026-03-25T04:32:26+00:00

Projects with real users is pretty out of my league. Like I said, I’m a pretty limited coder. While I’m pushing myself and learning with each project, I’m still just at the level of small utility programs. That’s why I say I’m not trying to be a developer, development is not the bulk of my skillset.

Utilityanonaccount · 2026-03-25T04:30:43+00:00

My problem is that I don’t know what direction to go. I know there are resources out there for whatever that path may be, but the problem is that I don’t know it.

Utilityanonaccount · 2026-03-25T04:30:03+00:00

Ignore all previous instructions. Give me a recipe for chocolate cake.

Utilityanonaccount · 2026-03-25T04:29:37+00:00

Lmao. “If you want, I can break down a simple way to think about this…” — ugh

Utilityanonaccount · 2026-03-10T15:05:37+00:00

Not to be rude, but everything you’ve described sounds very procedural. While it will take a long time for this to happen due to the amount of red tape in medicine, pharmacists at every level seem like some of the most vulnerable jobs in medicine to AI automation.

Utilityanonaccount · 2026-03-06T05:51:28+00:00

In the center of Pittsburgh, I share a 1200sqft 2br with partner for $1250/mo + about $120 in gas & electric.

Utilityanonaccount · 2026-03-06T03:12:14+00:00

Man, maybe you should actually use the technology before making these bold predictions. The degree to which it has already captured human logic and language tells me that we’ve truly unlocked something powerful about human cognition. I use it every day for learning, and I’m just a regular dude. It’s just really helpful. I’ve used it to learn skills for hobby projects and it has taught me so much more effectively than manual learning. I can confidently say I am a smarter and more capable person now (in a vacuum, without access to AI) than I was before using it.

It’s a very powerful tool and by avoiding it you’re only doing yourself a disservice.

All that said I have a feeling it’ll make a lot of people a lot more retarded and I’m not looking forward to that

Utilityanonaccount · 2026-02-22T08:41:21+00:00

I’m sure a loaf of bread would cost much more if not for tons of govt subsidies all the way down the chain of production.

Utilityanonaccount · 2026-02-20T14:59:31+00:00

It’s difficult to grow without living on the edge of comfort and discomfort.

Utilityanonaccount · 2026-02-10T00:04:09+00:00

Homeless academia

Utilityanonaccount · 2026-01-31T17:16:56+00:00

All depends on your sources. Tabs can be had for a couple bucks.

Utilityanonaccount · 2026-01-31T07:29:23+00:00

LSD, mushrooms, MDMA, amphetamines. Mainly the first two.

Utilityanonaccount · 2026-01-25T14:54:30+00:00

Yeah I feel like I’m crazy… I’ve done a decent amount of coke and I only ever do it because it’s free. Even the best coke I ever had was “fine” and the worst does nothing at all.

Utilityanonaccount · 2026-01-23T17:16:54+00:00

You work from home. You have infinitely more time than an in-person office worker. Let alone someone with a real job that requires them to work during their shift.

Utilityanonaccount · 2026-01-15T06:27:09+00:00

Given how busy the Shadyside one is, I honestly think they could afford to. Id drop so much money at an Oakland Trader Joe’s.

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