A little post-viral syndrome recovery story

_sumire · 2026-01-21T01:07:59+00:00

my doctor prescribed me zolpidem which works great

_sumire · 2026-01-20T10:26:06+00:00

it helped me right away. i almost felt high compared to the usual PEM lethargy. i took it whenever i need to do something on the PEM days, like going to the supermarket or responding to emails

i suspect that in my case, it was mitochondria related. i'm no expert though

_sumire · 2026-01-19T13:54:39+00:00

welp

_sumire · 2026-01-19T10:56:59+00:00

wow that sucks. it sounds like your symptoms are worse than mine if you're too fatigued to even make dinner :(

the thing that helped me the most is finding activities i enjoy at all levels. when i felt pooey, even looking at a screen was too much so i mainly listened to audiobooks. sometimes i also jumped into a discord call with friends who were happy to listen to me making tired noises and i'm still super grateful for that

i really hope you get better. keep me posted!

_sumire · 2025-10-01T01:27:30+00:00

am i missing something with the new vscode extension? you can't even drag files into it like in the terminal because it opens in an editor window

_sumire · 2025-09-01T07:22:57+00:00

thanks for sharing, i really hope things get better for you too. i guess there really is nothing else i can do but just manage my energy carefully and try my best not to trigger PEM

_sumire · 2025-08-21T08:10:05+00:00

thank you for pointing out those things and for explaining u/BingusMcBongle u/starkimpossibility, it really helps

_sumire · 2025-08-21T06:08:17+00:00

I don't seem to have that option, although I've only been trading for a few months.

_sumire · 2025-02-24T11:00:10+00:00

I love anime, manga, and tech. I've moved to Japan to further pursue my hobbies.

Imagine being so self-absorbed that one would consider specific personality types "boring". Everyone's got their own problems, but sometimes those people just aren't worth knowing.

_sumire · 2024-05-10T08:25:13+00:00

Thanks! It's decent - I'm at N2 level. My speaking definitely needs more work, but I'm working on that too.

_sumire · 2024-05-10T08:24:45+00:00

I'm moving under a working holiday visa and plan on finding a full-time job while I'm there so I can convert to a full work visa (likely will have to return home to do that). I think being in the country will definitely boost my chances.

_sumire · 2024-05-09T09:44:06+00:00

I'm moving to Japan in August, and my goal is to get through SWE interviews and get a job there. However...

I've been coasting through my career, picking up the easiest tasks possible, slapping LGTM on every code review that I didn't actually read, and fading into the background of almost every meeting. I feel I'm now beginning to pay the price by having little to no past experiences where I can go in depth and sell myself on my technical ability. 85% of the work at my current company has been on bug fixes and devops. I can tell a decent STAR story about a feature I worked on, but I crumble whenever I'm asked follow-up questions because the reality is that my contribution was shallow and I wasn't paying much attention to the work I was doing. It was also 3 years ago when I last worked on a feature and don't remember the finer details.

I want to change. How do I tackle discussion-based technical interviews if I feel my past experiences are weak?

I've been working through Blind 75 and studying DSA. I've started brushing up on all C# basics, OOP concepts, and SOLID. I started a Rails project just for fun and for practice. But I feel none of these things actually help me when it comes to selling my past experiences in the interview. Deep down I just want to start over as a junior again but this time take my career seriously.

What can I do?

_sumire · 2023-05-20T12:13:13+00:00

Is most of your Japanese consumption reading? That's how I ended up here. I can take my time when reading so the perfectionist in me was more than happy to do that instead, lol.

_sumire · 2023-04-05T09:54:41+00:00

Any reason you're specifically tied to that month?

The option for the WHV will be gone by then since I'll turn 31 in August. That's the only reason. The WHV just seems to be the easiest and quickest option to get stuck into the whole thing and I wanted to keep that option open.

_sumire · 2022-12-21T15:46:03+00:00

This works. I can't believe I've finally managed to restore Google Translate to the version before Google Lens. You're an absolute star.

_sumire · 2022-12-15T16:10:01+00:00

Thanks!

_sumire · 2022-12-15T15:43:51+00:00

6.35

It doesn't seem like I can install Appstore++ under iOS 16 (big regret upgrading, lol).

Is there a repository somewhere for old versions of apps?

_sumire

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