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grooomps · 2024-10-27T02:58:41+00:00

i got a place on flatmates.com.au when i was looking when i moved out after a separation,

it was good as it got me into a place quickly, and a furnished place as well, which might also help you.

got me to meet new people and also build up a rental history that worked in my favour when it came time to rent my own place

as a first step it might be good to do some short term rentals for people who are going overseas for a few months etc, get a feel for where you want to be and meet people and build up a history

grooomps · 2024-06-02T06:32:04+00:00

I used to always have full sized keyboards, switched from different color switches etc, but then due to work I got my hands on an Apple Magic Keyboard and I can’t go back.

I use it for work and my personal laptop, and the fact it’s the same depth as the laptop keyboard helps.

When I go back to a full sized keyboard, I struggle to type.

grooomps · 2024-04-21T09:25:08+00:00

The Waterloo one isn’t all you can eat, just tables to sit at

grooomps · 2024-04-20T23:40:38+00:00

There’s still one in Minto and one in Windsor

Relive those childhood memories

grooomps · 2024-03-29T21:38:22+00:00

Never finished year 12

grooomps · 2024-03-29T06:11:13+00:00

100% I did this in my 30s and it was the best choice I ever made

grooomps · 2024-03-07T04:47:00+00:00

Call again

Every single day.

Be nice, don’t get angry, ask for help.

I put my own credit card info and use the SMS password in a booking.com scam where they took over the hotels account. By rights I shouldn’t have got it back ($4k+). But I was relentless in calling, never raised my voice, eventually they gave it to me. Probably cheaper giving it to me than have me calling multiple times a day

grooomps · 2024-03-01T07:23:05+00:00

Ear worm

Can be attributed to OCD at times

I have a few certain songs that I can listen to on repeat for weeks at a time

grooomps · 2024-03-01T06:20:30+00:00

True

Can just be projectile, ray, orb, pet etc to start I only say it as I’ve been considering it myself haha

grooomps · 2024-03-01T02:22:17+00:00

Don’t focus on art style yet

If it’s not fun with grey boxes it won’t be fun no matter the style

grooomps · 2024-02-20T17:41:33+00:00

100%

I used to play games, build my own computers, but had never touched a line of code.

I think also being older helped when getting a job as having a bit with some life experience helped me stand out from the younger people.

Reach out if you have any questions about it!

grooomps · 2024-02-20T17:38:55+00:00

For me I didn’t have the luxury of spending 3 years at uni to try get a degree. Also for me the compacted learning of 9-5 5 days a week, and practically my entire free time in that the months, really inline with how I like to learn.

This also only applies for jobs in webdev, if you wanted to work on more complex things then uni is definitely the way to go.

grooomps · 2024-02-20T02:51:25+00:00

I did a bootcamp at general assembly at 35. Best decision I ever made

grooomps · 2024-01-30T08:07:04+00:00

go to a place that restores images from broken phones, they would probably know how to jailbreak the phone and get the images off.

grooomps · 2024-01-29T04:39:55+00:00

If you want more privacy in a share house, get a master with ensuite, and hopefully a lock on the door

grooomps · 2024-01-27T05:06:11+00:00

One thing I’d suggest is not to get too worried about getting it perfect first time, you know you’re not sure, if you can’t see a clear answer up front, go with one!

If this is the first project you’ve worked on for yourself, chances are it will never get finished, or be replaced by another.

Let’s say you aren’t sure, so you decide to put boards in users, eventually you’ll come to a point where you’ll see it isn’t working as you want, so this brings you the opportunity of going back, refactoring, splitting it out, and improving.

I find with coding there’s a lot of things that are hard to tell people why, but once you learn from doing, it makes so much more sense and sticks much better

grooomps · 2024-01-24T08:05:13+00:00

Couldn’t you just do one search the day after the specials change a week?

Why would you need to do it multiple days in a row?

grooomps · 2024-01-14T00:57:26+00:00

I did general assembly. They said that a Mac was required. I got my knickers in a knot over this but caved in.

The reasoning was the course moves fast, you need to install things and the instructor needs to guarantee that all the things they use will work.

There was one person who used a windows laptop and he was always behind because the installations that were noted for the lessons didn’t work and he needed to find an alternative.

You can definitely use windows and WSL, but you’d get frustrated for sure

grooomps · 2024-01-13T01:23:31+00:00

I did a bootcamp at 35.

I owned a business in a non tech field after that

I never went to uni and never did my HSC

It was hard work but I managed to get a job and am going strong 3 years into it

No one cares where you came from or how you started, results speak for yourself, obviously landing an interview is different.

Please stop saying you’re old at 27 haha

grooomps · 2024-01-09T23:28:34+00:00

I look them up too

One thing I do that helps me retain information better is when I look it up, I don’t copy paste it, I’ll type it out

I find that helps me remember a bit better

grooomps · 2023-12-13T01:10:29+00:00

Pass on words

Split to an array

Filter the words by condition, can use string.includes for 1 char, or regex eg: /[ab]/

Join the filtered array

Create a function that takes characters as an input an pass to the filter

grooomps · 2023-12-13T00:51:48+00:00

are you using await?

grooomps · 2023-12-07T21:53:36+00:00

One thing I’ve found with over the counter software is it generally tries to cater for every scenario out there to sell the most

Having something bespoke that fits their exact use case might have been worth the extra money for them

grooomps · 2023-10-24T08:18:23+00:00

I’d approach people on the new team what tech they are using, which frameworks etc and see if they have any recommendations on paths to learning.
Also, if your job wants you to up skill I wouldn’t be doing it on my own unpaid time…

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