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codeOnMasteron Quitting the rat race

What do you mean by “fucked”? If you don’t enjoy your job, you’re fucked? Seems like you’re saying you’re fucked unless you work less hours.

codeOnMasteron It doesn't take much public creativity to stand out as a job candidate

I'm curious why you put in the effort to apply to several places and passed up on all the offers.

codeOnMasteron Concrete: The material that's 'too vast to imagine'

In fact, the concrete MUST crack in the tension zone in order for the steel to take effect and provide tensile capacity to the member.

codeOnMasteron Concrete: The material that's 'too vast to imagine'

Yes, steel is required. In the design of concrete structure, concrete is assumed to have zero (0) tensile strength.

codeOnMasteron The Anxiety of Influencers

What I try to keep in mind is that for these things to work, you have a few influencers at the top, making money and creating "content" and you have a sea of people who consume the "content".

I deleted all (most) of my social media because I know very well that I'm part of the consumers if I'm on there at all. And if I'm consuming, then I'm not producing. So I try to focus on producing during my day - work (career), personal projects, working out, working on projects around the house, building/investing in my friendships and relationship.

Sure, I also consume sometimes. But I try to minimize it.

codeOnMasteron How an Anti-TypeScript “JavaScript developer” like me became a TypeScript fan

I switched careers at 33 (currently 35) from structural engineering to a full stack JS career after attending a bootcamp.

Reading your comment, I wish I was in the former group of learning to code early on, taking CS and SE courses in university, etc... I work feverishly to learn as much as I possibly can about networking, Linux, hardware, SQL, etc.. along with all the JS related topics I need to learn for my job.

I just wanted to add to the conversation by saying that there are people in the later group who really want to become well rounded and not just be JS developers.

codeOnMasteron Canadian government pledges to connect 98% of Canadians via High-Speed Internet

Can you expand on your sentiment?

codeOnMasteron The largest city in each 10x10 degree latitude/longitude box

Interesting that a small country like Cuba has two cities in a square.

codeOnMasteron My First Homemade Pedalboard

As a former senior structural engineer turned software developer, I just wanted to comment regarding the glue +/vs nails. Although glue adds rigidity to the whole board, glue does not add strength, meaning their strength is not additive. The glue needs to fail in order for the nails to provide their function. In tension, the glue prevents two pieces from separating, and the nail just sits there not being engaged. In shear, the glue prevents two pieces of wood from sliding past each other and therefore prevent the nail from being engaged.