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FYI - There is also an audiobook version on audible with the Stripe Press release of Poor Charlie's Almanac.

Which non google 2FA app would folks recommend?

Email?

What’s your email? Wanted to get in touch re another comment you made.

I’m in.

Sherlock Holmes narrated by Stephen Fry.

Length: 62 hrs and 52 mins

https://www.audible.com/pd/Sherlock-Holmes-Audiobook/B06WLMW...

What's an email to get in touch? Had some questions about PBM. Thanks!

also drop your email in your profile.

How exactly did you heal yourself? Knowing what you know now, what was most effective?

Well stated, Ryan! Contrarian but sane and very good advice.

The propensity to deal with bullshit, crap that doesn't matter including other people's mission (e.g. startup founders), the internalization of the limited time we have makes the early professional/working years so much more valuable and hence something to maximize.

It's a different path but that pays off handsomely if things work out half as well.

What did you change your dating strategy to?

Has anyone here tried Agenda? https://agenda.com

In any negotiation, your best bet is having leverage. In this scenario that would be other offers at the rate you would like or other benefits/flexibility.

In terms of framing, instead of saying you're in S. Asia and $30/hr is a big deal, you could figure out a rough $ value of your work to the company. In this case it's clearly more than $30, but is it $100 or $300 or $500? Having that clarity in your mind and articulating it to potential clients is going to be super helpful in the future, and change how you see yourself and sell yourself to clients.

Finally, you may want to invest in building your negotiating experience. I would start with the Appendix: Negotiating one sheet and ideally read and practice what's mentioned in Never Split the Difference: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08W57YLHR/.

Good luck!

What did you find as the top 2-3 things that help in crafting an effective mission once you decided to make it more intentional?

Your comments through out this thread make a lot of sense. Thanks for outlining them.

Curious, when did you start thinking about your life in terms of mission (s) and what was the trigger for it?

The venn diagram of your skills brings up Sales Engineering (also called technical consultant, solutions engineer, pre-sales engineer depending on the company) at an Internet/Security company as a potential career path. Have you heard of or considered that role?

That's a more focussed starting point which may lead you to find your mission.

You can put your CS degree to great use in the technology field without being a programmer. The two that come to mind are: 1. Product Manager 2. Sales Engineer sometimes called Solutions Engineer.