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... btw. are you sure that only 7 people applied for that job? Because there are a lot of job announcements on LinkedIn which just won't show the number of applicants correctly in case there's an application link outside of LinkedIn for applying, meaning the application doesn't take place within LinkedIn. In that case, you'll get the question by LinkedIn if you have applied for the job, which most people just won't click. I'm seeing this all the time.

But still good point that there might be promoted jobs and non-promoted ones, maybe it's worth creating an own job scraper.

Just played with your app, I think is super cool! I especially liked the way that you can just click the next question within an answer, makes it super convenient and fun to use.

I'm currently also looking for a dev job. So you have 15 years of experience, live in California and struggle to find something? That sounds a bit demotivating to me lol, because I'm kinda half of all of that or a bit less.

I also like your LinkedIn analysis idea, should try that maybe, too.

I really love that, super good ideas. I also generally love to create workflow optimizations. Will probably create some of your stuff for myself (I especially like the dictation replacement, could be super useful to me).

Wondering: How big is you monthly OpenAI bill when using all these tools? Only a few $$$, or is it higher?

Hey that's super cool, thanks! Works great!

For those who want to read about shopt, check:

http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bash.html#The-Shopt-...

Took me a bit to find it, and there seems to be no man entry.

Most important commands:

shopt -s histverify # activates the option

shopt -u histverify # deactivates the option

shopt # shows all available options and their activation status

You must put "shopt -s histverify" to your .bashrc so that it stays activated.

A lot of great suggestions here, thank you to everyone!

I've added now both:

export HISTIGNORE="* rm *"

export HISTIGNORE="rm *"

I think it's even a bit better. Better preventing worst case if possible right from the start. And usually you don't need rm commands within your history. At least I don't.

Nice one and easy to apply, thanks! Just added it to my .bashrc

I've noted once within my personal bash cheat sheet this:

Search the command history

* Search as you type: Ctrl + r and type the search term; Repeat Ctrl + r to loop through results.

* Search the last remembered search term: Ctrl + r twice.

* End the search at current history entry: Ctrl + j

* Cancel the search and restore original line: Ctrl + g

Try of course at your own risk. But works for me.

Interesting. So maybe it's also a matter of personal taste.

What I really like about the Python realm is that everything just seems to work easily. The whole ecosystem just seems to work so well as a whole. In the currently rather rare moments when I use another language and its ecosystem, I at once seem to encounter kind of annoying little problems. It's a bit difficult to grasp why.

Python's syntax simplicity is also great. You can often really guess the code, even if you don't know a function. Compared to that, when I'm seeing super complicated bash scripts for example in the context of hacking, I always think "wow, in Python would be so much easier". I mean I can deal with complicated stuff, too. But with Python, I'm getting lazy lol.

I'm also pretty much a universalist. So I like that jack-of-all-trades aspect of Python. I also like the scientific possibilities of it. Am constantly thinking if I should go back to university and study physics (or mathematics). I think Python would be a good tool there.

What is also nice is that the Python ecosystem is not moving too fast. You have pretty much basic tools which will stay for quite a long time. There's Django for professional and Flask for easier stuff in the context of web development, and that's it pretty much. I don't want to learn constantly new technologies. I want to use them. So when I learn Python technologies, my knowledge will stay for kind of a long time. Totally different from JavaScript for example where there are constantly new frameworks emerging. That's not too much for me.

I’m pretty much surprised that there seems to be no more love for Python here. I’ve become a huge Python fan over the last three years. Which was not my conscious decision. Python sneaked slowly into my life. But finally it got total control over it lol. I actually don’t want to use any other language that I know anymore. Which I find kind of irrational, because I used to love a lot of different languages. I especially liked C and JavaScript. But now Python is my undisputable king.

But I must say I have no stack actually. I'm also not working as a dev, I'm an entrepreneur. The only stack that I seem to have is maybe Selenium. I totally like Selenium. And it also looks like that I enjoy QA. Together with web scraping and automation.

I’m also into hacking and bug bounty hunting. The advantage there is that you’re totally free to use whatever you want to. No one tells you which framework or tools to use. I can just use Python scripts for everything. I’m also not too much interested in big projects. I prefer small projects.

I wanted to learn Django for a long time, but haven’t done it yet. I was just using a bit of Flask for some projects. Which was pretty cool. But actually I think it’s only a matter of time until I will start to learn Django.

I’m also very much interested in Machine Learning and am starting to learn it right now. I would rather work in Data Science and Machine Learning than in Web Development. Seems to be much more interesting to me. It’s also more mathematical I think, I’m a pretty much mathematical person.

So many good options to choose from

Depends what you mean with ordinary people. It might take a construction worker around 1 billion years or so ;-D On the other hand, I have to admit that it would take me with my fragile body also 1 billion years to build a house.

I’ve played club level chess in my teenage times between being 15 and 20 years old. I’ve even won a regional youth team title, but only at the 8th board (out of 8). But hey, still glorious times! :-) :-)

After learning the first rules, I became interested about chess. I think it took me half a year up to 1 year of studying by myself (reading a basic book about chess and re-playing multiple games) before I decided to enter a chess club. Then I pretty fast was playing tournament chess. And I believe this title I got finally maybe two years before learning my first chess rules. So that’s not too long.

My basic recommendation is: If you’re really interested in chess, you must buy a basic chess book asap or learn from similar resources. A basic book which covers all the basic topics will be enough. I’ve got a book of 200 pages only. That’s enough. With that knowledge along with studying other players’ games (those games will be in that book, too), you’re ready to be a club chess player.

There’s a huge difference between someone who has read that book and someone who has not I can tell you. Without learning about basic strategy and tactics and principles, it will take you years before you really get a certain playing strength. There's really a HUGE difference between someone who has read that book and someone who has not. Theoretically of course, you could learn all this by yourself. But it would take you ages. So you can really forget about that.

You must of course be willing to invest some time. I think in my first year after learning the first rules, I’ve read this book and re-played really a lot of games of other people. It became a dominant hobby at that time. But you also need not to do it the whole day or so. If you’re interested, you will do it anyhow regularly. Just like a normal hobby that you’re interested in.

Finally, just to mention, before entering that club, I actually had nobody to play with (that was in the 90s by the way, so no internet chess available). I bought a basic chess computer, but I didn’t play with it too often. Actually I was most of the time studying theory and re-playing games within that first half a year or year before I entered the chess club. But despite having not much own playing practice, I at once defeated a lot of (weaker) club players there. So basic knowledge and analyzing games seems to help a lot, even as a beginner.

Well, let me be honest, this sounds all a little bit too ambitious.

If you’re battling burn out, then maybe sports is not really a way to solve that. Try meditation. Is a really good method to counter burn out. Or try yoga. Or tai chi or some other relaxing techniques. Or just hang out and relax more and do less in general. Sleep enough. Maybe look for a new job if that’s the problem.

You don’t need any training to go hiking. It can be done instantly. It’s also good against burn out I think, because it’s relaxed in general, and you’re doing it in nature, which is also very relaxing. At the same time you’re getting fit and it’s fun. Start with half an hour of hiking or so. As long as you feel like. Then increase it over the weeks or months. I’ve become a totally hiking fan within the last few years.

My personal experience with sports is: Try to find something which you really like. I’ve tried tons of different sports when I was younger, with not too much success. Finally, after many years of trial and error, I found sports that I really loved: Dancing! Especially Salsa dancing! With that, suddenly it was no problem to do sports. I was automatically motivated.

About two years ago, I discovered hiking. I also totally love that. I could do it the whole day. I have some small woods close to my flat. It’s so cool to just walk there.

My second tip concerning sports would be: Take care about simplicity. If you wanna go to the gym, choose one which is e.g. closest to your flat. Take care that packing your sports bag is not too complicated. That might sound ridiculous, but it was like a big mistake which I’ve done for a long time having too much in my bag and packing it was too complicated. It’s just an additional demotivating factor before you can start at all. In some gyms, you can rent a fix place to store some of your stuff. Though I’ve never used that, I think it’s a good option.

I’ve also bought a home trainer bicycle a few years ago. A very simple and affordable one, costed just 100 bucks, bought at Amazon. Also very light and small, you can fold it together and put it into a corner. But it's decent and does its job. The good thing about this is simplicity also. I can just jump onto it whenever I feel like. But first you need to establish at least some basic routine. Just start going on it for five minutes a week or so on low level. After you have the habit, you can increase.

I wouldn't stress myself too much with diet. Just learn a bit about healthy food stuff step-by-step within the years. And apply it. It’s the simple things, too. Eat not too much sugar stuff, more full corn stuff, drink water or tea, eat vegetables and fruits. Balance proteins with carbon hydrates. That’s it. And don’t forget chocolate and chips ;-) Just don’t eat too much of it or too often.

But the absolutely most important thing about sports is: Find some sports or some way to train which suits to yourself. This was the biggest mistake I’ve done for a long long time. I’ve always tried to do things which other people told me. This has never worked. I’ve only succeeded when I started to just listen to myself (and my body). You must find your own way. Which suits to you. Even if it’s something that no one else seems to do. People are very different. Take advice always as inspiration. Then test it and try if it works for you. Or just forget about all advice and think about what you would like to do. Maybe it comes automatically to your mind.

I actually discovered Salsa dancing when I was on holiday in Poland. I coincidentally was in a bar with some friends having a drink, and there was a salsa course going on in that bar. Strangely I found this very interesting. After I returned home again, I decided to take a course in Salsa. It turned out to be the best sports decision that I’ve ever made.

With hiking, it was a bit similar. Everyone always tells you to go jogging. But jogging never really worked out for me. But strangely I liked walking. I just haven’t been consciously aware of that for a long time. Then by coincidence, I’ve moved to a new flat and there was some woods close to that new flat. When I started to walk there, I finally realized how cool walking in nature is. Walking is much better than jogging for me.

Nice! I’ve actually read an article about Costa Rica recently saying that it’s a really good place to live. But that article actually pointed out that living costs are a bit high there and are more of a downside of the country. But you’re now saying they are low? Have to say that I’m from Germany, so depends what is the comparison. But Germany is not really cheap, and that article was from a German author.

Another thing that I'm always wondering about with tropic countries is: How about malaria and other diseases there? Is that a problem?

Because actually two weeks ago I had to kill seven mosquitoes in one single night here in my flat in Berlin/Germany. So I’m wondering how this would be if I lived in Costa Rica lol