EndOfLine
@EndOfLine@lemmy.world
- Comment on How do I finally get a long term career and become financially independent? 4 days ago:
Not sure if it’s helpful, but pivotal steps in my career path involved unintentional networking.
Started working at a call center reading scripts and calling it “tech support” from that job I made friends with a coworker with a similar interest in computers. A few years later he was working in-house IT for a major company and referred me.
A few years in that field and I made friends with another coworker who got me interested in scripting / coding. A few years later after meeting that friend, he was working as a software developer and referred me to my first coding job.
Once my foot was in the door I would learn and grow in each position until I felt like I stopped growing my skillset and I would find a new job where I could build new skills.
It helps that I have a genuine interest and enjoyment in learning and improving my skills. Computers and technology just happened to be the skillet that people started to pay me for. I could have just as easily ended up a machinist, contractor, chef or any other profession sparked by a personal interest of mine.
- Comment on What are the demands of the No Kings protests? What's the plan if they win? 2 weeks ago:
To keep with the analogy: the goal is to step on the brake … aka apply the checks and balances supposedly built into the system and stop letting Trump just do whatever he wants without consequences.
- Comment on English moment 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on Richest American to FAFO? 2 weeks ago:
Founding Father, Alexander Hamilton was shot and killed in a duel for insulting Vice President at the time, Aaron Burr.
- Comment on New EA Owners Hoping AI Will Cut Costs And Boost Profits, It's Claimed 4 weeks ago:
- Comment on Which career to pursue? 5 weeks ago:
Don’t go into coding if you don’t have a passion for it and are just looking for a lucrative career path. With the exception of some niche specialties, that field is over saturated.
Disclaimer: The following suggestions are uninformed guesses and should be treated as such.
If you want to go through school, maybe psychiatry? Lots of interesting insight into people that can help inform your stories. Plus, the mix of growing normalization of mental health and current trends, I see this as a growing industry.
If you want to skip university, look at trades like electrician, plumber, nurse, etc. Good money and, at least for now, there is a lot of focus on careers that require (or at least favor) 4 year degrees, some competition for work is significantly less.
- Comment on 1 month ago:
No Twitter / X or Truth Social? Is this actually a “why aren’t you doing more to radicalize your online forum users towards our ideology” ?
- Comment on Any suggestions for a link UNshortener? 1 month ago:
Whoops, my mistake. I did not check where this was posted. Sorry about that.
- Comment on Any suggestions for a link UNshortener? 1 month ago:
I’ve not used it, but your question got me wondering so I searched and found the following site which tries to navigate various redirect methods to find the final destination. I’d be curious to know how well it works.
- Comment on Michigan GOP Lawmakers Propose Total Ban on Porn 1 month ago:
From the bill:
“Pornographic material” includes any content, digital, streamed, or otherwise distributed on the internet, the primary purpose of which is to sexually arouse or gratify, including videos, erotica, magazines, stories, manga, material generated by artificial intelligence, live feeds, or sound clips.
Soooo they want stronger plot lines in their porn? Is that what I’m hearing? Something that they can sit down and watch with the family?
- Comment on Senators demand ICE cease use of facial recognition app 1 month ago:
Maybe add ICE cease hiding their own faces.
- Comment on McDank 1 month ago:
Seems legit and totally not a place to buy meth.
- Comment on "Rizz", "cooking" and "based" are going to be stereotypical old people words one day 1 month ago:
Yo dawg, that would be like totally tubular unless the geezers spaz out like lamo rents gettin all agro after gettin to tha crib and finding all da homies having a jammy jam in the hizzie. Ya feel me, cuz?
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
I’m excited to try it, but the link to the app in the Google Store does not work. I was unable to find it by searching for “therevolt”, “the-revolt”, “the revolt” nor “revolt news”.
- Comment on Youngest actor ever 2 months ago:
1973 would the year The Young and The Restless first aired, not when she appeared on the show.
- Comment on Lately, a great many people who used to say they didn't care about privacy because they had nothing to hide must be realizing what a flawed conclusion that was. 2 months ago:
“Ultimately, arguing that you don’t care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don’t care about free speech because you have nothing to say.”
— Edward Snowden
- Comment on Unless users take action, Android will let Gemini access third-party apps 3 months ago:
Your chats are saved in your account for up to 72 hours, whether Gemini Apps Activity is on or off.
myactivity.google.com/product/gemini
I wonder how long before AI services are added to ad blockers and VPN privacy controls.
- Comment on Oranges? In this economy? 4 months ago:
I admire Marcus for setting easily obtainable goals.
- Comment on "And my dick fucks your wife more than you do. What's your point?" 4 months ago:
“People with true value don’t need trinkets to convince others of their worth.”
“Not everybody knows how to make the best use of their resources.”
“Unless it has a button that stops time, you paid too much.”
- Comment on Im not familar on how to make meth. But is my mom in trouble with amonia windex bleach 2 empty 2 liters, batteries under the sink? 4 months ago:
youtube.com/watch?v=jvRX5ixyiaQ
Listen to the third verse.
- Comment on Duolingo CEO tries to walk back AI-first comments, fails 5 months ago:
Where is the discussion for replacing CEOs with AI? Seems like predicting market trends based off of historical data and managing corporate resources would be just the sort of thing that AI would be good at. Plus it would cost way less and not require massive bonuses nor ownership of the company.
- Comment on Forbidden Tech 5 months ago:
So what you are telling me is that I can just make one at home?
- Comment on Google to Integrate Gemini AI into Android Auto for Smarter In-Car Experience 5 months ago:
- Comment on Srsly 5 months ago:
- Comment on Elon Musk's Social Platform X has filed a lawsuit agains Minnesota, challenging a law banning political deepfakes 6 months ago:
“The rules were that you guys weren’t going to fact-check.”
- Comment on Philosophy moment 6 months ago:
Wait until you find out what they do with books.
- Comment on Weekends were a mistake, says Infosys co-founder Narayama Murthy 11 months ago:
The problem with statements like this is that they only ever seem to be made by narcissists who thinks work is only those efforts that directly benefit them. The end of my “work day” is when I start my other job of working for myself. I manage my home, I take care of my garden, I put effort into maintaining or improving my physical and mental well being, I foster and build the relationships in my life that I care about, etc. All of that is work, it’s just work that I do for myself and don’t get a paycheck for.
- Comment on who is part of my family and who isn't?? 11 months ago:
Personally, I consider family to be a social group more than a biological relationship. I have relatives that I’ve never met in my adult life that I don’t consider family. Conversely, there are people I consider family that were brought into my life through marriage, adoption, and close friendships.
- Comment on Ah, the old family favourite 11 months ago:
- Comment on Are there any historical or modern day true stories (like the story of The Buddha) of someone born rich and privileged who just walked away from their family and turned down money and an inheritance? 1 year ago:
Not born wealthy, but there was Ronald Read who lived a modest life resulting in a multimillion dollar estate when he passed in 2016. He left most of it to local library and hospital.
