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remembermylo | 2 years ago | on: Ask HN: How did you learn to stretch effectively?

If u are increwasing the intensity/frequency of workouts and experiencing discomfort/pain, sounds like you should slow down that acceleration of your training.

Easy to overtrain and reduce gains.

In Jack Daniels book of running he talks about increasing workout intensity, you should only increase intensity of one variable of your training every 6 weeks, that way you give your body time to adjust to increased stress levels, you know what is/isnt working.

Rather slowly ramp up than try go too fast, get injured, and spend weeks sitting on the couch waiting to heal.

remembermylo | 2 years ago | on: Ask HN: How do I get laid-off?

I had a job that wasnt a great for me, about two years into it i paid off all my debt and was hoping to make a career pivot to get into software development.

I just started taking longer lunches, was always polite and civil, but stopping making effort to communicate with directors when we were in the same room together.

Eventually, i was included in the layoff!

remembermylo | 3 years ago | on: Ask HN: How do you prevent nerve injuries from computer work?

I work on a keyboard all day for about ten years now,

I got into PC gaming again after work, stopped because i didnt want to sit at a PC after work hours/carpal tunnel symptoms started up.

I got into doing pushups with bad form, stopped because i started getting wrist pain/carparal tunnel stuff from my bad form and then working on a keyboard all day.

To try prevent my desk job from turning me into a human potato:

I try walk before the day starts, run 4 miles at some point during the day, and end the workday with a walk to try keep the blood pumping.

remembermylo | 3 years ago | on: ‘It’s just not worth it’: why full-time work no longer pays in the UK

Well we saw a lot of that happen in US during covid. Why work at all if i can collect $X more not working? Its rational not to work more for less so i dont blame them.

I think this is also happening in USA long term, lots of "low income" americans who are knowledgeable of navigating welfare programs earn more than middle class workers if you factor in their entitlements.

remembermylo | 3 years ago | on: Ask HN: Apply to multiple jobs with one technical interview

Yes it would be more efficient. But we know bad actors would manipulate the process. If i could make a dummy profile, see a question, then create a new profile after having time to prepare i could ace interviews for jobs im not really qualified for. Ive attempted to hire multiple devs over last year that clearly had someone else on a technical interview call so we ended up just cancelling their start date after discussion.

But if company has good relationship with recruiter it works,

I interviewed through a recruiter, company X gave me some questions, answered them correctly, did one or two algo questions correctly. X hiring manager wanted more experience regardless of my decent performance.

Recruiter shared results with company Y, Y hired me and was happy to avoid sitting through an additional 1 hour interview session with me.

remembermylo | 3 years ago | on: Ask HN: Advice for a commercial SWE moving into scientific SWE

Not a research env, but my approach to learning the env at new jobs regardless of industry:

-learning what business processes i need to try understand that will eventualy get converted into code. This is the hard part, requires relying on talking to other devs, any documentation, and learning what they need you to do.

-technical things i dont know but will need to know soon like we will do X written in Y to do Z (if i had never done X Y or Z i would try get familiar with that when time allowed).

remembermylo | 3 years ago | on: Carlos Ghosn’s Brazen Escape from Japan

1) not sure this is really relevant. If you don't trust the country's laws you are doing business in dont do business there. Part of the reason I dont plan on opening a factory in Liberia is because i wouldnt trust their legal system to protect me. Im happy working in USA even though their legal system shares suspicious statistics with Japan.

The Feds in USA have a 97% guilty rate, so this same logic could be used basically saying because defendants in federal USA trials have virtually no chance of getting off scott free they can escape and we shouldnt call that injustice.

remembermylo | 3 years ago | on: Military Veterans and Their Spouses Can Teach Public School in FL With No Degree

In the northeast USA, most states ive lived in require graduate degrees to teach public schools.

Conservative think tanks have pumped out interesting policy research arguing that requiring grad degrees to teach 1st grade math doesnt actually improve the quality of teaching, but weeds out a lot of passionate people who dont want to jump through hoops/load up on debt/waste time in a classrooom.

In my opinion any policy that encourages more people interested/passionate in teaching to get into it is a step in the right direction. The schools dont need to hire these people if they arent up to snuff.

I work as a software engineer, taught adults coding for a few months, found it extremely rewarding and hope to teach as my second career when i get sick of staring at computer screens all day. Very bizarre to think that a PHD in computer science might be required to get a grad teaching degree before being allowed to teach high school kids comp sci in many districts/states in my area.

Military spouses also make sacrifices for the country i have no issues allowing them to not have to sit in a classroom for two years as well, obv some might have not have the appropriate appliable skills though and i would hope they wouldnt end up getting hired.

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