- Michael keeps up with his "listen to 100 albums in a year" resolution.
- Mark has a weights rack of shame.
- Chris fails dry Jan by a matter of days.
- There's a 1% chance we'll all be mush anyway.
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Chris Hunter
Working in government on a project with other consultancies also contributing. Are they in competition?
Lovely personal github readme
Quickfire Questions
- Hurling, GAA, or other?
- Most used terminal command at the moment?
- Dev or Ops, pick one for the rest of you life.
- Dream Industry to work in?
- Least enjoyable technologies you've worked with?
- Michael's weirdest habbit?
- How scared are you AI will take your job?
- What's your "getting down to write code" music?
Breaking Prod
Clean sheet, but has seen a team unable to deploy to prod for over a month!
Big Topics
Changing Careers
You’ve had a big career change.
- What made you decide you wanted to change careers?
- Were you frustrated with the day-to-day job, or environment? Lack of variation? Lack of opportunities?
- Presumably you were on at least alright money, was it worrying taking a pay cut?
- Did you have to build a financial buffer to finance the change?
- Do you wish you had done it sooner? Or timed it right?
- How did you go about skilling up?
Coding Bootcamp, at Le Wagon
- All in person, or online?
- What sort of topics did you cover?
- Anything you loved or hated?
You had a few months gap after the coding bootcamp, before your job.
- Was that nerve wracking? To think you’d spent a few months of time/money, and not yet got a job?
- Were you already warmed up to the idea that finding work might just take a while?
- Did you get guidance on how to go about getting a job?
- Has the content you learned then all been useful? Any cruft?
- How is the pay now, relative to your previous role?
- Was it a great investment?
- Any advice for anyone considering a career change into tech?
News
- AI sensors used in homes of vulnerable people
- Ontario responds to Trump tariff by pitching Starlink deal into the trash
- EU's AltStore Gets First Native iOS Pornography App
- Irish AI minister has never used ChatGPT
- Australia bans DeepSeek on government devices
- Abandoned S3 buckets and the potential to do harm on a SolarWinds+ scale
- Elon Musk lies about gaming ability
Recommendations
Music
Podcast
Movies
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