[-] Jayb151@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

I just gotta say, none of these let me down

[-] Jayb151@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago

Man, I taught English for 6 years... It was year 6 when I found out there were teacher guides.

I had spent the whole time actually making curriculum. No wonder I burned out

[-] Jayb151@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

I'm pretty sure it's just injection molded plastic like the uncolored or"normal" consoles.

It might be interesting to get scans of this and try 3d printing them.

[-] Jayb151@lemmy.world 16 points 4 months ago

I might just be dumb... But does this mean that in 6 months I just don't have an email there anymore? I didn't see any kind of messaging about transitioning services, just like, 'grab what you can and GTFO.'

[-] Jayb151@lemmy.world 13 points 6 months ago

Mines not so interesting, but I do have an original N64 from launch. I wish I had picked up the gold plated Zelda console, but I instead grabbed the regular grey one that came with Mario...I had never played a Zelda game before and regret the decision today.

If I'm going even older, it would probably be the planer that my father made about 50 years ago. Still works amazingly for being all cherry.

[-] Jayb151@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago

The funny thing is that my win10 laptop says it can't run win 11... But my win 11 USB stick says different.

[-] Jayb151@lemmy.world 96 points 7 months ago

One time I kept a guy on the phone for about ten minutes just playing dumb. Then he's like, sir, what version of Windows do you have?"

I say, I'm not sure but it's the one with the little penguin icon.

We actually had a good laugh about it together

[-] Jayb151@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago

I also want to push Microsoft learn. I'm a 30 something year old who is 2 years into an IT career. It's been awesome so far. I think the Microsoft route is best bang for your buck. Basically self guided learning and you pay for the test. At my job specifically, certs are what's really going to make you stand out.

[-] Jayb151@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

I'll say this, I never used edge before, but it's comparable with a bunch of my work sites so I was kind of forced into using it. It's actually pretty great. Better overall than stock chrome, though I prefer brave or Firefox for non work related stuff.

Once I started using Edge, I was surprised by how well it worked.

[-] Jayb151@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago

To speak to your points, I started with about 1 year ago in a new career in IT. We initially were coming in one day a week and this has moved to two days.

First, when we moved to two days, I have it about 6 weeks, then started crunching numbers. By the sole metric of closing tickets... My team as a whole is more productive in the office. I didn't break down exactly who was more of less productive, but I have my ideas. I'm willing to bet that I work better at home, but it's a moot point as the team is better on site.

As far as learning new skills, even at one day a week, I've caught up to the rest of my team and have surpassed them technically. Again, it's IT and I've always had a strong interest, whereas I see some of the team probably view it as "just work" I'm actually enjoying the work. Again, it's a second career so maybe maturity is in play here too, but even the younger guys who were hired after me are growing very quickly.

You're absolutely right about networking. I felt so isolated when I started. It wasn't until I learned a few people a few steps above where I was that I learned who is a good resource, and who I can trust. Once I got my head around that, I think people actually see the work in doing and redirect me for it. If I were 100% wfh I don't think I would be having as good a time.

Just my experience

[-] Jayb151@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

Holy shit, I installed it on my Lenovo tablet laptop, and everything works out the box... Even the gyroscope! I couldn't believe it. It's the first arch based I've tried and I think I'm hooked.

To note, I think I tried like 8 other distros before finding endeavor.

[-] Jayb151@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

Man, I remember as a kid we had a box of bulbs for when inevitably one burnt out each month or so. Now, I have a drawer with a bunch of led bulbs I'll never use because they don't burn out!

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