LMAO now I know what I'll be doing with my new daily driver Thinkpad

Apartment manager said $200 for a second gate remote... I made the right call.

Took a small hiatus to focus on some other, more important things, but I'm back and I can't wait to start sharing some of the cool stuff I have in the works.

Just realized that I've been working like I do for 20 years at this point. I used to work my hours, then leave my job and go hang out with my friends. In Dec '04, I was fired, lost my car, and lost my apartment Never want to go through that again, so now I work my ass off.

After doing it for over a year and completely turning the entire program around, I'm training my replacement and stepping down from my team leader role. It's limiting my career growth at my employer.

Hell yeah

I cannot stress how important home learning can be, including just skill maintenance. I swear I've forgotten more about networking than I could have been learning in this last year after taking a less technical (smart hands) job. Keep those home labs going!

My unobtainable dream is to visit Japan once before I die. Thankfully, my wife has agreed to take some of my ashes with her there if I don't make it.

I make no effort to hide how bored I am at work. It's a lower level position than I've held previously and my tasks involve things I stopped doing almost a decade ago because I was bored. I still manage to outwork people and solve challenges people making 4x what I do give up on

I'm seeing a lot of posts about more companies mandating 5-day RTO after the announcement of the federal RTO order. There's going to be people unable or unwilling to return. Will that create new job opportunities or will companies use this as an excuse to eliminate roles?

Just realized I've almost been in my apartment a year. I still can't afford a place large enough for my family down here, so we'll have to continue living apart. I know this is temporary, I just need to keep my eyes on the goal. One day I'll be able to rent a bigger place.