Hello! This is my personal blog where I will attempt to be the change I wish to see in the world wide web (having a piece of internet without bots impersonat...
Lately I've lost all motivation to stay in IT, for reasons I probably don't have to repeat anymore. One of my last posts regarding the topic ended with "but I don't know where else to go", and it kept repeating in my head. Is there some way to get out of IT? After a couple of weeks of pondering, I concluded the following: I would prefer a job that benefits humans in some way, and isn't…
The books I read in May. Note: I kept everything spoiler free. The Alloy of Law (Brandon Sanderson) The Allow of Law is the first book of the second era of the Mistborn Series. The story is set a considerable time ahead in the future of the first era, in a time where the original characters have grown to be myths. Mistborn was my second series in the Fantasy genre and solidified my interest in…
8 years ago, I was a junior software developer with only 2 years of fullstack experience and only a high school art degree, with a babyface and a sidecut. My answers for the interview were also not perfect. Despite all that, the teamlead that led the interview saw that I was motivated, and hired me. They focused on and invested in the people, and trusted that that would result in having great…
(You can find the first post on this topic here ) Looking at the time stamp from my first post on this topic, I feel like maybe I should've progressed more, but oh well. I also didn't have the time and energy for it every day. In the past weeks, I went through a couple of tutorials and then started thinking about the "real deal": What kind of game do I want to make? What art style do I want? Can I…
When reading Bearblogs or Mastodon posts, it feels validating to see I am not the only one hesitant about (generative) AI. It feels like we the people are fighting in unison against Big Tech. I just don't think that's the case in real life. At our standup this morning, the designer was enthusiastic about a new Figma AI update. Then I went into another meeting, in which my coworker immediately…
Should I only buy books that released prior to 2022 now?
With some tweaks, it works better than expected
Well, kinda. As a kid (back in 2003...) I used to make games with Gamemaker. My most memorable game was a top down action shooter penguin game. Objectively, it was a horrible game. But damn, what I would give to play that game again. More than 20 years later, I want to learn to make games again. And not just make any game, but be able to make one where I can put my heart and soul into it. My…
My N+1 said that they could see I was feeling emotional from the decisions taken in the office. The company hired an Indian person for our team, under the veil of "diversity" (throws glitters into the air), but we all know it's just because they cost half of the personnel in our own country. In the interviews, we all had a clear view on his communicative skills. There were grammatical mistakes and…
With the exception of my pre-internet elementary school days, I've never been an avid reader. Not that I didn't read at all, but it never was a "real hobby", let alone a habit. 2 years ago, something changed and I gradually went from being a doomscroller, to a really slow reader, to "someone who manages to finish +1200 page books". The first change was banning Instagram reels (and all similar…