[!INFO] TL;DR - Got laid off because of █u████it█ ██d█ up ██a██n█. - Went on a trip to Italy with pregnant wife and the kid –
2091.7kmin an EV. - I'm now the father of two boys. - My eyes are betraying me. - Found a job as a contractor at TRMNL. - Got laid off (again), as the expectations were not aligned (I'm doing more dev work than support). We're still friends. - Had > 40 project notes created this year. Fucking ADHD.
I kinda disappeared for a while it seems, but only because a lot of things were happening all at once, so I chose to shift and adjust my focus to be able to deal with each thing separately.
We move forward
'Cause we can't go back– The Midnight
Previous Previous, Previous Job¶
Unfortunately, my time as R&D Solutions Manager at Forter came to an end. I've learned a lot, gained a lot, created a lot and met some amazing people. I could've done more, alas it's not possible. Not going to go into it.
New Previous Job¶
Bought myself a TRMNL OG earlier this year to consolidate calendars and tasks in a nice family dashboard. Figured it could be great to work in a company whose product you love, and chose to use.
I got lucky, and joined as a contractor (had to learn about registering and working as a sole proprietor in the process) at TRMNL as a Support Engineer. Things were said, hands were shook, and right after our family trip I got to work. I feel like I contributed and learned quite a lot, but there was some sort of miscommunication and/or misalignment and me doing more development than support was not what the company was looking for.
Does it suck? Yes, very much so. But you know what? Juggling a child on the spectrum, a pregnant wife and then a newborn, house chores and learning an entirely new fucking codebase in a language I do not code in – I'm proud of what I accomplished, and I don't see this as a failure.
We're still friends, and I've got a lot of TRMNL plugins in my backlog that I'd like to finish.
Italy¶
Once I was laid off from Forter, I made a decision that we absolutely have to go for a family trip to recuperate, especially before my wife gives birth.
We made a decision to rent an EV for this trip as we figured it will be a good sampler of living with an EV, considering we're planning on replacing our car. Sure, we can't buy the car we rented (Audi A6 e-tron Quattro!), but we got a glimpse of how good it can be, so we have a good point of comparison.
[!INFO] TL;DR Milan, Italy -> Simplon Pass -> Geneva, Switzerland -> Great St. Bernard Pass -> Valle di Aosta, Italy -> Sanremo, Italy -> Monaco -> Portofino -> Modena -> Lago di Garda -> Milan
CSR¶
Central Serous Retinopathy is a new term I had to learn about. The hard way. At some point during September I started noticing a degradation in my vision, specifically my right eye – I was finding it difficult to focus on things, primarily on text on a screen (which, as you might guess, is also part of my work).
So I've visited an optometrist thinking it might be something simple – maybe I looked at a light that was too bright or, you know, being over 30 – maybe I burped too hard.
Turns out I've got a fucking liquid bubble, which according to two of the consequent doctors that I saw might be caused by stress. Right. Well, fuck.