Hello everyone. I've been reading posts from DEV.to from my news feed for a while now and decided to sign up to be able to follow people. I'm learning programming at the moment, but I've been in I.T. since 2007. Stopped my career to focus on having a family a couple of years ago and I'm aching to get back in the field. However, that most likely won't happen for another 2-3 years. (-_-) It may not happen at all if I decide to homeschool the kiddos. I'm taking everything one day at a time and hoping that I can actually get to where I want to be in my career.
Anywho, I'm excited for the future.
P.S. I'm a bit confused as to what the difference between Welcome Thread- v56 or v57 is. I would have thought there was only 1 welcome page everyone posted on. š¤·š»āāļø Eh.
Oh man, I want to encourage you get back in the field but I also really loved being homeschooled as a kid. I don't think I would have gotten into tech otherwise.
Congrats on your growing family, either way I hope the future stays exciting š
Homeschooling is such a hard choice! We're in the same boat with our new one. There's just so many things I wish I'd worked on when I was a child that I have the ability to give my kid.
I know quite a few families who have decided to homeschool and I'm overwhelmed at all the options there are on how to start it. I've tried to do a class like approach at home a few times, but the kids simply aren't interested. Since I'm trying to learn programming and have the kids at home all day It's not easy. Most days I just want to put them in daycare and go work, but then I hear about the abuse, deaths, and such happening (just read about one in my area) that just makes me want to quit my career goals for good and protect my kids. :( I try to stay current reading articles / posts about tech, but i do miss going to work. Having a family and making that a priority is a sacrifice for those of us who had an awesome career. I worked while i was really big and pregnant. Working overtime sometimes because I loved my job. ...sigh Are you homeschooling or planning on it? Are you able to work from home or have flexibility/ family to care for your child when you can't work from home? Even though I'm 1 hr away from my fam. (i was 16 hrs away) they can't always help. So that's why i'm thinking about homeschooling and taking my career future one day at a time.
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Hey, Katmonpiv. I wish you good luck in everything you do! Homeschooling might be hard but it's probably a huge service to your kids. Schools are largely a waste of time & money nowadays when they use outdated methods ; but if they have the right priorities & values they can always benefit a lot either way - most important thing to learn is how to learn.
If there's one good takeaway from public education environments its communication and teamwork, that might be a challenge elsewhere. And in case you'd like your kids to get into tech or s/w like you, it's a good idea to introduce them early, huh. Programming teaches one how to think. I wish my school included it lol.
I'm also confused about the Welcome threads btw, but I'm guessing it's to keep it from growing into one massively long thread with very old comments. People probably don't want replies to their comments from years ago lol.
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I imagine one thread would overwhelm the Infinite Scroll Of Doom. People aren't really going to look back on them in weeks to come, so why not reboot the thread every once in a while?
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With so many new members every day, the Welcome Thread gets very long. Could be over 1000 in just a week depending on traffic. Every couple of weeks a new one is created to make scrolling through it manageable.
Either way, welcome to DEV where you will find lots of friendly coders to help you with any questions you might have.
Hi, I'm Gregory Brown.
My goal is to help software developers get better at what they do, whether they've been at it for five weeks or fifty years.
(he/him)
Developing your career while having young kids to take care of is a challenge, but I've found it in my case to be a huge win over time as it forced me to get more organized and really think more about priorities.
Taking it a day at of time is exactly the right way to go, and always keep in mind that progress compounds no matter how small you slice it up. 15-30 mins here and there a few times a week is still 1000x better than nothing.
If you could get to where you want to be in your career, what would that look like?
Yeah, I'm definitely unable to rush getting back into the swing of things because I have to focus on the kids. I've actually always wanted to own my own business and since security was my major and where I worked years ago, I guess that's where I feel a good goal is. I have a learning curriculum I would like to complete. Ultimately it leads to my original goal of security (pentesting) Right now I have 2 app projects I'd like to start. Or see in the future. So, long story short I'd like to have my own business or work on my own terms in anything IT security. I'm so~~~~ done interviewing for companies. I never want to interview ever again. Lol.
Hi, I'm Gregory Brown.
My goal is to help software developers get better at what they do, whether they've been at it for five weeks or fifty years.
(he/him)
A big part of why I run my own business is to have the flexibility to decide how I want to balance things between work, personal interests, family responsibilities, etc and so I am a huge proponent of that approach for anyone who can do it!
Take tiny steps each week, and little by little you will get closer to your goals.
What works for me given that I am still pretty much on a part time schedule is to think on long time scales and compare where I am now to a couple years ago at any point in time, and that makes it easier to get through the days and weeks where all the rest of life seem to get in the way of anything work related.
Good luck, and happy business building!
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Hello everyone. I've been reading posts from DEV.to from my news feed for a while now and decided to sign up to be able to follow people. I'm learning programming at the moment, but I've been in I.T. since 2007. Stopped my career to focus on having a family a couple of years ago and I'm aching to get back in the field. However, that most likely won't happen for another 2-3 years. (-_-) It may not happen at all if I decide to homeschool the kiddos. I'm taking everything one day at a time and hoping that I can actually get to where I want to be in my career.
Anywho, I'm excited for the future.
P.S. I'm a bit confused as to what the difference between Welcome Thread- v56 or v57 is. I would have thought there was only 1 welcome page everyone posted on. š¤·š»āāļø Eh.
Oh man, I want to encourage you get back in the field but I also really loved being homeschooled as a kid. I don't think I would have gotten into tech otherwise.
Congrats on your growing family, either way I hope the future stays exciting š
Homeschooling is such a hard choice! We're in the same boat with our new one. There's just so many things I wish I'd worked on when I was a child that I have the ability to give my kid.
I know quite a few families who have decided to homeschool and I'm overwhelmed at all the options there are on how to start it. I've tried to do a class like approach at home a few times, but the kids simply aren't interested. Since I'm trying to learn programming and have the kids at home all day It's not easy. Most days I just want to put them in daycare and go work, but then I hear about the abuse, deaths, and such happening (just read about one in my area) that just makes me want to quit my career goals for good and protect my kids. :( I try to stay current reading articles / posts about tech, but i do miss going to work. Having a family and making that a priority is a sacrifice for those of us who had an awesome career. I worked while i was really big and pregnant. Working overtime sometimes because I loved my job. ...sigh Are you homeschooling or planning on it? Are you able to work from home or have flexibility/ family to care for your child when you can't work from home? Even though I'm 1 hr away from my fam. (i was 16 hrs away) they can't always help. So that's why i'm thinking about homeschooling and taking my career future one day at a time.
Yeah, I'm WFH and my partner is full-time on child care currently. We're undecided on schooling but leaning homeschool.
Hey, Katmonpiv. I wish you good luck in everything you do! Homeschooling might be hard but it's probably a huge service to your kids. Schools are largely a waste of time & money nowadays when they use outdated methods ; but if they have the right priorities & values they can always benefit a lot either way - most important thing to learn is how to learn.
If there's one good takeaway from public education environments its communication and teamwork, that might be a challenge elsewhere. And in case you'd like your kids to get into tech or s/w like you, it's a good idea to introduce them early, huh. Programming teaches one how to think. I wish my school included it lol.
I'm also confused about the Welcome threads btw, but I'm guessing it's to keep it from growing into one massively long thread with very old comments. People probably don't want replies to their comments from years ago lol.
I imagine one thread would overwhelm the Infinite Scroll Of Doom. People aren't really going to look back on them in weeks to come, so why not reboot the thread every once in a while?
Homeschooling for the win. Especially if you have likeminded people in your vicinity.
With so many new members every day, the Welcome Thread gets very long. Could be over 1000 in just a week depending on traffic. Every couple of weeks a new one is created to make scrolling through it manageable.
Either way, welcome to DEV where you will find lots of friendly coders to help you with any questions you might have.
We are excited to have you here!
Welcome!
Developing your career while having young kids to take care of is a challenge, but I've found it in my case to be a huge win over time as it forced me to get more organized and really think more about priorities.
Taking it a day at of time is exactly the right way to go, and always keep in mind that progress compounds no matter how small you slice it up. 15-30 mins here and there a few times a week is still 1000x better than nothing.
If you could get to where you want to be in your career, what would that look like?
Yeah, I'm definitely unable to rush getting back into the swing of things because I have to focus on the kids. I've actually always wanted to own my own business and since security was my major and where I worked years ago, I guess that's where I feel a good goal is. I have a learning curriculum I would like to complete. Ultimately it leads to my original goal of security (pentesting) Right now I have 2 app projects I'd like to start. Or see in the future. So, long story short I'd like to have my own business or work on my own terms in anything IT security. I'm so~~~~ done interviewing for companies. I never want to interview ever again. Lol.
A big part of why I run my own business is to have the flexibility to decide how I want to balance things between work, personal interests, family responsibilities, etc and so I am a huge proponent of that approach for anyone who can do it!
Take tiny steps each week, and little by little you will get closer to your goals.
What works for me given that I am still pretty much on a part time schedule is to think on long time scales and compare where I am now to a couple years ago at any point in time, and that makes it easier to get through the days and weeks where all the rest of life seem to get in the way of anything work related.
Good luck, and happy business building!