Captain_Faraday

joined 5 months ago
[–] Captain_Faraday@programming.dev 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

The next time my spouse and I are in Target, we’ll check the Magnolia section. They love that section and I bet there is a clock made of candle wax shaped like an old radio or something sitting there with this. ROFL

[–] Captain_Faraday@programming.dev 37 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I think will actually start using this “master” and “apprentice” now. Love it lol

[–] Captain_Faraday@programming.dev 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Haha, those would be my kind of co-workers, but the kind of work we do requires a background and degree in electrical engineering and power systems. Although, I have been moving away from this in my career in the conventional sense. I want to do dev stuff and networking stuff, that’s where the fun is! They recently gave me an opportunity to help program and configure all the networking and automation equipment for a substation, been learning a lot and feeling like my tinkering with homelab stuff is finally paying off in some way lol.

[–] Captain_Faraday@programming.dev 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

My spouse and I work for a contractor that is having trouble hiring experienced people like us, so they have been hiring fresh grads outta school. There is a limited pool of experience here, so when management throws a fit one of us is overloaded or gets sick and can’t meet the budget or deadline, it ends with nothing because they can’t afford to lose us. We work on the power grid and it’s a relatively small pool of engineers doing the work we do. Also, I’m rocking two work laptops with a home setup of 4 monitors and an office setup of 3, but still feel pretty important!