UK here, on an apprenticeship and earning £40,000+ a year.

Recognise I’m exceptionally lucky but no idea how anyone could afford to complete a degree while living independently in current times.

It’s not just about the p-value being more than 95%, the power also needs to be above 80% and we need to have run for at least a business cycle.

In terms of infosec, it’s better for each to have it’s own account as you don’t want any linkages to other organisations with your data.

It’s a gigantic pain in the hole though when you use a password manager.

Thanks! I’m now working in a new role where there is no more ridiculous pressure or wild expectations and have been able to commit to working on a degree (because I fucked up the first one).

Work shouldn’t leave you panicking on a monday morning or crying into your lunch.

My old boss gave me a load of shit for writing down tasks that I had to do. He just couldn’t comprehend that it wouldn’t stick if it wasn’t written down.

He took my book from me, and then asked me to do a bunch of complicated stuff each with its own deadline.

He then got annoyed when I didn’t do the stuff because I hadn’t written it down because he took my book.

He got sacked, I got promoted.

Someone once asked if I thought I was even good enough to have imposter syndrome and my brain imploded that day.

• Note: I’ve passed every class with distinction and won awards, but maybe I’m only good at classwork and nothing else

I’ve done this too. Someone who was not outputting the same amount of work as their colleagues, or when they did it was simple stuff with no real innovative features. The bare minimum.

Pulled logs off their machine, and they spent 4 hours on Google maps (they’re also a taxi driver after hours) and messing about on PayPal for another few hours (they also did some consultancy).

There was around 37 minutes of work done that day.

They were no longer burdened with this job which seemed to interfere with their other evening/weekend jobs.

I just use my teeth and it horrifys anyone I’m with…

Jokes on them though, because I’m the one with an open beer.

People need to live within their means. It’s not a human right to go get drunk every weekend. If you can’t afford it, you stay home.

The sentiment is different now though around becoming unwell with one of these diseases. They’ll argue they caught it from vaccine shedding rather than naturally so it will just make them even more psychotic on the antivax soapbox.

Andrew Wakefield has a lot to answer for by rocket powering our regression in modern medicine.

From someone who once drank an ashtray on a pub bet, I’ve definitely drank some worse coffees.

18°C in the winter, and off completely in the summer.

Aw JESUS!

I now need to use 4 paper straws for a drink rather than one plastic one because they go squishy. I’m not sure that’s any better.

As a kid I read Stephen Kings “The Stand” and I felt like it just went on forever.

It got a bit shit half way through, but recovered towards the end.

What the hell, I need to sit next to some rando and not at a free table because you feel special for having kids and might want to site there?

Peak main character syndrome.

You have described my house.

The walls are made of patches after the nightmare install.

I’m 37 and already broken.

My back is killing me, the sciatica makes sitting down hard. My ankle is fucked from too many injuries doing shit like tough mudder because when you’re young you’re invincible. Top that off with an immune disorder and asthma and it’ll be a miracle if I make it to 50 with a good quality of life.

Totally agree… This person does a shit load of work building and maintaining an app, they sure as hell should get paid for it.

There was a guy joined my last organisation who would not shut the fuck up about Blockchain.

It was a retail org that sold branded mass produced stuff. There was no need for Blockchain but it was like, the only thing he knew about and his USP at interview stage.

He got fired. It was a good day.