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mike susz

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here we are again. it’s up to you now, glue.

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my son volunteered to help flatten out the fill area before i plant grass seed

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4 yards of soil to bring the grade up in the back. me & my wheelbarrow.

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work is done.

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still hoping it will rain on the weekend sometime

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i tap through to read an article on a website about how people use read-later apps to avoid advertising and blocking pop ups and this happens

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that thing where that one large agency found your cell phone number somehow so now you get 5-8 calls per day from different recruiters (different area codes and numbers) about the same dubious matches they would have sent you a message on linkedin about

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i hope the architect who popularized open-plan houses is still alive and had to work from home this past year and a half

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this time between jobs has given me an interesting perspective — i’m thinking things like “ooh, i can attend that (virtual) conference now!” but in reality, i SHOULD be able to do that even when i have a job.

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(my DMs are open in case you don’t follow me)

https://twitter.com/mikesusz/status/1439998946693238790

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While it’s been fun working on personal projects since leaving IBM, I think I’m ready to find a new position!

Is your team looking for a ux-focused front end developer?

drop me a DM and/or check out https://mikesusz.dev for more info

thanks 🙂

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watching the emmys and figured out “or anthology series” ≠ “ornithology series”

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stout, porter, amber, pumpkin.

fall beer season is the best, don’t @ me

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the second that you sign papers to buy a house, you begin accruing technical debt (in addition to all that you inherited from the previous owner)

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found a bug on my website, pushing to production on friday like

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCadcBR95oU

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there’s no question i was burned out. the security & compliance pivot made it way worse. i never really had a break, for years.

it’s been so long since i felt 100%. today, i sit down at my desk and look forward to building things.

now, i need to to get paid to do it again. 😄

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it’s taken a month and a half for me to decompress, unwind, and actually get back to enjoying dev again. the routine of my kids being back in school has helped (not to mention some quiet in the house - we went 543 days with them home). i have so much i want to learn too!

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@mikesusz

#NHwx

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here we (still) are (as of 9/13) 😕

Rindge: 38.00% with at least 1 dose; 35.00% fully vaccinated

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(and yes. i’m now in charge of feeding my son’s tamagotchi while he’s in school.)

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a while back i replaced two 23” monitors on my desk with one 34” curved widescreen. the curve has taken some getting used to, but for three full size windows side-by-side it’s 🔥

(bonus: you get to creep my messy desk!)

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finally got some time today to concentrate and focus on job search stuff. think i’m ready to throw my hat into the ring, soon.

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eatin a starburst, like, “mmm, sweet flavored wax”

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messages for future renovators who remove cabinets in my kitchen. some of us were more practical with our messages than others.

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today in the northeast the weather will be fantastic!

must overrule my brain that wants to sit at my computer and build stuff

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targeted

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“I’m really interested in this content” is a few pixels tap zone away from “I never want to see this content again”

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not sure how long Darwin said this should take, but I think i’m making a breed of superfrogs who know to get out of the way of my mower

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when writing anything about myself/my achievements/marketing there’s a time limit before it feels really uncomfortable. i need to figure out how to objectify this process

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🤔

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First day of school in Rindge!

My kids are going back to in-person learning this year.

It’s been 543 days since neither my wife nor I are supervising our kids.

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my town has under 38% with 1 dose, under 35% fully vaccinated. https://www.wmur.com/article/covid-19-vaccine-nh-town/37373063

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that thing where summer is over, and you go to put jeans on for the first time since March, and you hope they still fit you.

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i’m so past wanting to dunk on people who are following junk science. they have been duped by politically motivated actors.

i want them to be well. i want them to trust the chorus of legitimate scientific voices advocating for their wellness. for their own sake and all of ours.

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shreds from the paper shredder. easy peasy.

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my deodorant company sends me emails like i’m a deodorant enthusiast and i want to participate in a deodorant community

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Discord has a minigame built in- it’s “figure out which discord is triggering your unread badge”

i lost

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new skill acquired: melamine edge banding and trimming. tedious but satisfying.

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turns out i’m way out of practice for live-coding interviews/tech screens. i knew this.

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what if it’s not okay

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foster kittens.

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idea: client side script that downvotes and blocks all youtube videos with “the truth behind” in the title

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my state senator showed up to bully my school board tonight, threatening to take away “local control” of decisions like masks in schools.

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we’ve been watching Kaplamino with the kids for years now, and they keep topping themselves. this one is amazing: https://youtu.be/Z9vx2ZKSggQ

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(for the record - if you’re thinking of making a cabinet from 3/4” melamine sheets, it’s tedious. and heavy - 90lbs/sheet. next time i would use plywood and paint it white)

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Watching CMT Crossroads with Brett Young and Boys II Men, and it’s amazing. the tracks are up on Youtube https://youtu.be/k7CnGRVdU_Y

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maybe debugging the Careers site is the first skills test

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Employers: you might be missing out of tech-savvy applicants if your Careers site refuses to work while ad servers/tracking servers/chatbots are blocked

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in the background of my
previous photo: this lamp. the original shade wasn’t made from UV resistant plastic i guess; it brittled and cracked. i jokingly made a replacement shade out of a cottage cheese container.

the cottage cheese container has lasted for 8 years so far.

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gluing up a kitchen cabinet, and @donttrythis is my spirit guide on the shop/treadmill tv

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