Notices by Gwmngilfen (gwmngilfen@fosstodon.org), page 15

@eilidhbranch disclaimer: I run the Stirling branch of TechMeetup. We're a nice bunch :)

@eilidhbranch just a single data point, but to me tech is still a field where experience overrules qualifications by a large margin.

By all means do *some* training, as that's a form of experience, but do as much of the thing you want do as you can - then you can hit that "X years experience in Y" CV requirement all the sooner.

Also, since you mention Scotland - check out techmeetup.co.uk to get out and meet people. The Edi event consistently has people hiring who could help with your question

@GreyLinux nice work. Still need to actually order my PCBs ;)

@mquin hmm, I know that spot ;)

Lovely day for it!

@HerraBRE @chuck is the new federated write.as blogging platform an option? I didn't look at it closely, to be fair, but I saw it pop up in my feed the other day...

Https://writefreely.org

@nigeldgreen Tuesday just hit me with "sick child", to which I do not have a counter available. I'll sit this round out :)

@DistroJunkie sadly (and as awesome as that would be from a FOSS-principled view) it won't help. Even if you can solve the technical side, you also need the average person to trust the results (as that is what empowers peaceful transfer of government), and no technical solution can provide that, because solving the tech issues makes them complex.

Tom Scott puts it far better than I can, so forgive the YouTube link. It's a worthwhile 8 mins.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3_0x6oaDmI

@ben0_o yeah, I hear you on motivation. I have a ton of stuff to do, but somehow I spend a ton of my free time playing games instead. Yes, sometimes you need downtime, but I'm probably taking it too far....

@ben0_o OK that's the best one yet ;)

Boring weeks suck. What projects do you have in mind? I always seem to have more ideas than time/budget allow (c.f. unfinished radio-mesh temperature sensor network, and a machine learning model for consuming the data).

@Matter perhaps you could make the move gradually, perhaps via banking? :)

@amolith I'm #degoogled so @fdroidorg is my only real source of apps. They rock ;)

@Matter @blunaxela @e4rache I'll be there, 95% likely anyway. It'll be my 7th, so if you need tips I can try to help :)