What are your favourite tools that you can’t imagine working without? This could include linters, IDE extensions, browser extensions, libraries, CLI shortcuts, or whatever else. Are these tools primarily for improving productivity, enhancing communication, or maintaining sanity? Or do you prefer more traditional methods like pen and paper?
Everyone and anyone are welcome to join as long as you are kind, supportive, and respectful of others.
The topic for the 2025-04-15 chat is career twists and turns. Inspired by someone I know debating if they should take a position at a new company or stay with their current employer. That got me thinking about my own career path, and how 20-year-old me would never have guessed I would end up starting my own consulting business. 20-year-old me assumed I would be working in the game's industry.
Did your career path turn out how you imagined it when you were younger? For people just starting, where do you see yourself in five to ten years?
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“The trick is not to skate where the puck is, but to skate where the puck is going.” This is Wayne Gretzky quoted in an article from IndustryWired in March 2019. The article highlights our urgent global challenges and advocates for technology as a solution. It presents solutions like:
What are your views on technology’s role in addressing the big global issues? Does tech offer the most effective approach? Are there negative side-effects to always leaning on tech for solutions to such problems?
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