n0x0n

joined 4 months ago
[–] n0x0n@feddit.org 2 points 6 days ago (2 children)
[–] n0x0n@feddit.org 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I used a Filofax before 16. Not that I needed it, but I liked it and felt very organised. Not sure if my mom is to blame, she was a financial accountant, so always did things very carefully and accurately.

Let’s not start about uni, where getting laid and smoking funny things was more important than being organised, but when I started working, I tried a lot of techniques.

I read something somewhere which I find quite fitting:

  • If you only have few tasks, anything might do. Keep them in mind, scribble them on a piece of paper. No need to prioritise them, because priority is instantly clear when looking at the few tasks.
  • if you’ve got more than just a few tasks then you need to write them on a to do list. With more and more tasks, you need to put them into some kind of order. Ordering the tasks by priority is most often a good idea.
  • If you have a lot of tasks and you juggle a lot of projects then you need something even bigger,which may be a system like GTD. This way, you can prioritise projects, individual tasks and also tasks not belonging to any project.

This helps me to avoid procrastination.

I still use the techniques above, depending on my current workload.

[–] n0x0n@feddit.org 1 points 1 month ago

Scaring The Cat To Death

[–] n0x0n@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago

That, together with: I’m online, watch out for the ca… “No carrier”

[–] n0x0n@feddit.org 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] n0x0n@feddit.org 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

German here, I remember teaching people email etiquette and reminding them: “No TOFU” (Text Oben, Full quote Unten).

Means sth like “text above, full quote below”

[–] n0x0n@feddit.org 2 points 2 months ago

No, this exists in other countries just as well. Here in Germany it’s called „Hausverwaltung“.

[–] n0x0n@feddit.org 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I’m really proud of my job as a manager. Dropped out of uni because I only learned what seemed interesting to me (mostly tech stuff from CS) and now I’m leading a team of devs. Cherry on top is that they like me, too. OTOH I’m proud of my wife and children and lots of other things, like having mastered 2 foreign languages, playing piano, recorder and guitar.

Most proud that we bought a house though.

[–] n0x0n@feddit.org 4 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Help a non American, is 5.0 good or bad? What’s the range you can get?