Two years ago, I was working in manufacturing (mostly mechanical design). I hated my job, there wasn't any motivation or real drive to do anything worthwhile, I wasted my early 20s and felt like a total fuckup.
Decided to quit, sold my gaming PC and all my accounts, bought a thinkpad, installed Linux and started learning CLI and Python using these two books. I've always liked working with computers but I never gave myself the opportunity to fully commit to anything. Two years later I've learned a lot by myself; Networking, Sysadmining, APIs, Automation, Cybersec, etc, after working my way through helpdesk, IT and entry level programming jobs I've finally landed a really cool job as an automation engineer. You guys have no idea how happy and fulfilled i feel.
I've also learned a lot through small projects and ideas i got from this forum, and this is my small thank you to everyone, there are some really cool and ingenious people here.
It might take some time, it might break your spirit knowing how complex the world is, but never give up, there is always a way.
How the fuck are those books so thick? Like what is in them to make them that big? Shouldn't it only be like 100 pages each max?
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>>105876381The Linux Command Line goes really deep into some of the story and context behind some coreutils and the way Linux does some things, which i found really cool.
The Python one has a lot of chapters dedicated to guided projects
>>105876251 (OP)Good job Kevin Mitnick for turning it around, god speed
>>105876251 (OP)>Fall 99 times, get back up 100If you fall 99 times you can only get up 99 times.
>>105876877what if he willingly laid down then got up? He'll have gotten up the hundredth time without falling.
>Mitnick was born on August 6, 1963,[11] in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California.[12] His father was Alan Mitnick, his mother was Shelly Jaffe, and his maternal grandmother was Reba Vartanian.[13][14] Mitnick was Jewish,[15][16] and grew up in Los Angeles, California.
>>105876251 (OP)Jealous anon, I'm 3.5yrs in, highest performer with most client-facing responsibility, CEO is directly begging me to be an AI automation engineer, but the hags in between him and me wanna slow everything down. No matter what, I will persist. Congrats anon. This is great inspiration to just job hop like a smart person.
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>>105876251 (OP)> kevin mitnickhe's dead
>>105876957just happened to be best buddies with two snitches that helped put bradley manning in jail. two out of the three lame rats are dead.
>>105876251 (OP)I just wish life wasn't all about "improooving" and getting a better wagie job. I don't understand how one can feel fulfilled with that. At some point, learning Python and having a job just isn't enough in life anymore.
>>105876251 (OP)Congratulations anon, I am happy for you.
>>105876251 (OP)How was your learning experience with books, did you take notes on paper or something? I am learning right now from a book and always took notes because it could keep it in my brain a lot better
>>105876251 (OP)>sold my gaming PC and all my accountsWhy would you so that you retard?
>>105879421It is what it is anon, you gotta fucking work so you might as well get a somewhat not godawful job
>>105876251 (OP)nice they let you have stuff
>>105876251 (OP)Is this a Reddit copy pasta lol. Go back faggot.
>>105877603rest in piss rats
glad that faggot lamo OD'd
>>105876251 (OP)I auto reject candidates that connect to any interviews using any sort of linux distribution.
I'm a hiring manager for a linux team as well
Congratulations anon, /g/ actually helped me when I was in a tight spot too and the resources in /wdg/ were great. I've been working as frontend web developer for almost 6 years now and I while I don't really feel excited about it, it certainly beats my previous manual labor job by a mile.
>>105876251 (OP)How did you sell your steam accounts? I've wanted to get rid of mine which I haven't used but it seems like a waste to just delete them
>>105876251 (OP)thanks for sharing, im gonna read those books
>>105879594"Chelsea" should've changed his last name to Womanning instead
>>105876251 (OP)Just post your bitcoin link and move on
>>105886028ignore that anon. it's just a jealous larp.
>>105876251 (OP)This is a thinly concealed advertisment for this author's books and the OP story is completely fictional
