Lifestyledistributed systems
#RI-69aa7bce·5 months ago·
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“Pursuing CPE degree part-time while working in industrial automation”
What Actually Happened
Built Linux process inspector in C, container runtime from scratch, and planning webhook delivery engine in Go
What I wish I knew
"Contributing to existing OSS infra projects may be higher leverage than building my own"
Advice to Someone Facing This Now
If I could tell you one thing
"Focus on building projects that demonstrate real-world experience with distributed systems problems"
Regret Index
5/10
Significant downsides.
Complicated feelings about the outcome.
Complicated feelings about the outcome.
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Lifestyle Category
2,331
Lifestyle decisions logged. Avg regret 5.3/10 across the category.
Same Outcome Band
9%
of Lifestyle decisions land in the mixed band the same as this one.
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