nixCraft 🐧
Programming is GONE. POOF. Overnight. What non-coding "survival skill" do you have that suddenly makes you the most valuable person in the room? (Project management? Teaching? The ability to fix ANY printer? Stop bad guys taking advantage of elderly?) Tell me your superpower! 👇
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Show threadSchenkl | 🏳️‍🌈🦄Dec 7
@nixCraft still be able to survive without AI.
Show threadWTLDec 7
@schenklklopfer @nixCraft 💯🤣
Show threadKevin HonkaDec 7
@nixCraft I know how to do proper operations :D
Show threadwebhatDec 7
@nixCraft I'm very good at doom scrolling 😂
Show threadJeremy ⁂Dec 7
@nixCraft I know many bad jokes.
And I'm not bad at imitating accents.
Show threaddeepfryedDec 7
@nixCraft Grow food. Everyone needs to eat.
Show threadartemDec 7
@nixCraft Farming, woodworking, metalworking, plumbing, and lots of other thing. Grew up in Ukrainian village during hard times (90s). Live in Ukraine during war. Gotta learn stuff.
Show threadDraken BlackKnightDec 7
@nixCraft
Navigate with a map, a compass, and the stars.
Show threadÁlvaro HerreraDec 7
@nixCraft I take parts from broken bikes to repair other broken bikes. More generally, I can repair stuff.
Show threadoneiromanticorDec 7
@nixCraft Wood working. Martial arts. Singing. Petting dogs.
Show threadBart KaralusDec 7
@nixCraft I can click TAB like real quick.
Show threadPaul WilliamsDec 7
@nixCraft playing music. Entertaining people while they consider why everything is now broken. 🤪
Show threadBaron VonskinnbackDec 7
@nixCraft I can fix any printing device no matter how big or small it is, and any CD players from the 80/90s... #neiche
Show threadJason ReedDec 7
@nixCraft Software Development is my 4th career. I can always fall back on previous ones until I find a new one.
Show threadSirWumpus 👾🍁Dec 7

While trying to #GetHired for 2+ years, I've learned how to make Neapolitan pizzas along with breads and cookies to save money. I've learned other new recipes for dishes too. I doubt I'd ever work as a chef, but I eat well.

I have a 2yo Yorkie puppy now; in the warm months we walk a lot and I work on his training, so maybe a Pizza Delivery Dog Walker job?

Back in the day between jobs in South of France, I did field support for all the English/German/Swedish ex-pats and French in the region, resolve dial-up/ ISDN/ ADSL issues or fixing Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP (usually lengthy format/re-install process). These days I keep that knowledge of computers secret, else someone asks for help.

I've taught 8-12 yo Judo; mentored juniors in the office; done some amateur Improv comedy. I doubt I'd find work as Improv Judoka Teacher.

I study skills like Rust (maybe Go next, though I play Go better). I keep my mind busy by volunteering time to the @ioccc infrastructure team. Doubt I'd find work as a Rusty "Go IOCCC!" cheerleader.

I know @nixCraft your posed question was somewhat in jest, but this time trying to finding work in my field I've loved since I was 13 has been hard this cycle: stress'n'tears, along with good food and a gag (not on the food). Living on puppy cuddles and licks (not just likes).

Still looking for Software Developer work in Canada. http://www.snert.com/resume/

#GetFediHired

Home oven Neapolitan pizzas. | NANO ZEN

Show threadIrgndSonDeppDec 7
@nixCraft I'm a quick learner. I've studied physics, so I could probably pick up where I left off. I'm also pretty good with mechanical things, given that I find a good teacher.
Other than that I can play the guitar reasonably well. 😅
Show threadOliver VanderbDec 7

@nixCraft

I have huge sleeping skills. Espacially on the weekend.

Show threadMax LeeDec 7
@[email protected] Managing stuff. Anything crafty. Also video and image editing if PCs still exist.
Show threaddwcaesarDec 7

@nixCraft I can cook. At least I didn't poison myself over the last ten years. Woodworking and interior design are also on the table. And lastly I'm pretty good at fixing electronic devices.

I can refresh my skills in rock climbing and playing the electric organ or grand piano.

Show threadBenediktDec 7

@nixCraft dooing manual labor.

I can join tables as well as build them with an axe 🪓

Show threadkamatahvel 🇪🇺🇸🇪🇪🇪Dec 7

@nixCraft "Well--well, look. I already told you: I deal with the goddamn customers so the engineers dont have to. I have people skills; I AM GOOD AT DEALING WITH PEOPLE. Can't you understand that? What the hell is wrong with you people??"

-- Tom Smykowski, Office Space

Show threadJosé Manuel (Chema) SolísDec 7
@nixCraft If programming is gone that means people finally have learned to state their needs in an unambiguous way and to check if a particular program matches them, regardless of who or what produced it. I doubt this is possible.
Show threadquantum_wombatDec 7
@nixCraft gardening including vegetable production (my tomatoes are delicious), woodcrafting, cooking (300 jars in basement better than one app.jar lol), keeping hens. 
Show threadAbram Kedge🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇨🇦Dec 7
@nixCraft I can singlehandedly fashion a shipping package for any vaguely cuboid collection of items weighing up to 80lb using just a craft knife, tape, and a random assortment of previously used cardboard boxes.
Show threadBart-Jan VrielinkDec 7
@nixCraft Hindsight
Show thread 🇨🇦 Mandy Roy Dec 7
@nixCraft I'm not a programmer anyway, but I am seriously interested in helping seniors (and others like immigrants, etc) ditch Windows.
Show threadMac 🟪 Webb • マコウェブ • мак вебDec 7
@nixCraft i worked as a breakfast cook so i can make great food very fast. also i have done a lot of electrical wiring i my house.
Show threadmabiDec 7
@nixCraft fixing bikes 🚴🏽‍♂️
Show threadMaronno Winchester Dec 7

@nixCraft

I can exit vi.

Show threadSteven LiptonDec 7
@nixCraft debugging. Even without code there will be bugs.
Show threadScottyCDec 7
@nixCraft gardening and cooking. Cooked for family for 30 years without anyone getting food poisoning.
Show threadgunstickDec 7

@nixCraft I can give really good massages.

https://muscle.hacker.lu/

Show threadwroofDec 7
@nixCraft painting and calligraphy
Show threadWGDec 8
@nixCraft Good thing I do software testing which will still be needed before things go out into production. I also worked as a Scrum Master, and tend to be a general mentor for more junior members.
Show threadWGDec 8
@nixCraft Oh, and I did warehouse work when in the Navy
Show threadMightyBigCarDec 8

@nixCraft I can do metalworking, woodworking, construction, auto repair, and heavy machinery operation about as well as AIs can program, so quality of work is clearly no barrier to an alternative career.

I'm very good with dogs, beer, and randomly wandering through forests (preferably with dogs and beer). I'm not sure that's a lucrative career path, but it's sure enjoyable.

Show threadWintergreenDec 8

@nixCraft

I can make sandwiches.