Sure. But you seem to be approaching interviews as a one way street like, "I hold this thing here which I will give it to you if I deem you worthy". That is not how things work these days in tech, especially in hot markets. If you are not willing to carve out time there are plenty others who will. Sorry dude, just the reality of the rare market situation where the power is balanced between companies and talent.
FUD? You want the general population to gamble away their life savings in what effectively are some shiny slides? Completely unregulated? Would you like to invest in this bridge I have here for you? Hey, you want to get in now before everyone wants in and the prices go 10x.
The biggest advantage for a hobbist developer like me is that web development makes a single code base possible. One code base runs on phones, tablets, desktop, across OSs etc. It would be impossible for me to write and distribute solutions otherwise. Multiple programming languages, deployment overhead across app stores etc.
I miss the provision of notifications the most. With PWA I can cover Android, but I don't think anyone allows notifications from websites (I don't).
Not looking forward to this at all. So much conflict is caused by people being bored and not having any employment prospects. Employment is a bit of a pacifier for civilization.
There's only so much golf, painting, woodworking, and reading people can do.
Why so? What if I have an okay solution to a okay problem but see an opportunity to monetize the market gap and band together some folks to create a business around it? Does it have be "inspiring"?
I think a lot of people feel this way, but under the right circumstances (i.e. a meditation retreat) and with enough practice, you'll have access to states of deeply profound peace beyond anything you imagined possible.
It's something _everybody_ can learn and do, there is nothing mystical or religious or secret about it.
You usually start with samadhi (or concentration), where you simply observe your breath - either as air movement through your nostrils or as movements of the abdomen.
In the beginning you can count your breaths 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, and 1 again.
Most people lose track at 4 or 5 and get distracted by thoughts in the beginning. If that happens just start at 1. No blaming, just start again.
You can do this for a very long time without getting bored.
After a while you can stop counting, and naturally drift into the vipassana (insight/wisdom) part. Just observe your breath and start noticing whatever else is going on. Sounds, your thoughts, feelings, fears, joys, etc, etc.
I practiced more traditional methods of Vipassana (U Ba Khin and Mahasi Sayadaw) for years, but have actually found a combined metta/insight practice [1] to be more effective, both in terms of mental/emotional wellbeing and progress of insight.
