My first computer was our family’s 286 Wang pc. I used it mainly to play Sierra games. It’s how I learned a lot of my first English words.
I got my first cellphone, a Sony-Ericsson, around 2003 and only because my brother gave it to me. I was a staunch hater of cellphones but too Dutch to pass up on a free thing :)
Writing, it allowed for knowledge to travel across vast distances. And for that knowledge to remain available and accurate for far longer than any oral tradition would be capable of.
You might like Shadows of Doubt. It's a procedural generated detective game where you have to solve murders. The entire city is generated, every npc has their own routine and you can pretty much go anywhere. There's sneaking, hacking, talking, etc.
It's still in early access, but it's already a lot of fun.
No, I got a permanent contract for a well paying job in the public sector. The job security is great and there's a solid pension plan.
It's what my partner likes to call an "iron rice bowl" :)
Maybe not as fancy as the others, but I really like the little pink jeep. It’s boxy and cute.
Clearly that's for gaining the high ground 🙄
Oof, I wouldn't know about that. I was purely talking from personal experience. I don't have a good picture of the job market in total, let alone in whichever country you live. If you want to get into the data-related IT fields (data analist, data engineer, business intelligence specialist, etc.) then SQL and data modeling skills are a must-have. But it's just a small part of a much bigger discipline.
If possible, find some professional career counseling. Someone with better knowledge of the job market where you live might give you some good advice on which steps to take first.
For the better :)
I haven't been active in online communities for over ten years. It's been fun to contribute with comments and posts and I feel like I'm finding my voice again.
I'm still waiting for my $1000 from Bill Gates for passing on his e-mail :(
To my eternal shame, that really happened. I was young, gullible and stupid..
I guess there are worse ways to learn not to be so trusting.
Well it kind of is, isn’t it?
At least, I like to pretend it is :)
My work is similar to that of a librarian, except the library I work with is invisible and can contain more books and scrolls than any normal library ever could.
My invisible library has information about all kinds of things, the weather, the money earned and spend, and other things that are important for merchants, scholars and leaders to know.
It is my job to make sure the information arrives and is stored properly in this library. Also I have to make it easy for others to find and retrieve the information they need from this library.
Learn SQL and data modelling. The Data Warehouse Toolkit by Ralph Kimball is a good introduction to data warehouses and dimensional modelling. It's not a universal model for data warehouses, but the core concepts remain the same among different implementations. This should give you a good basic understanding of the basic concepts of data warehousing.
I know Reddit isn't exactly popular here, but their business intelligence community is quite active. It might be a good place to lurk and gain some insights.
Best of luck! :)