Hello, World
I am a late bloomer, not finding post-secondary until ~28 years of age.
I have survived in catch-up mode for the last ~12 years, but ultimately has left me with many short straws, and no long ones. In my career, education and personal life.
Trying to take a deep drink and find at least zero motivation instead of negative infinity very hard.
Do not normally focus too much on the past, in fact I tend to block out most of the bad parts.
But it might be worth investigating for a source redemption from the conditions that negate me.
But if you cannot be bothered to read more than 500 characters, here is the TL;DR:
This is a moot point.
80’s
Family had a Mac Classic in the 80’s
Pretty forward thinking to name your “new” product “classic”.
The baby boomers loved it, and so did I.
Paint, and missile command.
Primitive but just as good as my old Atari.
90’s
The dark ages in the 90’s I spent most of time (too much) in some sort of remote *nix shell thanks to a friendly Alaskan bear.
We worked on a game that had some users, I learned a ton about C, programming and networking. And even experienced my first coder burnout.
Still had an older mac II type thing but mostly switched to Windows.
Millennium
Revelation came with OSX and a pseudo *nix layer. Joygasm!
A wonderful period of renaissance for all! Can score a job!
Internet of phones! (TCP!)
Current
Now the mobile Apple has been bit.
My edu was mostly disappointing, and the jobs, more so.
The stratosphere of ego is extra ordinary (and more intolerant).
People are extra distracted, and locked into a battle of being either extra happy (but not really) or extra angry (but not really).
The industry values the perfect American dream life and TV-worthy people.
Lambda - Lambda competition in-equality building bullshit I want to spit on like a Llama even though I value education.
Future, Reflection
The real ones to me are the meek, that will inherit the earth, when the ego dinosaurs, money monkeys, and wannabe’s become extinct.
It is difficult when you feel inhibited from achieving your love, as nobody can help you without undermining it.
Sometimes it is just “work” like the alien in American Dad, and not allowed to be a jerk is like poison.