Or use atuin[1]

[1]: https://atuin.sh/

> I prefer VS Code with Claude Opus 4.6, it makes me more productive during my working hours so I can take more quality time with my family.

That's great you can spend more time with your family, but the code you're writing this way is, by and large, probably crap.

Garbage in, garbage out. Most of the code out there is already crap, I'm just embracing it.

> an incredibly based individual

This was never the case.

We're past that.

> reaching out to targeted companies

Can you elaborate?

The first thing is that you have to have a specialized skillset. Web development, back end developer, mobile or even “cloud” by itself is not specialized. Then reach out to companies that are looking for those skills

There all sorts of path dependent specialties that people have that let them stand out.

https://hackertimes.com/item?id=47292143

https://hackertimes.com/item?id=46923247

> Go back to paper for everything. Work, journals, timetables, the lot. And the teachers can use whatever to drive projectors in the classroom.

Kids in Gen Alpha and beyond cannot fathom using analog tools for school work. Their collective minds would break.

Yeah definitely agree with that. I have one.

> I would love to cancel and move to something else.

What's the hold up?

See https://hackertimes.com/item?id=47440869

YouTube Music could work for you.

Wow, installed YTM and my spotify playlists are already there. Including something I liked a couple of hours before I installed the app. When I did this in Apple Music I had to jump through simple hoops to allow the connection!

So far, looks very simple and easy to use. I will definitely give a try. Thanks!

EDIT: right off the bat, it's included all my likes from YT... which is very annoying. Those are videos. Hopefully that can be changed.

EDIT2: I didn't include my Spotify liked songs... it was coincidicence that I listened to something in YT and Spotify.

EDIT3: the process took a while, but it imported much better than Apple Music. A cursory look at the ui/ux... I can live with this, though I really need to test drive it for a while.

@gaws Really appreciate your suggestion.

I'll check it out. Thanks.

Are you relying on long-term savings to keep you afloat?

No.

How will you make money?

Are you not concerned with ageism?

I was 46 when I got my first and only job at BigTech, I was 49 when I was Amazoned and had two offers, a side contract and a former coworker who is now a director at a well known non tech F500 company who was willing to create a role for me to be over their cloud migration and modernization strategy.

I was 50 the next year when I had a job within three weeks after spending a year at the shitty company I chose (I wanted to stay in consulting and didn’t want to work at $bigCompany again). I just responded to an internal recruiter who reached out to me a couple of days prior (dumb luck).

I’m much more worried about the state of the industry and current employment market which affects people of any age.

My other secret weapon is that I found out from a former manager/now friend that most non Black people have no idea how old a Black guy is once he shaves his head and face. Like Bill Burr said I think it’s the lotion…

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OCC_XS-fQa0

And my resume only hoed back 10 years

Yes. Many people are migrating to it.