Weeknotes 2

Today was my last day at my job 😢 I’ve been working as a full-stack engineer for the last ~2 years at Mainstay, and I’ve had an awesome experience. I learned an enormous amount at this job. I used to be kind of afraid of working on anything backend related, but this job has given me so much confidence in my ability to just try stuff, fail, ask a “dumb” question, and learn from it. I am especially going to miss working with my teammates.

I’m starting a new sof eng role at Givebutter in a couple weeks. I’m very excited! I’ve never worked at a company this large, so I think it will come with a lot of brand new experiences. I also am very excited to be working on a product for charities/organizations – feels good in what feels like a progressively dismal tech landscape. Shout out to Angela who I worked with in my first eng role, who helped me get in the door and through the interview process with Givebutter <3

My new work laptop is an M4 Mac and it’s on the latest Tahoe version. It’s my first time seeing Liquid Glass IRL and I’m not gonna lie...it’s not as bad as everyone is saying? I’ve seen a million and a half internet think pieces about how terrible it is, but idk...setting up my laptop today, I thought it looked kind of nice. I only spent a few minutes setting up the laptop today, so maybe the more I use it I’ll better understand what everyone is so up in arms about 🤷‍♀️

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I got a Steamdeck!!! I opted for the OLED 512GB model. I’m writing this post as I wait for my first game to install. I’ve been wanting to play Ratchet & Crank: Rifts Apart for years now, and I just saw it is 60% off on Steam right now, so it felt like the perfect first game to play on the deck.

I’ve only spent a couple minutes with the deck so far, and my first impression is that it’s awesome!!! I am particularly surprised at how nice the trackpad things feel! I might actually be able to play point & click games on this thing which is awesome. It feels really nice to hold. It might feel lighter than my switch despite it’s size?? Not sure, but it’s really light. I’ve been debating back and forth for months whether to get one or not, and getting a new job felt like a good excuse to treat myself to a little something 😌

Notes:

• Really enjoyed this Jacob Gellar Video about Silksong and the bible. Everything I see about this game (and Hollow Knight) makes me so depressed I can’t play it because of skill issues :(
• Currently reading Demon Copperhead. About halfway through and wow it’s amazing. I love Barbara Kingsolver's work
• Went to my friend’s wedding last weekend and it was such a beautiful event. The rain stopped just in time for them to get married with a beautiful view of La Jolla <3