Depression. I was born with master-level, didn’t even have to work for it
There are some things I really like to do but I wouldn’t say I ever got good at them, despite dumping lots of time into them.
So I guess you could say I got really good at accepting I’ll never be really good at anything.
I can tame and turn any semi-feral cat into a lap cat.
I have never been unsuccessful at getting traumatized shelter or farm cats to eventually relax and become super affectionate. It takes repeated exposure, it’s not a magic power. I learened how due to a fortune upbringing on a farm and lots of time to perfect my methods.
Nice! Do you feel like sharing your strategy that works for you?
Put them somewhere safe and quiet, like a closet. Give food, water, litterbox, bed, somewhere to hide.
Come in regularly, talk quietly and calmly and resupply/clean up.
Wait for them to get bored. They’ll get bored every time
Tech/Software/Development. Apparently exceptional, or very good, I don’t know.
Broad and deep knowledge, strong systematic thinking, experience, good intuition, seeking to improve my tools, docs, workflows, mindful and proactive of how we work together, and in including others…
I don’t know if work as an escape is a good or bad thing. At least I got that going for me.
Im good at building simple tech architectures by saying no to tech we dont need.
Unfortunately nobody listens, management keeps forcing the fastest shitty duck tape solution, and thinking its a great idea to copy paste entire tech environments because its the fastest.
Lols.
It sounds like you are also skilled at maintaining a clear sense of your values even after repeated exposure to pressures against them. It’s a good skill to have, though super frustrating to have to use, I imagine
Just noise, but love your handle lol
Procrastinating
I will let you know later how good I am at it.
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Cooking. I mean my friends italian grandma approves and says its way better than her daughters cooking
Deep Rock Galactic. I can carry 3 greenbeards on a H5 if I’m not sleepy.
Rock and Stone!
Rock! And! Stooooooooooooooooooooooooonnehh
I’m a master of modesty, ask me what I’m good at and I will blush and touch the back of my neck and say stuff life “well shuucks…”
So you’re good at touching the back of your neck?
Floors. Putting a cove flash vinyl floor* into some fuck-ass soiled linen room with 8 outside corners, 2 45deg corners and 9 inside corners is just a Tuesday. Have it prepped for me and I’ll be ready to glue by break time.
The latest fresh bottle of bullshit is a 270m^2 that must be within the tolerance of 1mm up or down from reference. What the holy fuck is this shit? I hate it and never want to work with these people again.
*this is fucking hilarious, it’s not difficult to cut under a desk and I think everyone can see it in the face of the “tractor dude” but hey if bossman likes to be dragged by his ankles, I’ll drag him by his ankles.
I am very good at cooking now, like whatever I want to make I can AND I can take whatever we have and make something good, and I enjoy it, and people comment on it and want me to cook for them. Hobby level good, I would say. Food and drinks both, always something fermenting over here, and I love making cocktails (obviously).
I got a bit good at a board game called Go, it’s the oldest board game still played. In Asia it is really big and has its own sports tv channel. I’m top 500 or so in Europe. Try it maybe, it’s quite fun!
No shit top 500 in any region in Go is baller. That is not an easy board game and I like backgammon.
I like to think I got pretty good at guitar. I’m no virtuoso but I’ve gotten to the point where I’ve been truly stoked about where I’m at skill-wise a couple times.
As a kid I always thought I’d plateau in my mid 20s and would never really progress from there but I’m 35 now and I feel like learning in general is still an easy thing to do, or at least get started on.
Here’s a clip if you wanna check out some playing.
I also feel like I’m a pretty good music engineer/producer. I like covering songs to practice my skills. Here’s one I did recently.
Making logos. good enough that whenever my friends want a logo to be made for their brand or band they come right to me lol
I have a real passion for software development. There are raw skills like algorithms that lots of other people are better at, but when it comes to API design, clean code, enacting principles of good architecture and UX, I think I am uncommonly good. Most of the people I work with don’t care and frankly I think caring and practice is all it takes but somehow that’s not something most people in the industry are capable of.
But I love making software that people like or at least hate less than what they had before.
Need a job?
I have one that I’m enjoying, but we are going back to 4 days in the office and it’s 1.5 hours away without traffic and I only agreed to 1 day when I took the job. I just had a recruiter hit me up for a team lead position that I had to interview for at least, so for the right opportunity I’m looking. Ideally something permanent. Feel free to DM me if you’re serious.
