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Justsomedude76 @lemm.ee

1w ago

10 my take away from life Your?

I'm 48. I have a list of take away's from life. Not in any order.

it is what it is
you will never earn more than you are worth.
IT ppl don't make companies any money and are easy to replace.
Work to take better of yourself
You will make mistakes, that's OK
Don't stay (work)at a place that you can't deal with.
Don't shoot yourself in the foot.
Don't beat yourself up when you make a mistake, or shoot yourself in the foot.
Always be nice/kind or fight to be, know when you are not.
Always set expectations

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Had a stroke material if I ever saw it.
Don't copy bullshit from inspiration posters
If you feel like you have to, use proper spelling and punctuation.
Seriously just don't. Each person's journey through life is unique and we would rather see what you have for a good muffin recipe (because who doesnt like muffins?)than your shitty take on whatever slice of hell life threw at you.
So:
Chocolate Chip Muffins

¾ cup milk ½ cup vegetable oil 1 large egg 2 cups all-purpose flour ½ cup white sugar 2 teaspoons baking powder ½ teaspoon salt ¾ cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips 1 ½ tablespoons white sugar 1 tablespoon brown sugar
Gather all ingredients. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a 12-cup muffin tin or line cups with paper liners
Combine milk, oil, and egg in a small bowl until well blended.
Combine flour, 1/2 cup sugar, baking powder, and salt together in a large bowl, making a well in the center.
Pour milk mixture into well and stir until batter is just combined; fold in chocolate chips.
Spoon batter into the prepared muffin cups, filling each 2/3 full.
Combine 1 ½ tablespoons white sugar and 1 tablespoon brown sugar in a small bowl; sprinkle on tops of muffins.
Bake in the preheated oven until tops spring back when lightly pressed, about 18 to 20 minutes.
Cool in the tin briefly, then transfer to a wire rack. Serve warm or cool completely.
Enjoy.

IT ppl don’t make companies any money
I mean, I'd say that that's kind of an artificial distinction. IT is a cost center, but that's true of a lot of things. You could hypothetically look at the entire company as a set of support personnel acting as a cost center whose role is to enable the sales guys do their job. But...it's gonna be hard for those sales guys to do their job if they lack product to sell, or if they can't communicate with the people who they sell product to, or if they aren't getting their paycheck, or if their office doesn't have electricity or furniture, or if nobody is coordinating all the people who do the above...
- I think it's less of a "what I believe" thing for OP. It's probably something they've heard being told to them as to why their hours or job was cut.
- When it works correctly, IT makes it possible to do more with less.
  I've noticed over the years that IT jobs aren't the first to disappear when the economy tanks.
  There are exceptions, of course. Stupid employers. Ineffective IT people. Sometimes just a shift of focus: if a division goes away, you no longer need the IT staff who supported it
  An intelligent employer understands that talented IT people can let them maintain productivity with fewer staff or increase productivity with the same staff.
  
  IT, like say, Maintenance, doesn't bring in any money, but they sure save a LOT of it.

48 years and most your take aways are bullshit. Especially the first 3.
Just because you're old does not automatically make you wise.

God is dead, embrace the suck.
When people show you who they are, believe them.
It's not who you are, but who you know that gets you ahead in the world.
A small handful of loyal friends will last you longer than a 1000 social media followers.
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.
The sooner you realize the race you're running isn't against the people in the other lanes the better off you'll be.
Love is work. Disgusting, backbreaking, and tiring. But it is some of the most fulfilling and glorious work you will do.
If you want to kill any joy you have in a hobby, do it for money.
Charge everyone the same rate. Friend, family, or foe. Being seen as fair will gain you more respect than being seen as favorable.
No man is an island. The things you do, even if you think will only affect you, will affect those around you.
I'm 38. I was born to a prostitute in the ghetto, went into the foster care system and landed in the suburbs, and have clawed for any ground I've gained.

Sales came to me one time and asked for an extract of customers from the database, which I gave them.
But they didn't ask for any definitions, just a raw extract.
So I ran it again with some filters:
We ranked our clients, A, B, and C. With A being the best clients.
"Here's a list of all the A-ranked clients, with no past due notifications, who haven't spent any money with us this quarter, but have open credit."
Over a million dollars in open credit sitting on the table waiting for sales to reach out.
Yeah, but IT "doesn't make money". If your IT department isn't making money, then you're asking the wrong questions.

Here are some extremely deep and very serious quotes I have collected over time:
Hard work pays off!
— Torbjörn, Overwatch
If you see a bomb technician running, follow him. — Space Engineers Loading Screen
Obesity is literally a problem you can run from.
Yes the planet got destroyed. But for a beautiful moment we created a lot of value for shareholders.
You sure do talk a lot for never saying anything.
Language. It's going on as we speak.
60% of the time, it works every time.
Ask no questions get no lies.
I am done with self-harm. It's time to harm others.
After all is said and done, more has been said than done.
If it cost me my life man i'd save my only friend. That's something I could live with. I could take that to the end. — Bittle bones nicky
I don't exactly hate you but if you were on fire and I had water I would drink it.
Therapist: "I am tired of all my patients playing victim."

Though I don't agree with all of your points, thanks for sharing. Sorry to see all the downvotes. I have found that some of the best life advice can be found in the song Sunscreen from Baz Luhrman. :)

IT ppl don't make companies any money and are easy to replace.
People are easy to replace but that doesn't mean it's easy to replace a good person.

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