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comment by mitra
mitra  ·  1719 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: July 3, 2019

It's been more than half a year since I last posted on Hubski, but this seems to be about as good good a time to jump back in as any.

A few months back I started working at a job that's essentially glorified tech support for a tiny CNC firm. The customers we get are mostly hobbyists who know very little about the machines they are trying to set up, so at least I can sometimes explain to them the little I myself know about controllers and the such. My days are spent writing manuals for the myriad settings and functions hidden within our software which I myself do not quite understand fully. There is nearly zero existing documentation on some features, and what we have is usually already outdated, so I am effectively trying to document everything from the ground up. The pay is minimal, but this gives me something to do for now.

My family has been suggesting I get back to studying, perhaps doing a Masters in engineering, more and more as of late. I myself am not quite sure of what to do - currently I feel as if I am in a limbo, stuck with my diploma but not really able to apply it anywhere that would make good use of it. On a more positive note, I have been working on myself - working out, swimming, learning French - and for the first time in what feels like in forever, I don't feel like I am getting dumber with every passing day.

[EDIT]: what's up with the donations bar? Please, mk, I would rather my $5 went to hubski than another latte.