Jacob Bankston

Software Developer | Public Speaker | Barbershop Music Enthusiast

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Join my Tech Book Book Club!

Weekly discussions about tech books on our Discord covering 1 chapter a week.

We meet 8pm/9pm CST/EST, and we'd love for you to join in on the discussion!

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Join me in Amplify Austin Day 2024! https://t.co/pZLL1yiZqB

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Now that VR headsets are adding eye tracking, someone should make a game with monsters like the weeping angels from Doctor Who. It'd be freaking impossible to beat those things. Just doing a couple simple tasks in a small space without blinking is perfect for a VR setup.

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@hiphippie Barbershop Singing. It's built off of amateurs that like singing harmony, and there are choruses all over the place.

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@thecaitcode Agree!!! I was a choir teacher at a tough public middle school prior to changing to tech. I would be physically and mentally exhausted every day after school. Kids are relentless. Normal work day would be show up at 6:45am and leave around 5. (Excluding concerts/events/contests)

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@tdesseyn This is a very healthy anxiety-mitigation habit.

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What are some characteristics of a Senior developer that you think earns them that title? (Apart from being the developer who's been at the company the longest)

#developers #techtwitter #programming

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@saltnburnem I'm a weird case where it's mostly the introduction hurdle that I have troubles with. It's way easier if I'm somewhere with someone I know, otherwise I have to psych myself up to fake being extroverted for a bit. After the introductions my ADHD will keep me chatting for hours.

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@thecaitcode First: Pillow Fort

Second: If there's a bath, long bath

Third: Bing watch all of Abbott Elementary

Fourth: Find a good app game

Fifth: Go down the rabbit hole of incredible first auditions on ${singingShowHere}

Sixth: Find a good fiction book series to binge

Seventh: Sleep

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If you get shirts/swag from a tech company you don't work at, is it generally acceptable to wear them in public, or is it too confusing because it looks like you work there?

#CanIWearMyGoogleCloudHat #Programming #TechSwag #ImportantQuestions

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@disssbi_ Looks great!!

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#100DaysOfCode #day168 Remeber that ugly looking project I posted yesterday? Well, I worked on it more today and take a look! Have one more thing to fix, then project will be done 🙂

#learningtocode #tech #coding #learning

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@makneta I went to a Linux meetup and there was someone who had freelance work, and needed help with frontend stuff. We built out a simple app for his hardware during the meetups in a few weeks and he paid me for the time.

Networking can give you all kinds of opportunities!

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Positives: Just moved to Austin!!

Negatives: They just had Tornadoes...

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I'm moving next week, and also starting up a greenfield coding effort for work this week. Two very different project planning/execution situations. Trying to keep up with everything is tough.

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@mhartington You could also go with #mFrontend to make it more accessible to people that aren't fancy with their alt codes

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@mhartington Wasn't that Tom? From MySpace?

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@tdesseyn Great insight for the industry! So many job descriptions are pushing towards seeking that person that seemingly has a mastery of dozens of tech specializations, so, many of us constantly try to become that jack of all trades. You don't need all the skills for every single role.

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I have ADHD and don't always remember to keep posting on Tech Twitter every day, throughout the day. How do y'all who post throughout the day actually stay consistent with it?

#Code #Programming #TechTwitter #HowToADHD #Help

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@dawns_line I compare learning JavaScript to learning how to read and perform music. The basic structure takes a while to learn, there are always different trendy genres (frameworks/libraries) coming out, there's constantly something to get better at, but with enough time you can be amazing!