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dotemacs09:01:08

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ejelome14:01:34

is it still viable to use rethinkdb? knowing that the company already shut down?

nha15:01:11

@ejelome there is a rethinkdb slack ( http://slack.rethinkdb.com/ ), I would suggest following news there (people still use it and there is a release in the making).

ejelome15:01:13

I haven't invested in rethinkdb so I'm just gathering opinion, though thanks for the link 😄

kaffein15:01:21

does anyone know whether we have a directory of companies using Clojure ? I'm looking for Germany specifically ... i have seen that Cognitect had one but I am not sure it's up to date

ejelome15:01:40

braveandtrue seems to have one

kaffein15:01:33

@ejelome thanks mate I will check his website : I have seen that he had a job board and a list of Open source projects but not sure about the companies using it

ejelome16:01:29

didn't thought of this, hahaha

kaffein16:01:05

I have seen that one too 😉 thanks

ejelome16:01:38

there's also a group at linkedin, might also check that out

kaffein16:01:38

It could have helped if it were by country ^^

kaffein16:01:52

awesome I will check on linkedin

ejelome16:01:28

clojure/clojurescript is kind of scattered and not really loud about using the tool, which is weird if you ask me XD

Geoffrey Gaillard19:01:50

Hi everybody ! Hope you are all going well ! I wanted to know a little bit about something we don't talk a lot about. You know, all these blog posts talking about how great are jobs in the tech industry, how great are the ultra hype techno we use, and how important it is to learn the new X thing that definitely will improve our efficiency, productivity and will make our job easier than before. All these things that shape kind of a fresh, cool & better culture. Well I don't feel hyped anymore. I started programming 10 years ago, I'm finishing college in 4 weeks, working all day long on my startup, taking time for my girlfriend. And everyday I feel like things are not going to be easier, that I’m stretching a elastic and that one day it will break. It’s a little bit disappointing. I always thought that by learning and improving myself it would make things easier, but that fact is that the train is going too fast. So I think this the right place to ask a simple question, because a lot a people here are passionate about their job, adventurous, curious, always learning. 

How damn are you managing your time, friends, family and job and sleep when a day only got 24 hours ? Any advices ? (sorry for the frenglish BTW)

brabster19:01:58

@ggaillard you can only do what you can do. If there's too much, you just have to prioritise what matters most. No, I'm no good at doing it either 🙂

brabster19:01:49

btw your English is perfectly understandable. Infinitely better than my Francais, monsieur!

Geoffrey Gaillard19:01:15

@brabster Thank for the reply. (#baguette 🙂 )

tbaldridge19:01:59

@ggaillard it's not super easy, but you have to back off of work a bit. Let me explain. I've been programming 20 years, professionally for about 10, I'm married, have 5 kids (all 7 and under), and spend a fair amount of time with my family. I think a big key is you have to segment your life. In startups these days it's easy to try to dump 60-70 hours a week into the job...but you burn yourself out in that time and don't actually accomplish much.

tbaldridge19:01:33

So in my case I work about 40hr/week, but I spend a fair amount of time during the rest of the day as my hammock time. When holding a baby, or when the kids are at some sports event, I may sit back a bit and ruminate on some problem. There's been times I've solved a complex problem while at work, but the vast majority of the time I've solved hard problems while taking the kids on a walk, or doing something unrelated on the weekend.

tbaldridge19:01:09

For that matter, sometimes I'll be cooking supper for the family when suddenly something clicks and a bug at work makes a ton more sense.

tbaldridge19:01:20

So I'd say back off to 40 hours, stop thinking about work while not at work, and do something different. For me I find that if I do that I start to get an itch to code again, and in a few weeks I'll be spending my free time on some new area of programming. If I spent 60 hr/week at my "official" job, I'd be burnt out years ago.

dominicm20:01:32

Along this line of thinking, I think it's helpful to "get your attention back" https://backchannel.com/how-i-got-my-attention-back-c7fc9297d347#.82wkgsawh And make sure you can focus on other things. It sounds like you have plenty to fill your plate. I'm personally struggling to find new hobbies now my hobby has become my career. I often catch myself refreshing hacker news in boredom. Not a good sign, maybe a contributor to the FOMO I feel! Probably others too.

donaldball20:01:28

Get a hobby that does not involve a screen.

Geoffrey Gaillard21:01:44

Thank you all for these advices, they are food for thought and encouraging !

dotemacs22:01:36

@ggaillard what @donaldball said. And to push it even further and recommend something: Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, great for catching bugs, necks and leg locks… works for me 🙂

donaldball22:01:39

Srsly burnout is real and so so common, don’t feel even a little bit bad for admitting the struggle