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Who's winning at life this week? Do you have a discount code for Greggs? Found some hedge porn?

What's happening that's making you smile?

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[-] TeaHands@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Last week I thought I'd lost an entire video project due to a combo of my laptop overheating in the ridiculous weather and acting funny, and then my editing software just....actually I still have no explanation for what it did but it was bad.

After multiple days of trying increasingly arcane suggestions from the internet and manually editing backup files of things, I'm happy to report the project is recovered!

Of course, it's due to go out on YouTube tonight so I have like 5 hours to finish editing the whole thing (why am I on Lemmy?), but still, I'm just so relieved to not have to start completely from scratch!

Also this will sound bad but the other half is off on a trip to Spain with his friends on Saturday and I'm already SO looking forward to just having the whole house to make a mess of for 3.5 days 😂

[-] Finnbot@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Amazing job recovering it. I'd say you deserver a few hours chilling on Lemmy!

[-] _pete_@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Week 3 and a bit of my new job as a Senior developer (although that wasn’t what was in the job spec!) and I’m still feeling pretty out of my depth, making some progress but I’m not entirely convinced that I’m cut out for the role, the imposter syndrome is very real right now.

[-] zilt0id@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Don't worry, I'm a senior developer too and if I can do it, anyone can.

Serious answer though: there's always a lot of learning in the first few months of a job. You can be senior in one job but then walk into another and half the things you knew that made you senior in the previous job are no longer relevant. But that's ok, you just have to be willing to learn.

[-] SoPunny@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Hit reply to wrong post my bad

[-] SoPunny@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, you are in taking all that companies new procedures/culture etc, the new people who all already know each other, and it’s a lot but give yourself sometime and don’t psych yourself out. When I would feel impostery I used to lean into my role duties and use them to stiffen my spine.

Had a reply fail, sorry for double post.

[-] TeaHands@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

First of all, congrats on the new job! Second of all I know this doesn't really help because you know it deep down already, but it bears repeating until you start to accept it:

Everyone. EVERYONE around you also feels like an impostor to some extent. It does get better, but it never really goes away. Totally normal, and I'm sure you'll do great.

[-] juniper@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I hope we're all having a good week so far. I've got £20 on my Nectar card after an Argos purchase, that's definitely a win.

Other things that have made me smile this week include my peace lily putting out two bracts and finding a hoverfly larva wiggling around on my back after a walk yesterday - which I subsequently took outside to a bush. On that walk I met a lovely puppy in the park, his name was Tucker. This morning I found an affectionately named Cucmber spider in the bathroom which I also subsequently took outside to a bush. I'm sensing a theme this week! This is your reminder to look out for and appreciate the small things - unless you have arachnophobia.