Corporate America can do that to a youngster. Especially in I.T. and the coding industry with stiff competition from India etc. The landscape of corporate culture is not the same from 15 years ago. It is much worse in my opinion.
Also, I’m thinking tictok, youtube, etc are more dangerous than we currently even know or realize. I think the ‘enemy’ has had some of the most devious psychologists developing it as a weapon for decades. Some are more susceptible than others but there is no ignoring the dopamine hits with video games etc.
My only suggestion would be to somehow limit the internet usage or ween it down while replacing it with something healthier. No small task, i know, but a thought. Easy to say, but try to find a club, hobby, new interest for them and act on it regularly. If it is possible that you can be involved, maybe all the better depending on the situation.
If your daughter has any interest in working for herself somehow or a ‘remote’ type position, there are more resources than ever due to the double edged sword of the internet. Freelance or consulting work may be a better fit.
Maybe your kids would have to ‘earn’ their internet free time with other productive time. This will not be easy to formulate or work-thru. Prepare for a battle royale, and things might get worse b4 better. I realize they aren’t young teens so this is tough.
Figure out how to spark or encourage healthy time and interests. Do some very off-the-wall brainstorming of ideas that are waaay out of the normal for each of you.
Try looking into Andy Frisella 75-hard - book and program (free program). It isn’t for everyone that is for sure.
The only thing that makes India competitive is the price of developers. As for the code, it is utter garbage. I waste hours sifting through bad code in offshore PRs. Then I spend more hours explaining why security checks should never be relied on, solely in Javascript, which they try to excuse and bs their way out of fixing, resulting in me recording videos of myself hacking up the DOM and JS in less than 5 seconds, bypassing their "security".
Agreed......and your scenario is happening in many industries (tech, engineering, healthcare, military...etc) with many foreign countries. With the current ‘outsourcing’ trend, the importance of any corporate patriotism has all but vanished, mostly due to a short sighted view of the bottom line.
I didn’t mean to imply the current ‘foreign’ competition (and outsourcing) was fair, healthy, or good. Just that it has made a mess of things for a newb getting into the industry as was the case with the original post / story.
Corporate America can do that to a youngster. Especially in I.T. and the coding industry with stiff competition from India etc. The landscape of corporate culture is not the same from 15 years ago. It is much worse in my opinion.
Also, I’m thinking tictok, youtube, etc are more dangerous than we currently even know or realize. I think the ‘enemy’ has had some of the most devious psychologists developing it as a weapon for decades. Some are more susceptible than others but there is no ignoring the dopamine hits with video games etc.
My only suggestion would be to somehow limit the internet usage or ween it down while replacing it with something healthier. No small task, i know, but a thought. Easy to say, but try to find a club, hobby, new interest for them and act on it regularly. If it is possible that you can be involved, maybe all the better depending on the situation.
If your daughter has any interest in working for herself somehow or a ‘remote’ type position, there are more resources than ever due to the double edged sword of the internet. Freelance or consulting work may be a better fit.
Maybe your kids would have to ‘earn’ their internet free time with other productive time. This will not be easy to formulate or work-thru. Prepare for a battle royale, and things might get worse b4 better. I realize they aren’t young teens so this is tough.
Figure out how to spark or encourage healthy time and interests. Do some very off-the-wall brainstorming of ideas that are waaay out of the normal for each of you.
Try looking into Andy Frisella 75-hard - book and program (free program). It isn’t for everyone that is for sure.
Just do not ever give up on them.
The only thing that makes India competitive is the price of developers. As for the code, it is utter garbage. I waste hours sifting through bad code in offshore PRs. Then I spend more hours explaining why security checks should never be relied on, solely in Javascript, which they try to excuse and bs their way out of fixing, resulting in me recording videos of myself hacking up the DOM and JS in less than 5 seconds, bypassing their "security".
Agreed......and your scenario is happening in many industries (tech, engineering, healthcare, military...etc) with many foreign countries. With the current ‘outsourcing’ trend, the importance of any corporate patriotism has all but vanished, mostly due to a short sighted view of the bottom line.
I didn’t mean to imply the current ‘foreign’ competition (and outsourcing) was fair, healthy, or good. Just that it has made a mess of things for a newb getting into the industry as was the case with the original post / story.