Remarkable 2, hands down.
I have had a terrific time with it. A pleasure to use and an impressive boost of productivity as it has the best of both worlds. Being able to handwrite and organize files in folders on a single device
Yes. As the social animals that we are we need to devote to a certain social duty, wolves, ants, bees, penguins, you name it...any animal that lives in community look for the benefit of the colony, doing the opposite would be unnatural.
If you miss the headphone jack don't buy an Iphone.
When buying a product you are actually validating its design with your purchase. Every dollar is a vote and money is the only language companies talk.
Learn about philosofy of life (like stoicism for example) . This is a very practical knowladge that will help you live a better and happier life.
It might also help you find what next you wanna learn.
Amancio Ortega, one of the top 5 richest person on earth and owner of Zara and few other brands donated 350M€ last year to the Spanish public healthcare system. We got new mammograms all over the country.
Check out Thinkpad T470, t470s and x1 carbon last generation.
Very nice technical support. 3y warranty. High linux compatibility, and a bunch of other extras like trackpoint, 14inch mate screen, dual hot-swap batteries and 4g intrgrated modem.
Privateemail works pretty well, 10€/y and I think it's like 3€ or 4€ per each extra email address.
As mail client I use thunderbird and K9.
I very much appreciate my privacy, so I would always use things that I can understand how they are making revenue without selling my data.
I've been working on remote for a couple of years now. I would suggest you to try the same although I know not everybody might fit for remote positions.
About how to get a job, well I do move a lot and work really hard.
I have never had to attend to a regular interview and I have never 'applied' for a job.
What usually happens is that I meet someone that at that exact moment are looking for what I can offer, so I offer myself. They set an interview with the CTO, and after a few weeks they can't remember how old I was or what degree I had.
Talk to many people, work hard on your side-projects, attend meetups and hackathons and don't try to screw anyone when working on remote.
My situation might not be common, I feel myself a bit lucky, but I know there are more people like me and maybe my experience might encourage you to do the same.
Good luck and don't give up, you don't need a degree to prove what you are capable of. Work hard!
Maybe I'm wrong but I would suggest you looking for a job and show them what you can do.
I've been working as a developer for a few years now and although I don't have any CS degree and I'm pretty young (low 20s) employers trust me after a couple of weeks.
Look for startups or entities that don't have too much burocracy and show them what you have done before. What usually happens is that you will get a freelance job for a couple weeks and they will hire you.
Real companies need real people doing real things, they don't care about bullshit.
If you ship you are in.