It felt nice finding the optimal path. I found it nice as a hook to pay for the whole course, I think I'd enjoy this hands-on approach to learning, congrats for making it feel appealing!
However, I won't pay for the course as I'm only an IC with no realistic path to management. But maybe "transitioning from IC to management" is too small of a niche for this product: sounds like it would be good for managers that want to improve: "strategies for management from an ex-developer" or something like that
And just like that, you no longer have a good benchmark. Scrapers / AI developers will read this comment, and add 5-legged dogs to LLM's training data.
The actual reason they tell you to register for warranty via a phone number is for a salesperson to pick up, and upsell you on "enhanced warranty" or "insurance". It's proven that people feel awkward saying no to a salesperson, and agree to pay extra much more often than they would do online (they'd just tick "no" on the enhanced warranty paid product).
That's also why the author went on a queue: the call-center is not for the washing-machine company, it's an insurance-selling center that works with multiple companies.
During the day desktop PC is off and I work on my laptop, then I turn it off and switch to the desktop PC. With synergy one would always have to be on.
A basic KVM switch [0]. Got tired of switching my mouse, keyboard and monitor cables between my work laptop and my desktop PC. This makes it a 1 button press.