banjodeluxe

I want to write about certain topics that I don't want employers to read - mostly about my religious journey and where that's taking me, to be specific. It's nothing controversial, just a very intimate experience that I'd like to share but not necessarily have associated with my professional persona. How would you approach that? Is the easiest way just to set up an account under a pen name on a blogging site? Any other ideas?

I'm starting a new job soon, and I've been given a budget to spend on what will be my laptop. What is the usual protocol for this? Can/Should I take the budget they give me and perhaps add a couple hundred euro of my own money to get a better machine or stick to the budget and get the best that money can get me? I know asking my boss is probably the best idea but before I do that I want to get some opinions - asking about these kind of things when starting is a little intimidating. Thanks!

I'm a young developer with a couple of years of experience in industry; that is obviously not to say I still have a lot to learn. I am dissatisfied with my job but haven't been able to find a position elsewhere to go to - my dissatisfaction right now is so that I'm thinking of taking a career break, living off my savings for a while until something comes up.

If I was to do that, how would my time be best utilised? I'm looking more for things I could do to better myself as a professional without having a formal job than suggestions about my lifestyle like "go on holiday", etc...

I'm planning to write an application that will have web and native mobile apps. I've been looking at storage options and from where I'm standing Firebase seems to be the easiest to use and has the best free tier - I have no experience with cloud-data development, so this is something I know nothing about. Does anyone have any use stories to share before I settle for this?

I found yesterday's post about how to learn JS pretty useful - I've been trying to learn Django myself, any ideas?

I've been trying to journal for some time now, never quite stuck with the habit. I'm trying to make a tool that will work for me and I think its interesting to know what other people would like from something like this, maybe add some of the suggestions. Thank you!