What a nice surprise. Loading this community on my home instance shows just 2 subscribers! I was wondering why no one was subscribing!

Let’s hope so.

I did just want to follow up my original comment with another saying a big thank you for creating this space, whatever instance it resides on. I don’t want you to feel my words were a complaint. Just sharing of an observation and possible solution.

I hope that once my life calms a little (just moved apartments and downsized) I’ll be able to contribute more to this space and help it grow.

I see it now. Nice. ❤️

Fair enough. I just wanted to put the idea out there.

Lemmy certainly has growing pains and that is understandable given it is still under development. I just felt that being on this instance in particular appeared to be amplifying those growing pains and hobbling the community, perhaps avoidably.

For me the only reliable method right now is separate accounts on multiple instances that house the communities I sub to. Then I can view and comment locally with up a full and up to date view of the posts. It certainly isn’t a convenient or simple solution but it is the most reliable. I hope I can revert to a single account in the future and others aren’t discouraged from migrating here as Tte Reddit situation certainly isn’t improving.

I just see your comment. No picture.

Essentialism.

I started it once before and didn’t really like it and gave up, but I had been on a minimalism/simple living reading marathon for a while at that point and was a bit burnt out and needed some fiction. I’ve waited 6 weeks for a copy to become available again at my library again so am starting again now.

100% agreed!

As someone who did phone helpdesk, then deskside support, then server support over a 10 year period and then, after the 2008 recession, moved into programming for another 10 years I would agree that support was the more enjoyable and simple role. You had to learn new tech, but not at the rate you do in programming, plus each day felt different as you were presented with different problems/people. In programming it seems like same stuff different day and it gets old.

I will say that this doesn’t have to be so black and white. A helpdesk role can have progression into desktop and server support and that brings fiscal increases and I didn’t feel any of those positions were overly complex in my life like programming is.

Slight caveat though, I haven’t had to interact people in a helpdesk sense for years now and with the advent of social media and the inflation of ego’s and narcissism in general it might now be that such a role is now less enjoyable. Perhaps your experience is more recent.