How have you changed since Sep7 began?

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I need to think about it for some time and then I'll respond, ok? Like that's a lot of time to think about of, even if I haven't been here from beginning.


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Alright, so since I joined the Sep7agon, I joined it during third year of university... I finished university, got bachelor degree first then masters degree with honors in computer science. My grandpa died right before I got masters degree.

Then after I finished university, I had to go into millitary service and I already mentally prepared myself to it, but then in a mid of that my mom got fired from a job due to cutting personnel (preparing to close hospital entirely at some point) and my mom became a complete pensioner and I became only person that could work in my family, so I couldn't serve in military anymore (and really nobody wanted me to serve there anyway because since I got masters, I shouldn't be in military). COVID helped quite a bit here since it delayed any process regarding my service and mom worked out full pensioner.

While I had to find a job, I couldn't find any, there were a lot of problems with me personally, also there is a lot of problems with my skill set. Let's go with problems with my skill set first. My skill set is mostly developed during uni years and it mostly involves inventing (or usually reinventing) wheels. It also is a very spreaded out skill set, not aimed at anything in particular. And so I have this skill set that is both SLOW and NOT AIMED ANYWHERE. I couldn't find job with skills like mine, even if I passed interview part, I failed at test task part cause I were SLOW. Not to mention that my skills expired out. Second problem is just that at very least I'm just not passionate in programming, I just can't push it really hard. Not only that, seeing how my skill set is bad I just stopped applying for work for the most part. I tried to learn new stuff that would make me useful for business, but I just didn't push hard enough on it, I just drop learning it. Only thing that was good about me that I been somewhat useful at home, trying to help as much as I can.

However it wasn't all bad for me, while I were in this period between after end of uni and before military commissariat was deciding my destiny, I took interest in Linux and as it turned out I actually quite liked it. However, I didn't play much with it after I got of hook from military, I tried to learn web development, Angular in particular, because web developers are quite needed here. It was semi successful, I did learn some Angular, and it helps me to be faster in a way, but Angular alone is not enough for me to write websites fast enough to be at acceptable level. And then in winter I took more interest in Linux, I read materials online and eventually I went ahead of myself and built Linux From Scratch on this Intel Celeron lagtop, with bad internet and I actually didn't have any issues building it. Took me a week what would took me a day on a normal pc, but whatever, I done it. I was so proud that I almost forgot that I did exactly what was written in book and in my opinion that wasn't that much hard.

Eventually I got rid of my old CV, I wrote a draft of CV but applying for system administrator now. And then soon after my uncle interfeered and I went to work at his friends company as an uhh... currently at 20% programmer, 40% marketing, 40% retail with phone calls in a sphere of work I don't know entirely. Too bad my marketing went too good, now I have calls on stuff I don't know (selling building supplies, plumbing equipment and stuff, household goods and the list goes on) and I'm not good at phone, though I just started recently, after 2 months of being 30% programmer and 70% marketing. I don't have exactly clear guidelines either, I feel like I do work I shouldn't do, and not in the way my employer wants, I have hard time communicating with my coworkers that I don't nessecary like either and honestly I don't like this job, though I try to get most of it in terms of experience. But one company recently contacted me, they saw my draft of my system administrator CV that I never had time to finish with my 9 to 6 work and they contacted me and thought that I would be a good fit for their work. I did eventually fail at test task, only managing doing
half of it at best, but they interviewed me after it and they actually liked my attitude so much that they will offer me a job in future if I fix some holes in my knowledge and get better internet connection. They'll pay me twice of what I told them (as a base salary, with ability to grow) and of what I have right now too, given that I pull it out. So my future is not that bleak, as long as I won't be lazy at the thing I love. 


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Sorry for a long rant, I just haven't been posting here for some time and I decided to give some update. I don't think that I changed much for the past few years. I think that environment I'm in changed and currently things on my mind are my job and how to change it, my parents and my friends. On one hand I tend to be quite a workaholic, quite "straight to the point" man once I get annoyed by something and on the other hand my interest in system administration is high enough to spend a lot of time on it, so hopefully I work this future job opportunity out.


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Sorry for a long rant, I just haven't been posting here for some time and I decided to give some update. I don't think that I changed much for the past few years. I think that environment I'm in changed and currently things on my mind are my job and how to change it, my parents and my friends. On one hand I tend to be quite a workaholic, quite "straight to the point" man once I get annoyed by something and on the other hand my interest in system administration is high enough to spend a lot of time on it, so hopefully I work this future job opportunity out.
hey, sent you a PM regarding work.


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Sorry for a long rant, I just haven't been posting here for some time and I decided to give some update. I don't think that I changed much for the past few years. I think that environment I'm in changed and currently things on my mind are my job and how to change it, my parents and my friends. On one hand I tend to be quite a workaholic, quite "straight to the point" man once I get annoyed by something and on the other hand my interest in system administration is high enough to spend a lot of time on it, so hopefully I work this future job opportunity out.
hey, sent you a PM regarding work.
Yup, received it, thanks.


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"You're out of touch, I'm out of time."
Well...

1. I've got a permanent job with decent benefits and insurance.

2. I've gone through 7 different girlfriends, currently on #8 now.  Wish me luck.

3. I have a modest gun collection now.

4. I've started on my Bachelor's degree and about halfway done with it.

5. I'm writing my first original novel.

6. I'm in the best shape I've ever been in, having finally achieved the 5-minute mile run I've been chasing after.  No pun intended. 


 
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Hmm...
Can't really think of anything. I got a job?


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Can't really think of anything. I got a job?

Give me control of the website. Or I will post fat man cheat


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I got way more attractive

I got more muscular, literally peak physical specimen

Made tons more money

I have met 1000s of different people and made close connections/relationships with hundreds of unique friends, broadening my perspective and giving me many opportunities for an exciting lifestyle

I’ve deepened my own perspective of life so much, I have a huge appreciation for every single thing in my life, just existing in general. My mood is like a constant 8-9/10 every day. I am genuinely in love with life more than I ever thought possible

I got a little bit more humble


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I got diagnosed with legit autism, had my first girlfriend, graduated, started studying more.


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Ember used to be cool and funny

Now he's just gay
basically the big personality changes & maturations you'd expect between the ages of 13 (when the site started) and 20 (now). became very active on tumblr and twitter & accrued large followings there, made a whole bunch of new friends, ive grown immensely as an artist (in 2014 i was basically just starting out) i had my first relationship discovered my sexuality, developed and expanded my interests, first job drivers license graduated high school & community college etc  etc. still living with my parents though
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hello kurt i thought about this cool web site and logged on line. pretty cool. how are you today my friend


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i am an even cooler poster than before. my posts are good and i like to post them. i am the pogchamp of posting. postchamp.


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Has this place really been around for 7 years holy fuck


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Has this place really been around for 7 years holy fuck



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Sep7 is nearing its 7-year anniversary. Many of us have experienced significant life changes since this site began.

I was 16 when this site started, and things have changed for me in many ways since then: enough that I don't feel like listing all of them right now. Some of the major points worth noting:

- I graduated high school in 2016, and am about to receive my bachelor's degree in a couple months

- I've moved residences three times since 2017, although I've remained in the north Texas area.

- I am much healthier than I used to be. From early 2018 through early to mid 2019 I lost about 60lb (200lb to 140lb).

here's me in 2017


me now

kurt dude

bro

dude

youre fuckin hot as fuck brah holy shit. if i were gay id hit it ngl goddamn bro excellent work. eres muy muy guapito [heart eyes emoji]


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Sep7 is nearing its 7-year anniversary. Many of us have experienced significant life changes since this site began.

I was 16 when this site started, and things have changed for me in many ways since then: enough that I don't feel like listing all of them right now. Some of the major points worth noting:

- I graduated high school in 2016, and am about to receive my bachelor's degree in a couple months

- I've moved residences three times since 2017, although I've remained in the north Texas area.

- I am much healthier than I used to be. From early 2018 through early to mid 2019 I lost about 60lb (200lb to 140lb).

here's me in 2017


me now

kurt dude

bro

dude

youre fuckin hot as fuck brah holy shit. if i were gay id hit it ngl goddamn bro excellent work. eres muy muy guapito [heart eyes emoji]

well, uh, thank you lmao


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This is a bit of a late response but I don't visit here too much, and it was an interesting topic.

This place started when I was 16 so in my final year of Secondary School in the UK (idk what that translates to as far as American schools go). Going through 2015 I was definitely at probably the worst point in my life, due to doing Sixth Form and studyingig subjects I didn't want to do and wasn't very good at - in retrospect I was definitely a lot edgier back then and stuff but honestly I was just kinda miserable. I'd always been the kind of person who did well in school without really trying so when I got to some level of higher education and did have to try, I didn't do very well and ended up failing hard. It sucked but it was ultimately good I think, as it definitely gave me more motivation to make a better attempt at it again - but that time I ended up going to college for IT and took a liking to 3D modelling and gamedev.

Throughout college and university after it, it felt like things definitely started to get a lot better and I think that was a combination of doing a subject I enjoyed and cared about and being surrounded by people who I had stuff in common with and I actually liked IRL. Overall I guess my reliance on the internet for socialisation sort of lessened which was definitely a good thing, and helped me grow my social skills a lot which I think was super valuable. In uni itself I managed to integrate well into a solid group of friends I see fairly regularly still, and made some super close friends I can't ever really imagine stopping talking to which was similarly good due to having some people IRL I can trust. I also ended up doing group projects where I was the lead artist and had to present to a full lecture hall of 200+ people which again was a huge deal for me in building my soft skills stuff. I sometimes feel like I might have spent too much time in uni working and not enough time relaxing, but it ended up paying off in allowing me to get a job in my field that I enjoy three months after graduating, and I recently got told they wanna keep me on permanently. It's still sort of surreal to think that I'm now able to live on my own with one of my friends just on my own work, and I'm paying my own way for stuff.

So I guess really I ended up changing for the better overall, particularly from the ages of 19-21. I have a decent job, a solid group of friends and I get to live away from my parents without issue at 23, which is something I never I would have expected I'd be able to do when this site began.  For me I think my biggest issue was that throughout my childhood/teenage years I never really had anyone around me who I really "got" or who got me, so I never really had that much in the way of people to be friends with or relate to IRL (living in the country away from anyone else was also a big thing as well). Going to uni and being around people with similar interests to me was a huge deal for me.

Throughout 2019-2020 I ended up losing quite a bit of weight too just by starting to regulate what I eat more and that was going pretty well, but then I ended up moving back in with my parents for a few months and eating whatever they were having so I'm mostly back to where I was I think, but I've been working on getting that going again now so that's also good.

I don't really have many pictures of me from a few years ago because I'm not much a picture person but here's one I took recently before i had my hair cut back to shoulder length-ish
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I went from being a shitty McDonald's manager, to being an intern chef in a 2-star Michelin restaurant, to being approved and THEN denied at Benu (3-star in San Fran) due to not having a shot that no longer seems to matter because of DELTA lol.
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Has this place really been around for 7 years holy fuck
Only 3 more years and we'll be as old as the Flood back on old Bnet


 
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well, i guess you can add "graduated college" to my ever-growing list of accomplishments


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Has this place really been around for 7 years holy fuck
Only 3 more years and we'll be as old as the Flood back on old Bnet



This place in three years


 
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Hmm...
Has this place really been around for 7 years holy fuck
Only 3 more years and we'll be as old as the Flood back on old Bnet



This place in three years
Part of the crew, part of the ship.


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well, i guess you can add "graduated college" to my ever-growing list of accomplishments
Congratulations! I just cancelled my graduation so I can attend one more undergraduate semester, try and improve my gpa, and get into grad school lol



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See you Cowgirl,
Someday, somewhere


Still dead inside

I’ll do a write up in a couple months depending on how things go.
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See you Cowgirl,
Someday, somewhere
Random rambling in the spoiler.
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The timing of this thread is very interesting. My mom just brought all of my stuff into my house (yeah, actually managed to buy a house last year) anyway, there was a lot of stuff from school and uni and a bunch of old photos and BD cards from friends and a bunch of valentine cards from my ex and some other stuff from my past. So much stuff happened yet I feel like I just graduated from school a couple of years back...

2014. It was my final year in university. I met an awesome person that year who helped me get back up after a rather tough breakup. Its crazy how things happen and life makes two people meet like that.
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2020.
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Still lookin good gd. Don’t think I didn’t notice you joining my halo infinite lobby.


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Random rambling in the spoiler.
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The timing of this thread is very interesting. My mom just brought all of my stuff into my house (yeah, actually managed to buy a house last year) anyway, there was a lot of stuff from school and uni and a bunch of old photos and BD cards from friends and a bunch of valentine cards from my ex and some other stuff from my past. So much stuff happened yet I feel like I just graduated from school a couple of years back...

2014. It was my final year in university. I met an awesome person that year who helped me get back up after a rather tough breakup. Its crazy how things happen and life makes two people meet like that.
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2020.
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Still lookin good gd. Don’t think I didn’t notice you joining my halo infinite lobby.
hehe, fun fact - I could not get a single game going but as soon as I joined you, it just worked.


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I'm continually getting better at drawing:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CIlvIujl-0d/?utm_medium=copy_link

+ My fitness is improving - slowly but surely!


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See you Cowgirl,
Someday, somewhere
Alright finally ready to post. I’ve changed a decent amount since when I joined. When I joined I was 17, I’m now 25. I used to be really quiet, reserved, shy, but also very relaxed. And while I still am, I’m a lot more outgoing now. I can actually go outside and make friends with people that aren’t online. The last two years of being stuck indoors was fun at first, but not being able to go out to eat at restaurants or bars or going to the gym has sucked and I’m only just now getting back into the groove. Since joining I have graduated college and graduate school, and I am now starting medical school this fall. I’ve really come far in the last 8 years. I had a lot of setbacks and roadblocks that have sent me spiraling to depression and honestly if it weren’t for this forum or my Xbox account I probably wouldn’t have gotten past any of those blocks. I wonder if a lot of people here will still be lurking when I graduate in 4 years.

Cheers, and keep moving forward.
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