From Vintage Clothing Store to Infrastructure (Server) Engineer

Hello, I'm incompetent.

I'll leave this here to keep my own records.
You might think, "Why bother writing something like this here...". In the past, I used to keep a diary in a notebook, but I felt that keeping records on a digital medium was better suited to my personality and for record-keeping, so I'm leaving it on this blog. I can search it, and even if the data gets wiped out, thanks to archive services, I can always view it again as long as I remember the domain.

Introduction

I worked at a small vintage clothing store for about 4 years.
There was no particular reason I started working there; I began because the president invited me. I went from part-time to full-time employment, and now suddenly, I'm moving to an infrastructure engineer role...
Originally, there were difficult aspects from the very beginning, but I eventually quit because I felt that various things were significantly impacting my life in a negative way.
Roughly speaking, I turned a blind eye to things I noticed in my first year, felt my spirit being eroded, and realized that my reckless behavior, contrary to my original personality, was increasing, so I quit.

I apologize for causing a lot of trouble... However, upon reflection, considering the amount I earned for the company, I should have already repaid my debt of gratitude sufficiently.

And so... Job Hunting.

Normally, it's unthinkable to go from the service industry to an infrastructure engineer.
So, I'm truly grateful.

To begin with, job postings related to server operations are really few, and the scope is too narrow.
I'll omit the details to avoid being identified, but for the company whose final offer was exactly what I wanted, I drew up a configuration diagram of my currently running home server using LibreOffice Writer and brought it to the interview.
Immediately after the interview, I thought, "What did I just do...". But after sleeping on it and thinking it over, I realized that when moving from a clothing store to a computer-related job, just talking about computers in an interview lacks credibility. So, I felt positive, thinking it "might have been good for the interviewer to understand" my capabilities.

To My Past Self

I thought it was really good that in junior high school, I installed Apache, ran a bulletin board, created virtual environments with VMware, and repaired and gave away junk PCs when friends asked me for a laptop. (Of course, it's not comparable at all to the enterprise version of VMware.)
I also remembered recently, looking at my old bookmarks, that I used to look at sites introducing C language just for reading because I suddenly wanted to make games.

I apologize, but I also DDoS'd bulletin boards. And then, using the Radeon RX480 I got in my third year of junior high, I generated Meriken's trips and did some mining. However, I'm really glad I didn't touch Coinhive, which I thought was dangerous. It's not that I think it was illegal at the time, even considering incidents like the Winny case, but I feel that there are many cases where you lose in a "rock-paper-scissors" game when regulations are almost non-existent, so perhaps that's why I didn't touch it.

Or rather, instead of putting effort into that, I wonder if I wasn't interested in that kind of system because mining myself had more reproducibility and a sense of dream? That being said, I don't have that wallet, and Minergate itself, which I used back then, no longer exists.
I'm pretty sure there was a folder history suggesting I used Phenix Miner, so I mined with that and various other things.

By the way, I started dabbling with Tor around junior high school as well.
For a casual internet watcher, it was painful that there weren't many users, so I only checked it occasionally.
Casual internet watchers love to see what kind of people have what kind of thoughts, so it's painful when there are no users.

People often say Tor is full of illegal activities, but in reality, it's not just that; I think the clear web has just as much or even more. People just don't pay attention.

In fact, even on Twitter/X, which is familiar to Japanese people, there are countless examples of account buying, "dark" part-time jobs, and explicit content that are out of bounds. In the end, isn't morality left up to each individual?

I don't think anyone truly lives a clean life to begin with, so it's better to strive to live a fun life.

Well, in that dark way, I was able to live my student life focused on what I wanted to do, so I have no regrets. Though I couldn't have any romantic relationships at all!!!!!!!!

And After Turning 20...

Fundamentally, when it comes to things circulating in the world, I really love ordinary things.
However, to review this world, you need experience and actual trials to understand; there's comparison and verification, and from there, sometimes you feel like you understand even 1mm of the economic system, and sometimes you fail.
Reviewing isn't limited to items; there are services, ideologies, lifestyles, and many other things, so you should try various things to clearly determine what suits you and what doesn't.
Even with things that don't suit me, if I can make them suit me, life often becomes richer, so I also love trying to find the good aspects.

I love soy sauce ramen, I like white rice, I like rolled omelets, and I like all kinds of alcohol. It seems I only listed food, but as I do these things, I realize my life becomes filled with only things I love, and that supports my existence. Of course, even with a person like me, I still have friends, seniors, and juniors who get along with me.

Recently, or rather, regarding economics, I've been following it for three years because it's closely related to my future life and the real world, allowing me to gain advantages, learn various dark things, and it's fun, so I constantly pursue studies and information.
I also continue with computers because they are fun. I also look at and buy clothes because they are fun. I'm always searching for music. Movies too, etc...

Conclusion: Dragon Quest 5 is Fun

I'm playing Dragon Quest 5 again, which I probably played through 10 times in the past, and it's really fun.

The game balance of the monsters that become allies, and the heartwarming story, are the best.
For me, the runner-up is Dragon Quest 8. The reasons are that Jessica is cute, and the character design of the protagonist, along with the excitement of the 3D map and vast fields, is irresistible.

Well then.

I'll do my best from now on!