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When I interviewed in Accenture in job role it was showing application developer as Azure DevOps.when i received offer letter in which role showing "Quality Engineering Analyst". What type of work they will give. I was expecting to work with DevOps tool. Please give clarity on this shall I talk to hr about this? Anyone know about this pls share your comments?Accenture Cognizant Accenture Tata Consultancy
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I think you need to free up the space in your head and time from work first. I had no hobbies except drinking when I went in house. 3 years later my hobbies are generally lifting weights and running, and Jesus. I like fishing too but hard to do with a family/young kids.
Being interested in something is the first step usually the rest falls in to place. I wouldnt recommend having a hobby for the sake of having a hobby because now thats just a chore.
I try new things on my own and with other people. I’ve been working on a painting for a couple weeks from a painting kit I ordered online.
I take fitness classes for health but it’s also fun for me. I sometimes play pickleball because some of my friends play so I’ll go with them.
I go swimming by myself or with family.
I play the Sims because I love the Sims. And I sometimes play challenging games like Blauder’s Gate because my partner likes when we play it together. It makes litigation seem easy lol.
Date yourself: Try new things and see what you end up wanting to do more and more!
I’m not sure what stage of life you’re in, but once you have kids in the burbs there are hobby groups galore—mahjong, book clubs, pickleball, walking clubs, bunco, golf, tennis….
The people in these groups may happen to have kids and you may have joined because you knew someone else in the group that had kids. But it's very discouraging to say these are for family focused people. Women have kids and it becomes their entire personality and they only want to hang out with people that have kids because they dont think they have anything in common with others like they didn't possess interests prior to procreating. But there's nothing about a book club or a women's group golf lesson that has anything to do with kids. Im almost certain that bunco parties are very not kid friendly. So to OP, if you don't have kids, don't feel like you cant join something if the women in the group have kids, unless they make you feel left out because you don't have kids. As someone who doesnt have kids, I'm literally in a book club, I take yoga classes and I'm in a women's group golf class. It literally has nothing to do with having kids and they aren't "focused in family community organizations"
Pick something you like and just do it. I golf at least once a week and it’s the perfect 4 hours of semi-uninterrupted me time.
I play TCG games 1-2 a week. It’s a great community and a good way to spend time without needing to drink.
Find an active hobby and get outside. Mine are pickleball and hiking.
You got to force yourself to make time. Treat it like a job. Think back to what you liked doing as a teenager and in college and do that. I got reacquainted with my love for video games and swimming (helps that my building has a pool) this past year. It’s been great. Can I do it every day? No. But when I have any downtime, my mind immediately goes to those things and I start doing that instead of going for the bottle.
golf, weight lift, run, swim, vlog, bike, go to restaurants and concerts, snowboard/skii, travel, visit museums, do mma, make love (self or with a partner(s)), netflix, cook, clean, drive, go to standup comedy shows, hitchhike, skydive, etc
What did you like doing as a kid? I played soccer growing up and now play in a few men’s leagues.
The ‘date yourself’ suggestion is great. Try new things and figure out what you like.
Reading is a great hobby. You can do it as much or as little as you want/have time for, it's cheap (God bless libraries!), and the topics are infinite - you may even read about something that you want to try, which will lead you to your next hobby! Plus, if you want a social component, there are book clubs and author readings at libraries and bookstores. Making it a habit is easy, because if you find a book you're into, you won't want to stop reading it; and you can even multitask - listen to audio books while you work out or on your commute.