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How I Went from Civil Engineer to Product Owner in 2 Years

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How I Went from Civil Engineer to Product Owner in 2 Years

Learning to code so that you can land a job in tech can feel daunting. That’s why we’re sharing inspiring stories from Codecademy’s community — to show how people like you (yes, you!) can embark on a learning journey and end up with a totally new career. We hope these stories serve as a reminder that there’s no single path to a more fulfilling work life. 

Today’s story is from Jan Osterž, a 35-year-old Product Owner at a software engineering company, living in Slovenia. Read more stories from Codecademy learners here — and be sure to share your story here. 

Why I chose to learn to code 

“I have a master’s in civil engineering, and I specialized in infrastructure analysis. My big interest was always bridges. During my masters degree thesis, I learned about a tool that involved visual scripting to model different kinds of buildings, bridges, and similar structures. Then I had an idea: what if I tried to use this tool to model a parametric bridge? We worked together with a local bridge company and provided a small program that could define a bridge and make parametric changes to it. 

This project wasn’t just about visual scripting; the visual scripts were built on the basis of Python. Because it was open source, we needed to develop our own nodes to perform specific tasks. This experience was one of my first entry points into software development —actually doing some of the development work. 

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After I graduated, I got an offer to join a company that was developing software for modeling and analyzing bridges. They had just opened a new office near me in Austria.  

At first, I was unsure whether to take the offer. I had always wanted to do something like this — combining software development with civil engineering — however, I had to consider the commute. My old job was just 10 minutes away from my home, whereas this new job would require me to drive about three hours each day, to and from work. In the end, though, it was worth it.” 

How I made time to learn 

“We were lucky during the pandemic because we were sent to work from home. This meant I didn’t have to spend time commuting anymore. I began thinking about how I could level-up my game in the company. Initially, I started as a Technical Consultant but was gradually pushed more into product management. I realized that I was talking with developers daily and needed to understand what they were doing and what they were telling me. I also needed to understand their point of view. 

This was a good opportunity to sign up for Codecademy Pro. I had so much time that I really started using it on a daily basis, beginning in 2019. I finished around five in the afternoon, but I could go to Codecademy and start coding till 10 in the evening.”  

I’ve managed to combine my roles, working from both the product management perspective and the development perspective.

Jan Osterž

Product Owner

How I got in the door 

“I didn’t tell anyone [that I was learning to code] at the beginning. I just wanted to do it for myself. When I first explored Codecademy, I saw so many courses and first had to find what was interesting to me. One of the first career paths I completed was the Computer Science career path. It helped me with Python, and it gave me a good understanding of the syntax of coding, different algorithms, data structures, and so on. 

Once I finished that, I slowly started to tell people that I was learning to code. I began asking the development lead if I could get the opportunity to do some coding. He was a bit hesitant at first. They were supportive, saying it was good that I wanted to learn and understand this stuff, but they didn’t want to give me an opportunity to try something right away. I always thought, Okay, I know Python, I understand computer science basics, but because we were mainly focused on C++ and C#, they were hesitant. I felt stuck and didn’t know what to do next or where to go from there.” 

How long it took me to change jobs 

“I continued learning on Codecademy almost daily for about a year and a half. At some point, I decided that maybe web development was something for me. I started the Full-Stack Engineer career path twice and found myself thinking, Maybe I want to go in this direction. However, I still felt that people didn’t take me seriously. Many in the company seemed to think, Okay, you learned to code, but we don’t have time to give you an opportunity. 

In 2021, I signed up for an official governmental program for university. I was a bit scared at first and didn’t know what to expect, but I found that what I had learned from Codecademy was the same as what they taught there. It was easy for me to move forward from there. 

Eventually, people started to take me seriously. I told them that my official program required me to do some practical work at a company, and I suggested doing it there. They agreed, saying I could start a side project away from our main line of code. I worked on it with one of my colleagues, and after a year of development, people saw that I was serious and capable.” 

How I evaluated the offer 

“There were about seven or eight months where the main focus was C#-based development. We were building an external plugin for our application, and during this period, I was deeply involved in development. However, I also took on more responsibilities in other areas, and I felt torn about which direction to pursue. 

I didn’t want to miss the opportunity to work as a developer, but I was offered a role as a Product Owner. I was really thinking about what to do, because if I went completely into development, I might lose touch with all the civil engineering work I had done previously. My vision was always to combine these fields. 

In the end, I decided to go for product ownership. However, I still have the possibility to do some coding. I always have access to the code and can do small tasks on my own. If I have the time, I can also help with development. I’ve managed to combine my roles, working from both the product management perspective and the development perspective. 

This combined knowledge, much of which I acquired through Codecademy, allows me to have better technical conversations with the development lead and the developers. For example, if we get a younger developer, I can provide tips and guidance. I can suggest directions to explore, such as using WPF [Windows Presentation Foundation] in C#, or recommend libraries to use. All this knowledge helps me manage and integrate both aspects of my work effectively.” 

What I actually do all day 

“A typical day for me starts with a short Scrum meeting where we go through what everyone is doing and identify any obstacles. Although these meetings are usually meant just for the developers, I like to join them whenever possible to stay updated on any problems and ensure we are on track with the current sprint. 

Next, I usually spend the morning thinking about what we will do in the next sprint. I prepare concepts, write user stories, and input them into JIRA to start planning for the next sprint. In the second half of my day, I have more detailed discussions with different developers. I check on their progress and ensure that we are moving in the right direction to achieve the desired increment by the end of the sprint. 

Because we are in a highly technical field, focusing on the analysis and calculation of bridges, my discussions are often technical. I talk not only with developers but also with customers to get their feedback on what we are doing. Additionally, I consult with other technical teams that specialize in areas I may not be as familiar with to get their input. 

This is usually how my day goes. I try to plan, but every day is different. New issues come up, some things become urgent, and priorities shift. It’s a lot of handling various tasks and adapting to new challenges as they arise.” 

What I wish I knew before I started learning 

“The important thing is that it’s not about which language you choose; it’s about learning the concepts first. These concepts are easily transferable between languages. Master one language first and then move on. In my early years when I started coding, I was just jumping around —from Python to C to C++ to C#. I wanted to learn everything at once without focusing on the concepts and what was actually important. 

If I had known this earlier, it would have been easier for me to start with a clear path. Now, I understand this, and when I see some of my friends starting to learn to code, I want to tell them the same thing: you need to learn one language first and understand the concepts.  

What I want to say is that you need to learn various things, but first, master one language. Then you can broaden your horizons. In the end, it’s about having a solid foundation before expanding your knowledge.” 

Not sure where to start? Check out our personality quiz! We’ll help you find the best programming language to learn based on your strengths and interests. 

Want to share your Codecademy learner story? Drop us a line here. And don’t forget to join the discussions in our community. 

Every High School Student Can Save a Life

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Every High School Student Can Save a Life

This letter, by Alexander Klee, 16, of Amity Regional High School in Woodbridge, Conn., is one of the Top 9 winners of The Learning Network’s Student Open Letter Contest, for which we received 8,065 entries. You can find the work of all the winners, as we publish them, here.

Dear Governor Lamont,

From cutting taxes for working families, to investing in clean energy, to leading our Covid-19 response, you have made lasting and positive change in Connecticut. This is not, however, a time to rest. You must take another look at the opioid overdose epidemic in our state.

While the judicial system has dealt with the Sacklers, the impact of opioids is still sending waves of loss through our communities. In 2022, 1,348 of your constituents died of an opioid overdose, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System. With more potent opioids like fentanyl in our illegal drug supply, these accidental deaths could continue to happen to anyone, anywhere, at any time.

In your defense, Connecticut has done a lot to combat this public health epidemic, like developing the Naloxone + Opioid Response App and increasing access to fentanyl test strips. However, I firmly believe that your administration’s response efforts missed the mark by ignoring high school students.

In our current health curriculum, there is extensive education on illicit substances, their classifications and their impact on our bodies. The Connecticut General Statutes require the Department of Education to include these subjects in our curriculum, but they do not go as far as to mandate instruction on one of the greatest tools available to combat the opioid crisis: Naloxone.

Naloxone is a safe, effective and lifesaving medicine that can reverse an opioid overdose when given in time, per The New York Times. There is room in our health curriculum to teach students how to recognize and reverse an opioid overdose. If teachers are given appropriate materials and support, every high school student in Connecticut could learn these crucial skills.

I strongly urge you to submit a governor’s bill to the Connecticut General Assembly to mandate education in our public high schools on opioid overdose recognition and reversal.

This curriculum mandate is the puzzle piece missing from our health education, and is not without precedent — Maine enacted similar legislation in 2023. Of course, we should know that addictive substances are harmful, but knowing what an opioid overdose looks like, and how to reverse it, is what students need to be a part of the solution.

While students and parents often worry that teaching about Naloxone will encourage drug use, the data actually shows otherwise. A study published in 2023 found that Naloxone access laws are not associated with an increase in substance use among adolescents.

High school should give us the tools necessary for life outside of public education. After graduation, high-risk behavior drastically increases, and it is imperative we have the knowledge to prevent fatalities. Governor Lamont, you can ensure we receive this crucial instruction, which will empower us to fight the opioid overdose epidemic and save lives.

The Winners of Our Open Letter Contest

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The Winners of Our Open Letter Contest

What’s bothering you? Who could do something about it? What could you say to persuade that person to care or to make change? How could you make us care, too?

Those are the questions we posed to teenagers for our new Open Letter Contest this spring, inviting students to write public-facing letters to people or groups about issues that mattered to them. We received over 8,000 in response.

Written to senators about making health care more accessible, to Gen Z about embracing kindness, and to Taylor Swift about reducing her carbon emissions, the letters were direct, passionate and powerful. We even received one addressed to us, The Learning Network, to which we will be posting a reply next week.

Below, and in this PDF, you’ll find the list of the more than 150 finalists whose work we are honoring. We’ll be publishing the nine winning letters in full — one each day over the next two weeks. We hope you’ll read them and let the writers know what you think by commenting on their work.

But, as we know from running contests for years, winning isn’t the only reward. In their accompanying process statements, many echoed this sentiment by Victoria Anderson-Lynch, whose letter to street harassers made it to our final round of judging:

It started as a prompt given to me as an assignment signaling the end of our grading period, nothing more than another thing to add to my ever growing to-do list … Somewhere along the way my priorities changed. This letter has no longer been written for the sake of having it done, it’s not for any teacher or grade. I am not submitting this with any intention of winning, because what I have discovered throughout this writing process is something more powerful than an award will ever hold. I was given the privilege of finding my voice. For the first time in my life I understand the power my words hold. I hope someday others will resonate with that power and use it to find a voice of their own.

Thank you to all the students who participated, and to the educators who took a chance on this new contest.

If you enjoyed this challenge, join us for our Summer Reading Contest through Aug. 16.

In alphabetical order, by the writer’s first name, below, and in this PDF.

Alexander Klee, 16, Amity Regional High School, Woodbridge, Conn.: “Every High School Student Can Save a Life”

Alexis Rippon, 13, Geelong Grammar School, Geelong, Australia: “The Devil From Down Under”

Anya Wang, 16, Ridge High School, Basking Ridge, N.J.: “A Letter From a ‘Loser’”

Casey Goldstein, 17, Byram Hills High School, Armonk, N.Y.: “Dear New York State Senators, Could You Please Repeat That?”

Emma Wang, 15, Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, Conn.: “Reclaiming Singapore’s Credit for Success: Removing Colonialist Statues”

Justin, 16, Seoul Foreign School, Seoul: “A Letter to Midjourney”

Leela Uppaluri, 16, The Winsor School, Boston: “Accepting Autism: A Sibling’s Perspective”

Lucy Robb, 17, Jesuit High School, Portland, Ore.: “Grass Lawns: Lavish and Lamentable”

Oliver Bohon, 17, Bloomington High School South, Bloomington, Ind.: “Insulin: Drugs vs. Dividends”

Aila Woods, 17, Brooklyn Technical High School, Brooklyn, N.Y.: “To the Mothers of the 9-Year-Olds in Sephora”

Aliyah Majeed-Hall, 16, The Potomac School, McLean, Va.: “Why Gen Z Needs Ted Lasso”

Callisto Lim, 17, Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Houston: “Reinstate DEI in Texas Universities: An Open Letter”

Celine Tay, 17, Shanghai: “Dear Moms and Dads, We Should Talk About Sex”

Jessie Hui Hu, 17, Colégio Bandeirantes, São Paulo, Brazil: “Dear Taylor Swift, Let’s Shake Off Those Carbon Emissions!”

Lauren, 14, Seoul International School, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea: “An Open Letter to Mr. James Quincey Addressing Worker Exploitation in India”

Matan Davies, 17, Scarsdale High School, Scarsdale, N.Y.: “An Open Letter to Governor Hochul From a High Schooler Entering Society”

Natalie Krause, 16, South Lyon High School, South Lyon, Mich.: “My (Menstrual) Education”

Niah L. Maduakolam, 15, Munster High School, Munster, Ind.: “An Open Letter to Schools Districts that Discriminate Against Afro-Centric Hairstyles”

Om Nair, 17, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, Durham, N.C.: “An Open Letter to the Commissioner of the F.D.A., Written By a Maternal Orphan”

Rongfei Mu, 16, Beijing World Youth Academy, Beijing: “An Open Letter to Prime Minister Kishida”

Sofia Fontenot, 18, Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Houston: “An Open Letter to Labi Siffre”

Sophie Jin, 14, Shanghai American School, Shanghai: “N.Y.C. Needs to Pee — An Open Letter to the New York City Council”

Abigail King, 16, Pleasantville High School, Pleasantville, N.Y.: “An Open Letter to Mental Health Professionals From a Member of the Lockdown Generation”

Amy Lau, 15, Roosevelt High School, San Antonio, Texas: “Letter to Washington: End the Use of Hateful Rhetoric”

Anniyah Rizvi, 17, Langley High School, McLean, Va.: “An Open Letter to the English Language”

Ava Resnick, 13, Ethical Culture Fieldston School, Bronx, N.Y.: “An Open Letter to Screenagers: Start Living Outside the Phone-Shaped Box”

Caroline Serenyi, 18, Holton-Arms School, Bethesda, Md.: “A Necessary Breakup”

Chiana Le, 17, Tarbut V’Torah Community Day School, Irvine, Calif.: “Dental Healthcare Isn’t a Privilege, It Is a Natural Right”

Chidera Okeke, 15, The Berkshire School, Sheffield, Mass.: “Written in the Margins”

Claire Weng, 14, Clements High School, Sugar Land, Texas: “Leaving Library Fines Behind”

Clementine Lu, 15, World Foreign Language School: “Let Kids Be Kids in High School Interviews”

Cyrus Sarfaty, 17, Upper Canada College, Toronto: “Regrets From a Font-Fretting Fussbudget”

Daniel Kang, 16, Tanglin Trust School, Singapore: “Open Letter to Men: Breaking the Silence on Mental Health”

Ella Dickinson, 15, East Chapel Hill High School, Chapel Hill, N.C.: “Dear United States Preventative Task Force”

Eva Manevski, 17, South Lyon High School, South Lyon, Mich.: “Oh Crickets: Turning Over a New Leaf for Food”

Felize Riona G. Ilagan, 16, Philippine Science High School – Main Campus, Quezon City, Philippines: “An Open Letter to the Tycoons of the Global North”

Georgia Bond, 17, Lower Merion High School, Ardmore, Pa.: “Reforming Our College Admissions Culture”

Harshitha Sudhakar, 17, South Lyon High School, South Lyon, Mich: “What Is the Value in Movie Classics?”

Irene Yebin Joh, 14, Seoul International School, Gyeonggi-do: “Beyond ‘Gifted’: Embracing Diversity in Washington’s Classrooms”

Isha Harbaugh, 17, Bloomington High School South, Bloomington, Ind.: “My Life, My Choice: An Open Letter”

Jessica Zhang, 15, Sage Hill School, Newport Beach, Calif.: “Fast Fashion Brands: Your Young Customers Are Heading for the Exit”

Jina Song, 15, Seoul Foreign School, Seoul: “Mayor Oh, Stop Suffocating Us With Seoul’s Waste”

Kathryne Hong, 16, Durham Academy: “Farewell From Nowhere”

Leah Platts-Mills, 14, Smith Middle School, Chapel Hill, N.C.: “An Open Letter Advocating for Accessible Swimming Lessons”

Lila Boutin, 16, School One, Providence, R.I.: “Dear U.S.D.A.: Underresourced Communities Can Only Join Your ‘People’s Garden Initiative’ Once They Have Access to Resources for Growing”

Lila Cassinari, 15, Farmington High School, Farmington, Conn.: “Fueling the Future: A Student’s Right to Eat”

Lola Babinski, 15, Lyons Township High School, Western Springs, Ill.: “Normalize Noise-Cancelling”

Lucas Rounds, 15, Open World Learning, Saint Paul, Minn.: “An Open Letter to Millionaires Who Hold Our Healthcare Hostage, and the American Healthcare System”

Qiming Yang, 18, Emma Willard School, Troy, N.Y.: “An Open Letter to High School Educators: The Case for Home Economics”

Nathan Yam, 14, International Christian School: “Nuclear Power Is Safer and Greener Than You Think: A Letter to Greenpeace”

Ngoc Linh Nguyen, 17, Vinschool Smart City, Hanoi, Vietnam: “Tote Overload: A Letter to Cotton Tote Bag Users”

Nickohli Beiersdorf, 17, James E. Dottke Project-Based Learning High School, West Allis, Wis.: “A Letter to the Metal Community (From a Metalhead)”

Paula Garcia Moreno Caraza, 17, Instituto Mexicano Regina, Mexico City,: “An Open Letter to Mexico’s Undecided Voters”

Santiago Vira, 17, Brooklyn Technical High School, Brooklyn, N.Y.: “To the 3-D Printing Industry, Let’s Fix This”

Sophia Tsien, 17, Bergen County Technical High School, Teterboro, N.J.: “Dear Congress: Let the China Initiative Rot”

Vale Kerns, 18, Arlington Career Center, Arlington, Va.: “Health of a Nation”

Vanessa Moffett, 15, Jack, Emma and Grace, Bernards High School: “Peaking at 16: Unregulated Competitive Sports Are Breaking Children’s Bodies and Minds”

Xinyi (Cindy) Zeng, 15, Milton Academy, Milton, Mass.: “(An Unapologetically Pink) Letter to the National Speech and Debate Association on Gender Bias in Debate”

Here is a PDF of all of our finalists, including 96 additional entries that made it to the last round of judging.

From The New York Times: Ana Paola Wong, Ana Sosa, Anastasia Marks, Anita Patil, Dana Davis, Elie Levine, Emma Grillo, Emma Kehlbeck, Evan Prince, Helmuth Rosales, Isaac Aronow, John Otis, Juliette Seive, Kassie Bracken, Ken Paul, Kendal Simmons, Kirsten Akens, Kristina Samulewski, Margaret Goldberg, Mark Walsh, Mathilde Tanon, Matt Twomey, Melissa Su, Natoria Carey, Nina Feinberg, Phoebe Lett, Rebecca Katzman, Robyn Roberts, Rollin Hu, Steven Rocker, Sue Mermelstein, Sunhee Evans, Sydney Stein and Vivian Giang

From The Learning Network: Jeremy Engle, Katherine Schulten, Michael Gonchar, Natalie Proulx and Shannon Doyne

Educators and writers from schools and organizations around the country: Annissa Hambouz, Caroline Gilpin, Elisa Zonana, Erica Ayisi, Jeremy Hyler, Kathy Curto, Kim Pallozzi, Kimberly Wiedmeyer, Melissa Slater, Sharon Murchie, Shira Katz, Susan Josephs, Tanya Wadhwani, Tom Houston, Tom Rademacher and Zoe Yu

Word of the Day: parched

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Word of the Day: parched

The word parched has appeared in 83 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on June 20 in “How This Year’s Fire Season Could Pan Out” by Soumya Karlamangla:

“We have entered fire season unambiguously,” Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at U.C.L.A., said in an online briefing. “I think we’re going to see a greatly increased level of fire activity this year, compared to the last two years.”

After two rainy winters in a row, there is more grass and vegetation than usual available to burn, Swain said. And though the land isn’t unusually parched yet, he said, it’s likely to become dangerously dry in the next few months, setting the stage for extreme and difficult-to-control fires.

Can you correctly use the word parched in a sentence?

Based on the definition and example provided, write a sentence using today’s Word of the Day and share it as a comment on this article. It is most important that your sentence makes sense and demonstrates that you understand the word’s definition, but we also encourage you to be creative and have fun.

If you want a better idea of how parched can be used in a sentence, read these usage examples on Vocabulary.com. You can also visit this guide to learn how to use IPA symbols to show how different words are pronounced.

If you enjoy this daily challenge, try our vocabulary quizzes.

Students ages 13 and older in the United States and the United Kingdom, and 16 and older elsewhere, can comment. All comments are moderated by the Learning Network staff.

The Word of the Day is provided by Vocabulary.com. Learn more and see usage examples across a range of subjects in the Vocabulary.com Dictionary. See every Word of the Day in this column.

Video Submission Form for Our 15th Annual Summer Reading Contest

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Video Submission Form for Our 15th Annual Summer Reading Contest

For our 15th Annual Summer Reading Contest, we invite students ages 13 to 19 from anywhere in the world to tell us what go their attention in The New York Times and why.

Students can submit their responses as a 1,500-character comment or a 90-second video. If you would like to make a video submission, please use the form below. You must provide a parent or guardian’s contact information and permission to enter.

Students can submit up to one entry each week during the 10-week contest, from June 7 to Aug. 16.

  • Use a phone to shoot your video vertically (so it looks like the videos you might see on TikTok or Instagram Reels).

  • Your video must be 90 seconds or fewer.

  • Please be sure to say or show the headline of the Times piece you are discussing.

  • Your video MAY NOT use any images, video clips, music or sound effects, other than those that appear in the Times piece you are discussing or what you create yourself. We cannot publish your video if it uses any copyrighted images or sounds — including TikTok sounds.

Path Of Exile Currency – Has Lot To Offer And Nothing To Lose

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Path Of Exile Currency – Has Lot To Offer And Nothing To Lose

Path of Exile Chaos Orbs

Chaos Orbs are one of the primary resources in Path of Exile, used to reroll random modifiers on rare equipment and act as currency exchanged among players – they also act as the cornerstone of player-driven economy within the game itself.

Gold-quality equipment such as weapons/shield, chest, amulet, boots, gloves and helm may have the chance of dropping a Chaos Orb when sold.

Vendor Recipes

Path of Exile offers multiple ways for players to acquire Chaos Orbs, from monster drops or chest loot, trading between players, or vendor recipes. Chaos Orbs can be used to reroll modifiers of items for crafting gear as well as improving passive skill trees for characters. Furthermore, they may even help improve map modifiers that alter both rewards and challenges in cheapest poe currency.

An effective vendor recipe to get Chaos Orbs involves selling an entire gear set to the vendor – two-handed weapon, shield, headgear, body armor gloves boots belt amulet (ilvl 60-74) unidentified or at least 20% quality items – in exchange for them all at once. This method provides reliable results.

Use your Chaos Orb on rare items with low attribute mods to increase their stats quickly, as this will reroll all modifiers and significantly boost them – but be wary; using too much orb will decrease durability – so use with caution! For maximum efficiency use it on items you can trade back to vendors in exchange for some currency; this way you can quickly upgrade poor items.

Drops

Chaos Orbs in Path of Exile are essential as the game’s primary trading currency, used to reroll modifiers on rare items, upgrade regular equipment into rare gear upgrades and modify maps in the endgame.

Players can acquire them from mobs, chests and destructible containers randomly located throughout the world. Furthermore, vendor “full rare set” recipes award a fixed amount based on the level of items included in their set.

Chaos Orbs can also be used as crafting materials. Players can use Chaos Orbs to reroll modifiers on rare items, providing better affixes for their equipment, and also to restore corrupted items – an essential feature in some endgame content and reward mechanics.

Chaos Orbs have quickly become an essential asset in the game and their value and demand have skyrocketed, prompting players to find ways to collect them for trading purposes or farming opportunities during temporary challenge leagues.

One of the easiest and cheapest ways to gain Chaos Orbs is boosting. At KBoosting, we provide various services that can help your build stand out, including buying cheap Chaos Orbs. To get started, fill in basic information about your character (PC char name or PSN ID for PS4, Xbox gamer tag for Xbox). Once we have this, we will purchase and deliver them within 30 minutes!

Trading

Chaos Orbs are an essential currency in Path of Exile, available through vendor recipes, drops, trading with other players or map runs. There are various methods available for you to acquire these orbs; regardless of which path you pursue it is essential that you fully comprehend both its risks and rewards before choosing one as your source for Chaos Orbs.

Use of a Chaos Orb on an item allows you to reroll its random modifiers, potentially unlocking new and desirable stats. Unfortunately, however, this process isn’t guaranteed and may lead to the loss of valuable modifiers or even render the item completely unusable; to maximize your chances of success it is wise to choose items with strong modifiers for maximum results.

Chaos Orbs offer more than rerolling items – they can also be used to alter a map’s modifiers. This may result in adjustments such as reflect, increased monster damage and decreased player resistances; each of these effects can significantly change both challenges and rewards of a map.

A great way to gain Chaos Orbs quickly is farming. Trade or vendor recipes are among the easiest ways of acquiring them quickly; alternatively you could kill monsters, find chests with them in, or destructible containers such as Arcanist Strongboxes that provide them. But farming offers another excellent route.

Crafting

Chaos Orbs allow players to reroll random modifiers on rare equipment and are one of three primary currency items in the game. You can acquire them through grinding, trading, or the vendor recipe system.

At the start of a new season, players are looking for ways to upgrade their builds using them. Utilizing them on rare equipment with powerful and desired affixes can increase its chance of having those effects applied when it rerolls.

Monsters, chests and destructible containers often drop a rare reward called an Exalted Orb that has an even lower chance of dropping than Exalted or Divine Orbs – making farming them difficult. But using Atlas Strategies or speeding up map runs may help increase their drop rate so you can collect more of these Orbs.

At market prices, Silver Orbs command an outstanding value when traded on the marketplace. Considered the silver standard in the economy, these Orbs can be exchanged for Exalted or Divine Orbs at their market value or used to purchase items at discounted guild warehouse prices such as early-tier legendary equipment or two-handed weapon and shield sets; furthermore they can also be used to purchase maps, consumables or fragments as trading currencies and items.

 

Word of the Day: surreal

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Word of the Day: surreal

The word surreal has appeared in 570 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on May 29 in “New York Fleet Week, the Movie” by Guy Trebay:

For Mr. Stauch’s shipmate Yuvraj Dhillon, 21, the “mind-blowing” thrill of the ride to the 102nd-floor perch in the skyscraper was less the panoramic King Kong views than an opportunity to be photographed in a spot where “all the social media celebrities do their selfies,” he said.

“Since I was a kid, New York was in every kind of movie,” said Mr. Dhillon, whose to-do list also included social-media friendly locales like Joe’s Pizza, Little Island and Shake Shack. “I also want to go to Central Park because it’s in ‘Home Alone,’” he said. “Being in these places I’ve always seen in movies is almost surreal.”

Can you correctly use the word surreal in a sentence?

Based on the definition and example provided, write a sentence using today’s Word of the Day and share it as a comment on this article. It is most important that your sentence makes sense and demonstrates that you understand the word’s definition, but we also encourage you to be creative and have fun.

If you want a better idea of how surreal can be used in a sentence, read these usage examples on Vocabulary.com. You can also visit this guide to learn how to use IPA symbols to show how different words are pronounced.

If you enjoy this daily challenge, try our vocabulary quizzes.

Students ages 13 and older in the United States and the United Kingdom, and 16 and older elsewhere, can comment. All comments are moderated by the Learning Network staff.

The Word of the Day is provided by Vocabulary.com. Learn more and see usage examples across a range of subjects in the Vocabulary.com Dictionary. See every Word of the Day in this column.

Digest #174: Assessing Learning Strategies

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Digest #174: Assessing Learning Strategies

1) Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ)

The MSLQ is in the public domain and is free to use with acknowledgement to the authors. The MSLQ is divided into several different scales. The Motivation Scales assess Value Components (intrinsic and extrinsic task orientations, task value), Expectancy Components (control beliefs, self-efficacy), and Affective Components (test anxiety). The Learning Strategies Scales assess Cognitive and Metacognitive Strategies (rehearsal, elaboration, organization, critical thinking, self-regulation) and Resource Management Strategies (study environment, effort regulation, peer learning, help seeking).

The MSLQ has been used extensively in research and is a valid and reliable measure, but may not include all of the learning strategies of interest to you as it was published in 1991 (1).

2) Learning Techniques Scale

The Learning Techniques Scale is a bit more modern and also in the public domain. This scale is primarily focused on specific learning strategies that are commonly used by students. Some of the strategies are effective while others have been shown to be ineffective. The Learning Techniques Scale is a bit more comprehensive in terms of study strategies, but does not include the other variables that can impact learning.

The Learning Techniques Scale has not been used as extensively in research studies but the content is thoroughly based in empirical research (2).

Word of the Day: sociable

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Word of the Day: sociable

The word sociable has appeared in 26 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on Sept. 5 in “5 Hot Springs in Iceland That Aren’t the Blue Lagoon” by Lisa Abend:

Early on a Sunday morning in July, two brothers from Boston sat on Reykjavik’s rocky coast, with their faces turned toward the chilly waters of the bay and their feet soaking in what felt like a warm bath … There on the stony beach, they rolled up their pants and sat for a couple of hours, their legs submerged in the naturally warm Kvika pool, which, at 12 inches deep, is more foot bath than hot tub.

The Zheng brothers had stumbled onto the most Icelandic of experiences. With more than 600 natural hot springs, the volcanic island gets the better part of its heat and energy from geothermal sources. But it has also incorporated that bounty of warm water into its culture, turning bathing in public pools into a sociable national pastime that is, according to some, the secret to its citizens’ happiness.

Can you correctly use the word sociable in a sentence?

Based on the definition and example provided, write a sentence using today’s Word of the Day and share it as a comment on this article. It is most important that your sentence makes sense and demonstrates that you understand the word’s definition, but we also encourage you to be creative and have fun.

If you want a better idea of how sociable can be used in a sentence, read these usage examples on Vocabulary.com. You can also visit this guide to learn how to use IPA symbols to show how different words are pronounced.

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Students ages 13 and older in the United States and the United Kingdom, and 16 and older elsewhere, can comment. All comments are moderated by the Learning Network staff.

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Highly Important Factors About Cheap Ffxiv Gil

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Highly Important Factors About Cheap Ffxiv Gil

What is FFXIV Gil?

Gil is one of the main currencies in Final Fantasy XIV and players can earn it through storyline battles, errand completion and purchasing rumors in the Tavern as well as selling equipment or loot.

Acquiring FF14 Gil is not without risks, however. Square Enix enforces stringent EULA and ToS rules prohibiting selling Gil for real-world money, and those violating them risk account penalties.

It is a currency in Final Fantasy XIV

Gil is the primary currency used in Final Fantasy XIV and can be used to purchase equipment, purchase rumors from taverns and recruit new units at the Warrior’s Guild. Players can earn it by engaging monsters during battle, selling loot from battles for profit or completing various errands; additionally gil can also be obtained via class quests, leves or dungeons.

The main storyline can provide a steady source of gil, while side quests and guildleves offer more. Dungeons and duty roulettes also can yield significant earnings. Players can also turn a healthy profit selling equipment and items at the Market Board; though this method can be risky due to fluctuating prices that could easily be undercut by other players.

Gathering is another excellent way to earn FFXIV gil, particularly at the beginning of a new patch when high demand exists for gear and items that are available only then. Unfortunately, it can also be time-consuming and costly endeavour.

It is a resource in Final Fantasy XIV

Gil is the primary in-game currency in Final Fantasy XIV and allows players to purchase equipment, materials, houses, furniture and mounts as well as upgrade weapons and develop skills. Gil can be earned through quests, dungeons raids and killing monsters.

Gathering can also be used to generate Gil, although this method can be time-consuming and inconsistent; particularly at the start of a patch when new items and nodes may not yet be well-known or priced. Selling materials may generate even more Gil but requires patience as selling is riskier.

Trading with other players is another effective method of earning Gil in final fantasy xiv gil buy, but you must ensure you find a reputable seller offering high-quality goods at fast delivery speeds. An online store offering secure payment methods and 24/7 customer service would be ideal as the place where to buy Gil.

It is a reward in Final Fantasy XIV

Gil is the primary reward in Final Fantasy XIV and can be used to purchase weapons, armor, glamor, minions and mounts. Gil can be earned through quests, guildleves and dungeons as well as simply having enough saved to make playing more enjoyable. Having enough Gil on hand is essential – having access to it will add significantly to your gaming experience!

One of the easiest and quickest ways to earn Gil in Final Fantasy XIV is through Guildleves, leves, and FATE Dungeon runs. Another effective means is killing enemies and selling any equipment they drop; additionally players can buy or sell items on the Market Board.

Crafting is also an effective method of earning FFXIV gil. Although time consuming, crafting can provide high-level players with an excellent source of income. Players may also make substantial profits through purchasing housing in the Gold Saucer; however, this may require making an expensive and time-consuming initial investment of Gil; ultimately making profits through this form of FF14 housing may take years before it pays off in dividends.

It is a monetary reward in Final Fantasy XIV

Gil is the main currency in Final Fantasy XIV and can be used to purchase equipment, mounts, houses, materials and other items. There are various quests in the game which reward players with Gil. Players may also earn Gil by selling equipment and Materia on the Market Board; however, Square Enix closely monitors this method.

Your amount of FFXIV Gil is essential to your progress in the game, enabling you to purchase catchup gear for new content releases, stockpile consumables for raiding, purchase cosmetics such as glamour and mounts and upgrade weapons and armor easily. Earning this much gil can be time-consuming; to simplify matters more easily many players opt for buying it from reliable sellers instead. The Endwalker expansion will require even more gil than usual; in order to fully experience its full potential it may require substantial amounts. To simplify matters further many turn towards buying it instead as earning this much would take substantial amounts of effort – many players turn towards buying it from trusted sellers instead!

 

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