Suz Hinton

I graduated with my first ever degree in my life, a bachelor degree in cybersecurity. I found myself a job that I could work remotely here that was based in the United States, you know, sort of like just planned everything, planned my exit. Because once you've lived in a country for more than a decade, you do have a lot of roots, right?

I graduated with my first ever degree in my life, a bachelor degree in cybersecurity. I found myself a job that I could work remotely here that was based in the United States, you know, sort of like just planned everything, planned my exit. Because once you've lived in a country for more than a decade, you do have a lot of roots, right?

There's a lot of bank accounts and all these other things that you have to deal with, right, and taxes and planning. That kind of thing. And so I just did a lot of administrative stuff behind the scenes and packed all my stuff up, put it on a boat and all of that. So it was just a very tumultuous year, but I managed to move back here in the middle of 2022.

There's a lot of bank accounts and all these other things that you have to deal with, right, and taxes and planning. That kind of thing. And so I just did a lot of administrative stuff behind the scenes and packed all my stuff up, put it on a boat and all of that. So it was just a very tumultuous year, but I managed to move back here in the middle of 2022.

And since then, honestly, I've just been so busy reestablishing myself that... I haven't really wanted to be in the public eye while doing that, public eye, so to speak. So just been taking some time for myself and to reflect because this is a pretty big life change for me too, right? So I just wanted to be able to do it in reasonable privacy and have some space to do it. Yeah.

And since then, honestly, I've just been so busy reestablishing myself that... I haven't really wanted to be in the public eye while doing that, public eye, so to speak. So just been taking some time for myself and to reflect because this is a pretty big life change for me too, right? So I just wanted to be able to do it in reasonable privacy and have some space to do it. Yeah.

Yeah. It's been two years now. So I think I've been able to reflect back. I think it was a really tough two years, but I'm sort of settling into a good place and feel like it was a good decision in the end. But yeah, just, you sort of have to trust the process, I guess. So yeah. Trust the system.

Yeah. It's been two years now. So I think I've been able to reflect back. I think it was a really tough two years, but I'm sort of settling into a good place and feel like it was a good decision in the end. But yeah, just, you sort of have to trust the process, I guess. So yeah. Trust the system.

It was really nice, actually. That was hard to step away. It was an easy decision for me to make just because I'd been doing it for five years. I didn't start the stream to become famous or to make lots of money or to get attention or anything like that.

It was really nice, actually. That was hard to step away. It was an easy decision for me to make just because I'd been doing it for five years. I didn't start the stream to become famous or to make lots of money or to get attention or anything like that.

I really did start the stream because I wanted to connect with people and sort of show them what it's like to work on open source and show them that JavaScript hardware is really not that difficult. You're still writing JavaScript. It's just a slightly different context. So it wasn't...

I really did start the stream because I wanted to connect with people and sort of show them what it's like to work on open source and show them that JavaScript hardware is really not that difficult. You're still writing JavaScript. It's just a slightly different context. So it wasn't...

I have struck up some really lovely friendships with my mods and with a lot of the people that were contributing to the repos that I was sort of reviewing on, on stream and everyone, I just had such an amazing experience with it over five years, but it just felt like it was time to step away. So it was an easy decision, but obviously I miss that weekly community, right?

I have struck up some really lovely friendships with my mods and with a lot of the people that were contributing to the repos that I was sort of reviewing on, on stream and everyone, I just had such an amazing experience with it over five years, but it just felt like it was time to step away. So it was an easy decision, but obviously I miss that weekly community, right?

It was just really fun to have everyone in the chat, but it sort of wasn't something that I was relying on constantly. as an outlet, you know, to like seek approval or, you know, compliments or anything like that. So it just felt like it got to a point where it was too popular for me, to be honest.

It was just really fun to have everyone in the chat, but it sort of wasn't something that I was relying on constantly. as an outlet, you know, to like seek approval or, you know, compliments or anything like that. So it just felt like it got to a point where it was too popular for me, to be honest.

It's not as if I was like the people that get millions of viewers, you know, in esports, but 300 people on a Sunday morning is a lot to handle, especially for my mods too. And I would say that that was just too successful for me. It's just, it broke outside of the tiny community that I would have been happier with. And we were getting less and less productive as a result too.

It's not as if I was like the people that get millions of viewers, you know, in esports, but 300 people on a Sunday morning is a lot to handle, especially for my mods too. And I would say that that was just too successful for me. It's just, it broke outside of the tiny community that I would have been happier with. And we were getting less and less productive as a result too.

And I don't know, it just, it bothered me a lot. I was starting to lose a lot of privacy and I was just starting to feel that it wasn't really, I wasn't really streaming for myself anymore. I was streaming because there was an expectation too. That got really serious really quickly. I'm sorry.

And I don't know, it just, it bothered me a lot. I was starting to lose a lot of privacy and I was just starting to feel that it wasn't really, I wasn't really streaming for myself anymore. I was streaming because there was an expectation too. That got really serious really quickly. I'm sorry.