I've never been able to run a mile without stopping or under 10 minutes. I've had my heart cath'd and stress tested, nothing wrong there.
Would the intensity of HIIT and endurance of cross-country cardio be useful for significantly increasing aerobic capacity to get to running a mile continuously?
Cross training won't hurt and it's recommended for runners to reduce the risk of overuse injuries while building aerobic capacity. But if your goal is to improve at distance running then you're going to have to run.
Instead of grinding out a slow 11 minute mile try running at a 9 minute pace for a shorter distance. Then rest for a few minutes and repeat several times. Do that a few times per week and gradually increase the distance you run at the 9 minute per mile pace. Eventually you'll get to a full mile at your target pace.
Also if you're overweight you're going to struggle with running and be at higher risk of injury. If that's your situation then stick to lower impact sports until you drop the extra weight, then ramp up the running.
I was underweight and borderline anemic through early 20's and it didn't make a difference, but still huffed and puffed. I could do low intensity things like cycling for 10 hours a day, no problem, but jogging, swimming, or running would make my descending aorta vibrate my lower abdomen and maintain a typical hr around 120-140 bpm (resting bp was 100/50, now resting hr is 115 with bp 125/80). Trying to discontinue propranolol for endogenous? tachycardia with hypertension.
I'm in the process of losing 40 lbs (17%, cut) and then rebuilding muscle mass.
There is something wrong with your cardiovascular system. Have you been screened for an abdominal aortic aneurysm, patent foramen ovals, or arteriovenous fistula? A resting heart rate of 115 is crazy high. Get a second opinion from another cardiologist. Ask for imaging studies, treadmill stress test, and a Holter monitor. Good luck.
Any guess on what a major FOSS dev grosses? It has to be at least $700k. $1.5m/yr? $3m?
About $200k/yr+, it's a good idea to find a lawyer or similar talent agent to workout the compensation package because they have the skills and can get away with things a hire cannot. I've done this before, it saved time, and ended up with a better package.
I think you're right. The issue is, due to the power law distribution of talent, the sample size of such roles (and personalities, i.e., how many Python BDFL's are there?) is incredibly small, so it makes precise assessments difficult and the variance increases wildly since there aren't very good comparables.
I think he could command nearly $10 megabucks, give half of it away to charities, grants, scholarships, social ventures, and underserved areas to promote STEM college prep, and still have more money that one ostensibly average, middle-class person would know how to invest (real estate on the near periphery of burgeoning urban sprawl areas). Microsoft is a cash cow and is willing to invest in a solid, deep bench to stay competitive, especially in an apparent transition to either EEE or adopt OSS.
Someone else commented that he'll be Distinguished Engineer (DE). But levels.fyi shows 69, the level under DE, some reports of 1-2m. He's almost assuredly receiving 1-3m compensation.
I hope I can feel your pain. I just moved to Austin without GF(s)/FWBs, a friend network, or any social media other than anon posting here and there. I am noticing the females here are more receptive per attractiveness and cool factor compared to the relative to the west coast, but not as much as outlying college towns nearby, and that's okay. I'm looking for more than getting eye f'd "lucky" by a Texas Tech or State cheerleader, unless she's also a microbiology postdoc, reads Vonnegut or Nabokov, or welds reclaimed metal art installations. I can't, and never could, stand party people who do nothing by float down the river of time without delving into anything substantially.
Don't get married unless being together for a long time (10 years plus), require it for legal reasons, and not without a prenup.
Don't let anyone move anything in without a palnup. See also: Bill Maher.
Never see a girl without a condom, and always take it with you.
The tests are, much like a close friend:
1. Would you die for them?
2. Would you kill for them?
3. Do you trust them with your life?
4. Are you better together than apart? (Are they much more beneficial to you than a liability?)
5. After the 3 year mark, do you still miss them the most of anyone? Must get past New Relationship Energy (NRE) to see if there's more than infatuation holding things together.
6. Hopefully, they're within a standard deviation or two of intelligence and have some common interests, but these can be learned and explored together with open-mindedness and willingness to try the unfamiliar.
7. Develop your skills and lifestyle. People who do the bare minimum to satisfy the label of a database administrator and expect to land a supermodel astronaut are woefully unrealistic. For example, I've been restoring a mid 80's VW camper soup-to-nuts except for major bodywork and upholstery fabrication, getting into paramotoring, and looking at dance studios for ballroom dance with the goals of Viennese waltz, dusting-off Argentine tango, and salsa. And I cook like a m'f'cker, which is probably why I need to lose 40 lbs. / 22 kg. of nasty-ass cutaneous fat, cut calories/do IF/up protein, and hit the gym like corona is going to close it forever. :)
Unfortunately, like hiring or investing, there doesn't seem to be a scalable way of pairing people or due-diligencing them thoroughly enough to lead to trust and compatibility. It seems only with focused filtering and meeting say many hundreds people (as the calibration phase of the optimal search strategy algorithm) that there would be enough worthy opportunities to pursue.
I was also going to say, don't fall into test question traps and err on the side of modesty or simulating poverty. What you do for a living is a proxy for wealth and prestige, so it's typically better to not respond directly regardless of situation because it pigeonholes a dude where they don't want to be: a nobody, a title, a braggart, too easy/has no options, or a meal ticket. The game is a battlefield full of landmines. It is what it is.
Would the intensity of HIIT and endurance of cross-country cardio be useful for significantly increasing aerobic capacity to get to running a mile continuously?