mr_account
@mr_account@lemmy.world
- Comment on U.S. Tech Layoffs Hit Two-Decade High in October 1 week ago:
I’m kinda split on this. On the one hand, I like the idea, but on the other, I don’t feel like my skills are up to snuff for this kind of project
- Comment on U.S. Tech Layoffs Hit Two-Decade High in October 1 week ago:
Yea, I know someone who did the same, and we really haven’t talked since. It sucks that people will put aside their ethics for cash, but it’s not everyone. These people are the ones who get the most headlines
- Comment on U.S. Tech Layoffs Hit Two-Decade High in October 1 week ago:
Might not seem like it in recent years, but there are still tech workers with standards and morals
- Comment on U.S. Tech Layoffs Hit Two-Decade High in October 1 week ago:
A younger version of me would ask for a referral, but now I know better about MS and have standards (from the unemployment line)
- Comment on U.S. Tech Layoffs Hit Two-Decade High in October 1 week ago:
Shit, I’m sorry to hear that. Sounds like we’re all in the same boat…
- Comment on U.S. Tech Layoffs Hit Two-Decade High in October 1 week ago:
Man, I’m not good at anything except making an occasionally funny snarky comment
- Comment on U.S. Tech Layoffs Hit Two-Decade High in October 1 week ago:
It’s probably worth it to look into changing fields entirely, but honestly so many industries in the US are hurting right now, IDK which ones would even be a good option…
- Comment on 'No hire' job market leaves unemployed in limbo as threats to economy multiply 2 weeks ago:
I wish it weren’t true, and they weren’t contractors. Staggering incompetence is now the standard level of quality I see from hiring managers across the board
- Comment on 'No hire' job market leaves unemployed in limbo as threats to economy multiply 2 weeks ago:
Not necessarily. I’ve had 3 first-round interviews for positions that were later confirmed to not exist and “might” exist in the future
- Comment on 'No hire' job market leaves unemployed in limbo as threats to economy multiply 2 weeks ago:
Read the article and I don’t get why they keep repeating the “low hire, low fire” line. Everywhere else is saying that this is the worst year for layoffs/firings in over 20 years on top of having as many new jobs as the height of the pandemic.
All that aside, I can’t help but feel like none of these articles ever mention just how god-fucking-awful job sites and hiring managers have become in the last few years. From my experience having been out of work for well over a year now, these 2 things are top of my list for barriers to employment. Job sites are a cesspool of scammers, fake posts to harvest info from desperate people, and intentionally shitty service to get users to pay for premium subscriptions. Hiring managers post the most batshit insane laundry list of requirements, are only interested in unicorns that will work for entry-level pay, jerk around applicants, and very frequently will put up job postings for positions that don’t exist because they “want to see what potential applicants are out there in case a position does open up” sometime in the nebulous future.
- Comment on 4 weeks ago:
It’s picking up a stick to learn how to use tools. Kill it now before it evolves and eventually creates taxes
- Comment on They say word-of-mouth marketing is the most effective form of marketing. What games did you (not) enjoy that came well-recommended by friends to you, and why did they recommend it to you? 5 weeks ago:
I very much enjoyed both KotOR games, but I agree with you. That’s why whenever I recommend it to my friends I flat-out just tell them to cheat with a save editor to max out your character off the bat. Trivialize the combat so you can enjoy the world and character interactions
- Comment on The Job Market Is HellYoung people are using ChatGPT to write their applications; HR is using AI to read them; no one is getting hired. 2 months ago:
This trick used to work a little bit about a decade ago but hiring managers/ATS caught on
- Comment on ‘We didn’t vote for ChatGPT’: Swedish Prime Minister under fire for using AI 3 months ago:
Nor was he mentally fit for the first years
- Comment on YSK that Gerrymandering allows politicians to choose their own voters. In many countries, it's illegal. Gerrymandering is common in the United States 3 months ago:
Obligatory mention of CGP Grey and his fantastic animal kingdom voting series: m.youtube.com/watch?v=Mky11UJb9AY
- Comment on oof 3 months ago:
As someone who might be going to grad school soon to wait out this bullshit job market…ouch
- Comment on xkcd #3100: Alert Sound 5 months ago:
I forget where I heard the idea from, but I remember someone coming up with a similar idea, just way more sinister. Basically you get a bunch of these really cheap, battery operated speakers like they mention in the comic, but you put sounds on them like creepy children laughing or ghostly noises that are juuuuust loud enough to hear. Set them to have very long timers at random intervals, and scatter them inside someone’s air vents
- Comment on TED launches a short-form (TikTok like) video feature. 5 months ago:
TEDtoks