Found out someone I have become friends with somewhat recently is moving out of town. 😞
Every. Single. Time.
The hardest part for me when I did that was finding customers. It's a saturated market, at least where I am. I know because I see them advertising jobs.
I empathize with you, but finding that next step is harder than ever.
They're going to eventually see you, aren't they?
At least you heard something back.
You're right, I don't feel bad for getting something back. I feel bad for an uncertain future and not being more stable at this point in my life.
Just filed my first ever unemployment claim. Feels bleh man. 😕
Surely he was doing this in an emulator. I can’t imagine Arch has hardware support for even an old Intel MacBook.
February thunderstorm 🌩️
This is a Oxford comma respecting account.
The cause of the American Revolution was not a single-digit tax on tea. They were being treated as economic slaves by a kingdom far away that was unsympathetic to their plight, and they wished to govern themselves. It was an issue of self-determination. The Declaration of Independence clearly lays this out, and at the time is was written, it was considered old hat because it rehashed the same arguments everyone had been through for a decade or more.
In 30 years in tech, I've had one single employer send me to one single training course because I named it as a condition of my employment and subsequently badgered them for a year until they relented.
I've never had any employer offer any type of training, education, certification, professional development, or anything of the sort. I've had most employers pigeonhole me into a specific job for years at a stretch and never offer advancement (and rarely even a cost-of-living raise) or an opportunity to gain experience through promotion or even a lateral move.
All of my certifications and training have come at my time and expense. All of my increased earnings have come from grinding through the interview and hiring process yet another time. I know I don't come off well on social media, but please believe me, in person I'm an intelligent, responsible, qualified adult man with three decades' experience and literally 10 pages of accomplishments to my resume, and it gets sent to the same HR black hole as anyone else.
As I get older, over 50, I dread what may become of my career in tech. Things are going well for me now, but can easily turn bad. To read anyone telling me that Americans lack motivation and talent is infuriating as I, and others, desperately attempt to get the attention of companies hiring for jobs we're very clearly qualified for and are purposely ignored, told we don't exist, and need to be replaced with street shitters.
I know what the billionaires' goals are, I understand the situation. I also know that the longer it continues, the less any man is invested in the American economic zone. What I don't know is how this ends.
They believe firmly in the righteousness of their cause and have no reservations about dealing out the death and destruction they're convinced you deserve. They should not be underestimated.