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Flint · 10-03-2018, 05:28 PM

it's braggable

Undertoad · 10-06-2018, 10:27 AM

Facebook, Google, and Linkedin tried recruiting me this cycle, but they all want people to move to Silicon Valley and I have no interest.

That would be bragging, except I know the game. It's not actually flattering. They have run out of people who voluntarily want to live in Silicon Valley, because it's entirely insane. Now they are going after anyone with a few correct keywords on their resume.

I have some of those keywords, but it doesn't mean I actually qualify for the positions they have. In local interviews, when people have bit on my keywords, they are always disappointed that I haven't done anything with their desired technology in quite some time. I never get any of the keywords jobs. My approach was to interest the recruiters in my keywords and then do a search to find jobs they are also offering which are not so cushy. "No I can't be your Perl programmer, I haven't done it in 20 years. But I can be your technical writer."

And then they wouldn't even hire me to be their technical writer. But at least it got me some decent bites.

Gravdigr · 10-26-2018, 12:02 PM

My radio plays through the night as a noise mask. This morning I woke up and there was a Beatles song playing. Then, they played another Beatles song. And then another, and another, and another. Five Beatles songs in a row.

I got up and checked the interwebz thinking, maybe, one of the remaining Beatles had died. I guess not.

And now I'm up.

Undertoad · 12-01-2018, 11:49 PM

Late Friday afternoon I was trusted to change the address (the A record) for the domain name of the largest potato chip brand in the USA.

~ it temporarily broke their website ~

Gravdigr · 12-02-2018, 05:00 AM

monster · 12-03-2018, 11:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

Late Friday afternoon I was trusted to change the address (the A record) for the domain name of the largest potato chip brand in the USA.

~ it temporarily broke their website ~

Did you get Layd, though?

Gravdigr · 12-04-2018, 05:00 AM

No, but the website was fucked.

TIHAW, try the train.

limey · 12-07-2018, 03:18 PM

Made a verbal offer to buy a house today (that’s the way it works in Scotland.. all very informal.). Prolly won’t get an answer till Monday now.

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Gravdigr · 12-07-2018, 03:19 PM

Good luck?

Clodfobble · 12-07-2018, 03:30 PM

Is it on the island, or are you ridding yourself of ferry rides for good?

limey · 12-07-2018, 04:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Is it on the island, or are you ridding yourself of ferry rides for good?

Different ferry ride ...
https://www.fiuran.co.uk/oban/proper...gyll-pa34-4tb/

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fargon · 12-07-2018, 04:39 PM

Is this a second home?

limey · 12-07-2018, 04:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fargon

Is this a second home?

It’ll be where we live. We’ll rent out our current home.

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fargon · 12-07-2018, 05:17 PM

Wow cool, a car free island away from all the riff-raff.

Undertoad · 12-07-2018, 06:44 PM

WOW

A remarkable location, hope you get it!

(Would you paint the kitchen?)

10-03-2018, 05:28 PM	#1126
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	it's braggable Attached Images __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

10-26-2018, 12:02 PM	#1128
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	My radio plays through the night as a noise mask. This morning I woke up and there was a Beatles song playing. Then, they played another Beatles song. And then another, and another, and another. Five Beatles songs in a row. I got up and checked the interwebz thinking, maybe, one of the remaining Beatles had died. I guess not. And now I'm up. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

12-02-2018, 05:00 AM	#1130
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12-04-2018, 05:00 AM	#1132
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	No, but the website was fucked. TIHAW, try the train. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

12-07-2018, 03:18 PM	#1133
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Made a verbal offer to buy a house today (that’s the way it works in Scotland.. all very informal.). Prolly won’t get an answer till Monday now. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

10-06-2018, 10:27 AM	#1127
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Facebook, Google, and Linkedin tried recruiting me this cycle, but they all want people to move to Silicon Valley and I have no interest. That would be bragging, except I know the game. It's not actually flattering. They have run out of people who voluntarily want to live in Silicon Valley, because it's entirely insane. Now they are going after anyone with a few correct keywords on their resume. I have some of those keywords, but it doesn't mean I actually qualify for the positions they have. In local interviews, when people have bit on my keywords, they are always disappointed that I haven't done anything with their desired technology in quite some time. I never get any of the keywords jobs. My approach was to interest the recruiters in my keywords and then do a search to find jobs they are also offering which are not so cushy. "No I can't be your Perl programmer, I haven't done it in 20 years. But I can be your technical writer." And then they wouldn't even hire me to be their technical writer. But at least it got me some decent bites.

12-01-2018, 11:49 PM	#1129
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Late Friday afternoon I was trusted to change the address (the A record) for the domain name of the largest potato chip brand in the USA. ~ it temporarily broke their website ~

12-07-2018, 03:19 PM	#1134
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Good luck? __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

12-07-2018, 03:30 PM	#1135
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Is it on the island, or are you ridding yourself of ferry rides for good? __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

12-07-2018, 04:39 PM	#1137
fargon Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: La Crosse, WI Posts: 8,924	Is this a second home? __________________ Annoy the ones that ignore you!!! I live a blessed life I Love my Country, I Fear the Government!!! Heavily medicated for the good of mankind.

12-07-2018, 05:17 PM	#1139
fargon Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: La Crosse, WI Posts: 8,924	Wow cool, a car free island away from all the riff-raff. __________________ Annoy the ones that ignore you!!! I live a blessed life I Love my Country, I Fear the Government!!! Heavily medicated for the good of mankind.

12-07-2018, 06:44 PM	#1140
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	WOW A remarkable location, hope you get it! (Would you paint the kitchen?)

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