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Flint 10-03-2018 04:28 PM

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it's braggable

Undertoad 10-06-2018 09:27 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 11:02 AM

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 10:49 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 04:00 AM

:lol2:

monster 12-03-2018 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad (Post 1019983)
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 04:00 AM

No, but the website was fucked.




TIHAW, try the train.

limey 12-07-2018 02:18 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. [emoji55]


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Gravdigr 12-07-2018 02:19 PM

Good luck?

Clodfobble 12-07-2018 02:30 PM

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

limey 12-07-2018 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble (Post 1020329)
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 03:39 PM

Is this a second home?

limey 12-07-2018 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by fargon (Post 1020338)
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 04:17 PM

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

Undertoad 12-07-2018 05:44 PM

WOW

A remarkable location, hope you get it!

(Would you paint the kitchen?)


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