2023-09-22

Activity Log

hackers.town: 2023-09-22 Fri 08:21

Seeing cybersecurity job postings (PS it’s about h*ckin’ time) and realizing how I’d be the most tightly wound infosec person you’ve ever met because I tag all my practices as common sense which means JUDGY AF if you aren’t even doing those. And that circle of “common sense” security practices would be sure to expand if it was my job.

hackers.town: 2023-09-22 Fri 08:27

@mhoye If my browser supports it, I’ll do windows per-role and tab stacks per-task

hackers.town: 2023-09-22 Fri 08:37

@IamMrsGeek blocking you from participating fully, and micromanaging the stuff they want you to participate in. No trust and no respect.

hackers.town: 2023-09-22 Fri 09:02

Six to nine months into the job search, depending on how you count.

“Why do you want to work for $company?” is rapidly climbing the leaderboard of really annoying questions at this point.

Like — I get why you’re asking it. But I’m running out of pillow talk.

hackers.town: 2023-09-22 Fri 09:30

@JessTheUnstill I’ve dropped a chunk of the pretense. My answer these days is along the lines of “Paying rent is nice, but also …” and then say a few nice things about the company.

End result has been the same, so why waste effort?

hackers.town: 2023-09-22 Fri 09:39

The job application form has a mandatory education section.

The mandatory education section institution field is a select + autocomplete.

The mandatory education section institution field autocomplete does not include the community college you took that math class at.

The incomplete mandatory education section institution field autocomplete does not support direct manual entry.

Make autodidacts mad with one weird trick!

hackers.town: 2023-09-22 Fri 09:45

Enjoy my education section consisting of “Art Design I” at Olympic College in 1992, jerks.

hackers.town: 2023-09-22 Fri 10:26

Yes this job is one hundred percent me. I am a principled software engineer with an eye for detail.

Sorry the title is what? “Principal” software engineer?

0 for 2 i guess

hackers.town: 2023-09-22 Fri 10:29

@socketwench I can only assume. I don’t know if I’m up to that. Can I be the Vice Principal Engineer? The cool one who brings cookies for staff and students?

hackers.town: 2023-09-22 Fri 11:32

@mcgrew thought about it.

hackers.town: 2023-09-22 Fri 12:29

My meeting notes have a “meanwhile” section to jot down things my #ADHD brain briefly fixated on, so I can let that thought go for now and get back to the meeting.

hackers.town: 2023-09-22 Fri 12:45

Pantomiming through technical issues in my therapy session was amusing and strangely therapeutic.

hackers.town: 2023-09-22 Fri 12:51

If it happens again next week we should do the therapy session as pictionary

hackers.town: 2023-09-22 Fri 13:43

@chrisisgr8 @JessTheUnstill “but what about PASSION?! We want passionate developers!”

Oh I’m very passionate. About eating, sleeping regularly, making sure my family and loved ones are taken care of. You make sure I can fulfill those passions without distraction, and you’ll be amazed by the work I get done.

hackers.town: 2023-09-22 Fri 15:20

Bouncy Dog is a master of the judgy side-eye. Guess he’s not into dad jokes.

accidental renaissance imagery courtesy of @IamMrsGeek

hackers.town: 2023-09-22 Fri 17:29

@genehack hm maybe I’d have better luck out there if I tried an HD adapter

but where would i put it

hackers.town: 2023-09-22 Fri 21:55

Using Landscapes Reimagined with seed -4284415405783007328 and I spawned down there somewhere. That was interesting.

#Minecraft

hackers.town: 2023-09-22 Fri 23:10

@bitprophet Welcome to the crappy side. Decompress, maybe have a nice cup of tea. Though we’re reusing tea bags at this point so don’t throw them away just yet.

(no but that’s a crappy situation. Thank goodness for good severance, and here’s hoping your landing is quicker than mine)