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@kajer@infosec.exchange OMG, this drives me *crazy*. I go to a website with the specific intent of doing a thing and the website pops up with "Here's our new layout, would you like a tour?"
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@NotYourSysadmin@infosec.exchange
mastodon 4.8.0-alpha.3+glitchImperfect ally, but I'm trying my best. This is an LGBTQ+ safe space. Posts auto-delete after 90 days.
Proud resident the Twin Cities. Liberal Christian. Partner to a kick-ass woman who is smarter than me and has the PhD to prove it.
For money, I am a writer of all things #IaC as a #DevOps engineer, although I'm currently between jobs. #getFediHired
For my sanity, I'm also a fan of:
#dadjokes
#puns
#LEGO
#cycling
#pf2e
#boardgames
#urbanism and urban planning in general
I boost all corgis (then share them with my partner), the odd assortment of tech humor and terrible puns, posts from folks seeking employment, things relevant to MN or US current events (being careful to avoid a large degree of negativity), and the rare political hot take. I hope to provide a place where everyone can feel welcome, be comfortable being themselves, and smile after leaving.
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Job hunt grousing
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unsolicited resume advice
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@rk@mastodon.well.com @hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange It's the perfect storm, isn't it? Garbage candidates applying for jobs that they're not qualified for with resumes that aren't real, wasting companies' time and putting them off hiring, while the actual folks that know the job are getting shoved to the bottom of the stack because our resumes can't pass the AI filter before a human ever looks at it. Gotta love a system that both parties hate.
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@darkuncle@infosec.exchange I've information interplanetary and celestial
I know the Oceanus and quote Mare astronomical
From Cognitum to Vaporum in order alphabetical....
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unsolicited resume advice
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@wendythedruid@thistlenfern.org No, I've always found CF to be really inflexible and difficult to deal with as well. One major project we were trying to work through at my previous place was lots of tech debt paydown, part of which involved migrating a generation of CF-managed infrastructure to TF.
Incidentally, it's a quite involved process to get CF to release management of infrastructure without destroying the resource involved. I will neither confirm nor deny that we triggered some PagerDuty alerts in that process. 😅
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@lowqualityfacts@mstdn.social Does one ever recover from being a chocoholic? Does one *want* to?
RE: @NotYourSysadmin@infosec.exchange
Well folks, as of Friday, I'll be unemployed. To be clear, this is by choice not by force. The toxicity of my current workplace made it more tenable to risk unemployment than to continue in such an environment.
That said, I am actively looking for a new role. During my downtime, I am going to start playing around with this #kubernetes thing that I think might catch on. I'll also be working towards catching myself up with the industry in general, and taking a bit of time to work on myself. If you're in need of a senior #devOps or #sysadmin type person, or someone who can step into a low-level #EngineeringManager role, please reach out. I'm happy to provide my resume or contact information on request.
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@socketwench@masto.hackers.town @Wrewdison@masto.hackers.town I am nothing if not unfunny. 😂
I try not to be annoying with my job posting boosts, but, IMO, the job market isn't a zero sum game. Even if I'm in direct competition for a position with someone, they deserve just as much of a chance of getting the job as I do. Until we as a society decide that our value as humans isn't determined by whether or not we can work and implement UBI/GMI, employment will unfortunately continue to effectively be necessary.
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@nicr9@techhub.social @wendythedruid@thistlenfern.org Holy crap, that's insane. And that's the default Azure provider for TF converting the resouces to ARM?
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@GrapheneOS@grapheneos.social Thanks to all of the folks who got this out quickly. I was hit by the RCS bug and was out of touch with several folks.
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@nixanadoo@mastodon.social Hmmm....and here I am using a string trimmer like a noob....
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@corgibros They have perfected the art of the flop. 😆
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@gsuberland@chaos.social Showed this to DrMrsSys, and she goes "You know, I bet ffmpeg could do it."
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@iamdoon@mspsocial.net @t54r4n1@mspsocial.net Roughly 9 to 5, or so I've heard.
RE: https://mastodon.social/@mydadisdracula/116958309480431871
Some of my #Minnesota folks might enjoy this one as well.
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My Dad is Dracula (and the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald) 🚢 #webcomicartist #vamps #funnycomic #dadjoke #wholesomememes
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@socketwench@masto.hackers.town @Wrewdison@masto.hackers.town On the other hand, it could be argued that you're just walking in an airplane with really complex controls. 🤔
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@castastrophe@front-end.social I have had two successful interviews come from Fedi and one from outside job searching. Everything else I've been sending out hasn't gotten responses either. This is a tough market, made all the worse by AI resumes making the signal to noise ratio that much more challenging. Good luck!
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@bcrypt@infosec.exchange Adding #FediHired and #GetFediHired for visibility. Hope you find the right person!
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@inthehands Is there a preferred voting strategy that helps you folks plan better? I basically voted for every talk that met or surpassed a standard of "Huh, that's neat, I'd see that if there was nothing better at that time."
I wound up with 40 total votes, which in hindsight is a bit high for 8 session blocks. I guess I'm just trying to get a sense of whether I fall in the "useful data" or the "just clicked on everything" bucket?
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@corgibros "Can't make me move unless it's back towards home!"
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@badnetmask@hachyderm.io I'd agree with this. I know I'm not perfect, and I'd rather that the person whose sole focus is security check my homework.
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@raindrops_and_roses@mastodon.social If you're their supervisor, it's time to bring in your boss and/or HR. This is an authority issue, in that they're not respecting yours as team lead, and there's usually no recovering from that. If you're just a peer of theirs, then it's time to talk to your mutual supervisor. I'd frame it in a context of "I'm trying to work with $PERSON on $PROJECT, and they're being unresponsive to questions. It has delayed the project by X weeks so far. How do you want me to handle it moving forward?"
Bear in mind, this is advice for a reasonable company in the US. Your locality's laws or legal and cultural differences might make this approach unwise, so above all, make the decision that keeps you the safest.
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@bark_maul Congrats on the de-chonkification! 🎉🎉🎉
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@catsalad I thought about how to reply to your post. Here's what thinking about that reply taught me about B2B sales.....
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@moxxi@mastodon.social :janiawoo: :janiawoo: :janiawoo: :janiawoo: :janiawoo: Happy birthday! 🥳
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@nuintari@mastodon.bsd.cafe I just respect someone who thinks there's a right way and a wrong way to build things and loudly announces it.
And Dax puppy. I'm always here for cute doggo friends!
It's the #DBA's turn to get a Kai Lentit video. And it is *full* of gold.
https://youtu.be/5KyfW79Ld4g
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@veronica@explains.social One should never apologize for telling a pun. After all, a good pun is its own re-word.
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@HopelessDemigod@mstdn.social But the stock market is up, so everything's fine.
Right?
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@finn_matti@hachyderm.io Aww, are you teaching her to read? 😂
Hope you're doing well with the new little one!
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@bark_maul@mas.to I love that in that third picture, you can already see her scrunched up nose showing her frustrated face! 😍
Looks like I missed some fun weather while hiding from the heat in the basement?
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@raganwald@social.bau-ha.us I think it's very important for us to take lessons from the manufacturing industry here. In the US at least, it's incredibly difficult to make anything domestically. Complicating things further, a Smarter Every Day video from several months ago found that, not only have we lost the ability to make things, we've lost the ability to make the things that make things. In his case, he found that finding folks who knew how to make the molds and metal stamping components was difficult to impossible to find domestically.
And we're gladly walking into the same trap with knowledge work. It isn't enough that we're outsourcing software development itself. We're outsourcing the ability to make new software engineers. (And, being an Ops person, I'd argue that we're doing that with all knowledge-based roles in general.)
mh +/-
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@CrabbyIT@infosec.exchange I mean, if you're looking for a senior sysadmin, I might know a guy. If the Powers That Be let you backfill any of the roles, that is. 😅
I appreciate and respect companies that give back to open source projects, whether financially or through direct code contributions.
Having an expectation that every potential engineering employee already does this in their spare time is a major red flag. Doubly so for roles that aren't software engineering-focused.
It's weird seeing the places that are hiring for hybrid roles thinking it drives down the salary because they only have to compete in the local market. Most studies I've seen indicate that in-office time comes with a premium price tag, driving salaries up. Very interesting dynamic.
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@hpcgal@mast.hpc.social I had a real inclination to share this post, but I'll eave it alone for now.
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@Tim_Eagon@dice.camp Paizo usually have my support, but I wonder if they're not in more dire financial straits than they're showing. It would really suck if they went under.
RE: https://mastodon.social/@nixanadoo/116893145554397135
I am like 4 pages deep into this, and I 100% support reading this. And watching the videos. I'm rooting for Juice, personally.
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@SilverGM@dice.camp Hey, that's an awesome weapon! Given the level of the weapon, I assume this is a super late game item? I don't see anything mechnically wrong with it, great job!
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@HopelessDemigod@mstdn.social Oof. Might be strong EF-1 or light EF-2 damage based solely on that picture. But straight line winds will easily also do that.
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@Tim_Eagon@dice.camp For sure. Having so much inventory that you suddenly can't access has to have the spreadsheet folks sweating.
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@jasonrush@social.horrorhub.club @nicegnome@social.horrorhub.club Isn't "24x7 snoozing" one of the best perks of being a corgi?