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Welcome to personal anecdotes and worry!

There are a handful of (anonymous) people that I know that were caught up in layoffs. They are among the best employees I have ever worked with. I would like to make GENERAL statements about how interviewing and such is going. I will feel good again when all of these great people have jobs.

Feel free to add your own experiences with the information technology industry!

Ok. Staff-level / Manage Front End Engineer guy. None of you know him. He was out of work for 14 months and just took a spot. So he's off the list.

One QA automation engineer just got to the final interview where she has to use HACKERRANK. It's Java and Selenium. I feel bad that anyone has to use that, though it paid my living for many years.

Another QA automation engineer has two interviews this week.

Another one applied to a place where a former co-workers of mine worked. I wrote the colleague over LinkedIn to try to get a push, but not everyone is on LinkedIn, so she either didn't see it or did not respond.

I am seeing lots of job openings for AI companies. I'd work for one in a second. I don't know how AI works in terms of the text predictors and I should really find a course that explains it. I took college courses that more or less explained how a 1990s computer booted and I'd love to have that level of detail for how an LLM works.

Ice Cream Jonsey wrote: Wed May 14, 2025 8:09 am I don't know how AI works in terms of the text predictors and I should really find a course that explains it.

I know just the guy to ask!

Ice Cream Jonsey wrote: Wed May 14, 2025 8:09 am I am seeing lots of job openings for AI companies. I'd work for one in a second. I don't know how AI works in terms of the text predictors and I should really find a course that explains it. I took college courses that more or less explained how a 1990s computer booted and I'd love to have that level of detail for how an LLM works.

Shawn will be going to school majoring in Data Analytics (minoring in Sports Management and maybe Information Technology).

I am going to recommend he take every AI/LLM class he can.

And I am fascinated in his curriculum. I want to audit about 1/2 his classes.

I think he'd be mortified if I did that.

An IT guy at Caltrops who had been out for a while is back in. I don't know much about him in the real world, but it was good to see.

And I am fascinated in his curriculum. I want to audit about 1/2 his classes.

I get these thoughts that it would be really fun to be in a purely learning-based environment again at some point.

pinback wrote: Wed May 14, 2025 8:20 am

Ice Cream Jonsey wrote: Wed May 14, 2025 8:09 am I don't know how AI works in terms of the text predictors and I should really find a course that explains it.

I know just the guy to ask!

See, THAT! That's the kind of shit that will be missed when this place is a burning hard drive after the JCpocolypse. Da King just doesn't have that . . . thing.

Yeah, I do cold call up to 10 unemployed IT guys every single day, what about it?



Certainly not my problem as I have a job where I just kicked my stooge manager's ass.

What do you cold call them about?

Ice Cream Jonsey wrote: Thu May 15, 2025 4:19 pm What do you cold call them about?

About the job they used to have.

Then I apologize, say "best of luck" and move on.

If they're really nice I'll offer to share their resume and even post about them on LinkedIn to help their job search.

Most people aren't really nice so they get no help.

How do you benefit from this? What advantage is this getting you?

Ice Cream Jonsey wrote: Thu May 15, 2025 4:19 pm What do you cold call them about?

The virtues of ChatGPT?

Da King wrote: Thu May 15, 2025 8:17 pm

Ice Cream Jonsey wrote: Thu May 15, 2025 4:19 pm What do you cold call them about?

The virtues of ChatGPT?

Already answered this asshole, read the whole thread you lazy piece of. I call IT guys like your boss and convince them to replace you with a per seat cost. And I'm rather successful at it daily, hopefully driving unemployment among IT guys like you.

Any chance you can dial this back a little? This bit you're doing?

pinback wrote: Fri May 16, 2025 9:24 am Any chance you can dial this back a little? This bit you're doing?

For YOU I will. Any chance you can teach Da King a thing or two? He has at least a chance at being at least good but Jizz is a lost cause.

I don't have problems with any of those people.

pinback wrote: Fri May 16, 2025 9:32 am I don't have problems with any of those people.

no, Da King WANTS to be you and Jiz wants to be Kingie's Robin. Please help them before you leave.

Nevermind, Pinback is the only reason I'm gonna check out JC from now on.

That reminds me, I'm leaving this BBS for the next year.

Back to the thread, I have a report back on a colleague who did a Hacker Rank test. She indicated that half of her time was spent trying to get Maven and the JDK installed.

Great use of the candidate's time. Let's see if they can compile Java from source next. That is definitely what they will be doing every single day on the job. What a mess, how is any software ever made.

pinback wrote: Fri May 16, 2025 12:43 pm That reminds me, I'm leaving this BBS for the next year.

Nice try buddy, I'll just show up at the door in whatever dumbfuck town you've ended up in this time.

His next town has a guy in a boat by a river. You have to pay him to cross over. You don't want to show up there.

Casual Observer wrote: Fri May 16, 2025 9:30 amAny chance you can teach Da King a thing or two? He has at least a chance at being at least good but Jizz is a lost cause.

WTF?

I thought I was at the bottom of the heap. Now there's someone lower?

I need to work harder.

AArdvark wrote: Fri May 16, 2025 7:50 pm His next town has a guy in a boat by a river. You have to pay him to cross over. You don't want to show up there.

HAHAHAHA GOT DAMN, SIR.

It took me a few seconds to get that, but I busted out laughing as soon as I did. Not at PB's expense of course.. it's just a solid joke.