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This is not a criticism of this software or the author as they have no personal responsibility for the larger system they operate in, but sometimes I see someth

by slg 3y ago

This is not a criticism of this software or the author as they have no personal responsibility for the larger system they operate in, but sometimes I see something like this, and I just think we live in a dystopia. Have we gotten to the point that jobseekers and employers are using adversarial AIs against each other in some attempt at optimization? What are we doing here? We seem to be on the path to this stuff oozing its way into every aspect of society only to make things worse.

andai 3y ago
A book from nearly 100 years ago recommends hiring a specialist to help you write your job application letter. What I'm seeing here is kinda the same thing except available to people with less money.
- JCharante 3y ago
  Which book is that? I'm interested in adding it to my reading list
  - andai 3y ago
    Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill. On the face of it, a new age book about turning your thoughts into reality. (And a pretty good one, as far as that goes...) The author interviewed hundreds of the most successful people of his day and distilled their success principles. It's packed to the brim with practical advice about how to run a business, and how to achieve any goal. Worth a read. TLDR pick a goal you really care about, develop absolute faith that you will attain it (i.e. practice seeing it as already done, until it feels real), lay out a concrete plan of action for its attainment, and get to work! (The section on quality and quantity of service rendered is of particular interest.)
kravens_last 3y ago
The tragedy of the commons. We are in the early phases of a recession. The tech-cession is already in full swing. Inflation is through the roof. There are very few jobs hiring relative to layoffs. Every optimization, no matter how stupid, matters. Capitalism rewards the razor thin margins, regardless of how filled with puss and scum those margins are.
Night_Thastus 3y ago
It's an unfortunate reality of modern communication and tools. The incredible ease of modern communication allows businesses to show their offer to many more candidates that previously possible, and allows those many more candidates to respond from a greater distance and with more ease. However, now there is a new problem - too many offers to sort through. It eats up their time with candidates that don't suit their needs. So, what do they do? They increase requirements and use automated systems to cull the results as much as possible. They get more and more picky. This is an entirely reasonable answer to the problem. However, now applicants need to work harder to show they're worth considering and avoid the automatic culling. It becomes an arm race. Employers have incentive to reduce the incoming applications to keep their workload lower, while applicants obviously want to get the job so must make their application get through.
bhpm 3y ago
I don’t see how LLMs aren’t just calculators but for words. It just means that everyone needs to up their game in terms of critical reading skills.
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by slg 3y ago

andai 3y ago

A book from nearly 100 years ago recommends hiring a specialist to help you write your job application letter. What I'm seeing here is kinda the same thing except available to people with less money.

JCharante 3y ago
Which book is that? I'm interested in adding it to my reading list
- andai 3y ago
  Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill. On the face of it, a new age book about turning your thoughts into reality. (And a pretty good one, as far as that goes...) The author interviewed hundreds of the most successful people of his day and distilled their success principles. It's packed to the brim with practical advice about how to run a business, and how to achieve any goal. Worth a read. TLDR pick a goal you really care about, develop absolute faith that you will attain it (i.e. practice seeing it as already done, until it feels real), lay out a concrete plan of action for its attainment, and get to work! (The section on quality and quantity of service rendered is of particular interest.)

kravens_last 3y ago

The tragedy of the commons. We are in the early phases of a recession. The tech-cession is already in full swing. Inflation is through the roof. There are very few jobs hiring relative to layoffs. Every optimization, no matter how stupid, matters. Capitalism rewards the razor thin margins, regardless of how filled with puss and scum those margins are.

Night_Thastus 3y ago

It's an unfortunate reality of modern communication and tools. The incredible ease of modern communication allows businesses to show their offer to many more candidates that previously possible, and allows those many more candidates to respond from a greater distance and with more ease. However, now there is a new problem - too many offers to sort through. It eats up their time with candidates that don't suit their needs. So, what do they do? They increase requirements and use automated systems to cull the results as much as possible. They get more and more picky. This is an entirely reasonable answer to the problem. However, now applicants need to work harder to show they're worth considering and avoid the automatic culling. It becomes an arm race. Employers have incentive to reduce the incoming applications to keep their workload lower, while applicants obviously want to get the job so must make their application get through.

bhpm 3y ago

I don’t see how LLMs aren’t just calculators but for words. It just means that everyone needs to up their game in terms of critical reading skills.

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