sloaken

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by sloaken 4y ago
Awesome answer, wish I had met you when I was young. I would say networking with people helps to provide opportunities to implement your principles.
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by sloaken 4y ago
Whenever I run into 'Contact Sales', I translate that into 'We have hired unemployed used car salesmen. They assure us they can con you out of more money if they get a chance to talk to you.' I realize it might not be a
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by sloaken 4y ago
We raised out kids on mostly Dr Seuss. In particular I remember Go Dogs Go and Green Eggs and ham being their favorites... or was it my favorite? The part they liked the most was my being next to them reading the books, each day. I would
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by sloaken 4y ago
Purpose of a cover letter in tech, is to get your resume past the HR department. HR is notorious for not understanding tech. If your resume is the only one they get, then no need for a cover letter. If they get 100 applications then you
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by sloaken 4y ago
I do not like the 'give us your charge card and we will bill you'. As it requires me to remember to cancel. I see subscriptions as more of a scam as companies expect people to forget. Or have a hard time canceling. I recall one
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by sloaken 4y ago
I will need to try those yellowed glasses (as clip on of course). Wonder if this is why several countries in Europe have yellow head lights on their cars.
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by sloaken 4y ago
Now this is an IA application I would pay for. Let me list the stuff. Program comes up with flowery fillers.
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by sloaken 4y ago
Can you use it to help clean up a resume? Mine looks way to clinical, not enough fluff words.
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by sloaken 4y ago
My alternative has been to shop other places. Best Buy and Walmart say thank you to Amazon. I am considering dropping Amazon Prime because it is of little value to me now.
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by sloaken 4y ago
Is this just an advertisement? Your account name is the same as the name of your business. You have 3 posts in 8 months, all of which reference your company.
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by sloaken 4y ago
Three things to be concerned about: 1) Current employer might pay you more, until they can find a replacement. So the wording is important. 2) Have a quantitative number in mind. They need to offer at least 100 for me to be happy. 90 I w
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by sloaken 4y ago
Surprisingly people often pay you what others are willing to pay you. Boring personal story: I was working at company A. I was worried about my future - boring work - not bleeding edge. It was my opinion right or wrong. I went looking for
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by sloaken 4y ago
IMHO any code that is not documented is "Throw away". The time it takes to understand what is does, how it does it, and its limits, usually exceed the time to rewrite with documentation. Further the company that has a lot of und
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by sloaken 4y ago
You really need to do a spreadsheet covering the monetary differences to validate the difference in pay. I personally do as such, and I include things like housing / food / transportation (need or own a car? Car insurance etc),
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by sloaken 4y ago
For the US there is USAJOBS.gov. Make sure you look for jobs that are 'Open to the public' No need wasting time looking at a job you cannot apply for. Since Covid many of them have virtual job fairs. The clearance is the hardest
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by sloaken 4y ago
"Just kidding ..." I have been laid off twice. I have witnessed at least 20 layoffs. My first layoff they told us we were laid off in a month, and at that time they would set up a team to help with resumes and interview practice.
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by sloaken 4y ago
When creating I like something lively and upbeat. When debugging slow paced, classical. Prefer no words as they distract. And will often get stuck in the brain 'never want to give you up, let you down ....' argggg
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by sloaken 4y ago
Find something out of town, better yet, out of county. I had one co-worker who found training on a cruise ship. I must admit I envied her finding it. It was relevant to her job and the company paid.
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by sloaken 4y ago
I agree completely. A smart boss, on finding you have another offer, should start looking for your replacement. And if a layoff happens, then she would be top of the list. That being said, when my boss found me looking for another job, sh
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by sloaken 4y ago
Are you suspecting the Ring Video ignores Amazon trucks? Or does Ring not detect moving vehicles etc?
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by sloaken 4y ago
That is a decent definition. Typical implication is the idea has no basis in logic or reason.
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by sloaken 4y ago
Depending on industry and professions there are acceptable and unacceptable turn over rates. Fast food, you expect at least 50% a year. Banking (not that I know) 10% would be considered the top acceptable. In the end you need to know what
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by sloaken 4y ago
I recommend you go to personal counseling. Not group, or family. I think you really need someone to confide in to discuss your situation. At least try it once.
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by sloaken 4y ago
Great idea about the 'not in the next 2 years'. I would have fallen for that myself. Myself, we waited for 4 years after marriage to have our first. Looking back, I wish we had started off having kids. We have 2 ... I wish we
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by sloaken 4y ago
Non-tech - Toastmasters - I think it is called 'Competent Toastmaster' it is the first set. Consists of doing 10 speeches. Significantly improve your ability to talk in public and to do presentations.
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by sloaken 4y ago
I have been laid off twice. I have also witnessed a lot of layoffs. Bad: Supervisor comes to your office and asks you to come with them. You know you are being laid off, because everyone knows they are doing layoffs. You go to your bosses
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by sloaken 4y ago
I use Foxit reader, on windows not mac. I switched to them a number of years ago. Only problem is when they have an upgrade, they try and get you to do the '30 day trial' of their PDF editor.
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by sloaken 4y ago
Many schools in the US accept a GRE test to validate your knowledge level is up to the needs for a masters. I believe there are profession specific sub tests, like CompSci etc. Do not know if there is an equivalent in Europe.
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by sloaken 4y ago
My brother in law had the same problem, completely different type of job. He fixed it by the next time they scheduled an interview, he said he could not on that day as he had another interview (with a different company). In a couple days
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by sloaken 4y ago
I disagree. Although a specialist will often move up one level, and manage a group of specialist that specialize in what the manager specializes in. Often when they have to move up to manage people outside of their specialization they are

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