Job search woes (+ + -)
Updating: And I've got a phone screen tomorrow. The company isn't horrible as far as I can tell, and i'm talking directly to them instead of through a contracting agency, so improvement!
Still wish I didn't feel like such a fraud sometimes, though. Been in this game for 10 years, never lost a job because of lack of technical skills, but it's always my tech abilities that give me the most anxiety, not the social part that always bites me in the ass.
Job search woes (+ - -)
Updating: Apparently the universe was bored with my pity party and let me get 1 single reply email asking for my availablity for a phone screen with a technical recruiter. So, I got that going for me.
Not looking forward to all the anxiety about getting rejected after the phone screen, but at least i'll have something new to bitch about.
Job search woes (- - -)
Rejection is preferable to being ignored. I haven't gotten anything back except automated responses. For positions that I know i'd be a good match for. I just don't know what I'm doing wrong so that I get stuffed into a waiting pool. I'd rather get told I got tossed into the trash, cause then I'd at least get validation on my self-hatred.
Which I know is a shitty thing to do to myself.
Shows how much I hate job hunting.
Metaphor, death, capitalism
CGP Grey recently released a very awesome video animation that is an adaptation of Nick Bostrom's "Fable of the Dragon-Tyrant" I watched it last night.
I was surprised when I went looking for more information that instead of it being about the destructiveness of capitalism, apparently, the passage is supposed to be about death.
And I can kinda see that, but honestly? I think i prefer it my way. Take a look.
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engineering, w00, on my bullshit with an idea that is totally me
I think I'm going to fire up Fusion360 when I get home and get some modeling done.
engineering, w00, on my bullshit with an idea that is totally me
I believe I just idea-sniped myself with what my wand is.
a slender length of hex-machined titanium, about 30 cm long, with a bearing style cap that contains some form of bright led under clear crystal for illumination.
The other end is the business end of my screwdriver kit, with the hole for interchangeable bits and a decent magnet embedded at the base for holding screws.
because I'm an engineer, and I solve practical problems.
w00
But I just don't seem to connect on the same level, and I don't know if I can.
I don't have a system, or a pantheon, or rituals of my own. And I don't feel right using someone elses without having the context or knowing all the pieces or getting all the lore.
There's just this huskybot who feels alone in her circuits sometimes who catches the back-scatter of lots of other signals being broadcasted but can't integrate the data.
w00
I feel like a fraud when people talk about their woo. Because it seems so damn cool and intriguing and it's something everyone around me is super excited about, especially people i admire and want to get closer too. Neptunians and alchemists and pagans and explorers of every shape size and density all seem to have this part of their minds that is super important to them and that i know is perfectly valid and useful and in no way is causing harm to them or to anyone else that I can see.
MH (- 0 +)
-: Got pulled over on my way into work. Didn't register the shuttle when we moved 2 years ago, CA registration super expired and didn't even have expired registration in the car.
0: Cop was realatively chill. Gave me a small-sized hard time and threatened me with a ticket if I don't get the shuttle registered in a week
+: I keep extending and improving my manual computer deployment process. My scripting skill is slowly gaining EXP and i might just ding before this contract is up.
Orthocosom, corporate stupidity, the evils of contracting
Can I just say that "culture fit" is the most cowardly bullshit reason for firing someone? There are plenty of people that are really assholes to work with, that make life hell for other employees, are bad at their jobs, and damage morale by being human trash fires, but they get to keep their employment because they are hired directly, while contractors are treated like disposable interchangeable human-shaped capital resources.
Another writing project idea.
So, when The Princess Diaries movie came out, I wanted it to be much more full of intrigue, plots, and action than the film that was released. It wasn't bad, I was just in the mood for something more shounen than shoujo. So the latest title that has been added to my "In Progress" folder on g-docs is "The Star Princess Diaries" where a young woman who thinks she is common born discovers she is the heir to an advance Space Kingdom and must fight to secure her throne
Stealing an overhead idea at work
When I own my own business, The days i take off for mental health will be called Board Meetings. where I will turn off my phone, set the OOO message on my email, and take @mawr snowboarding.
Dream report, CW: graphic dream violence
2nd time having the same dream, crawling through a sewer that is on the second level of my parent's house to take Anakin Skywalker's ring of power and bring it to Yoda. I get interrupted by Bilbo Baggins, who is also trying to steal the ring before he gets thrown through a wall and I have a lightsaber fight with Anakin, where his lightsaber keeps switching between red and blue before I cut off both his hands. And take the ring of power for myself.
Adding to my projects list
A wonderfully massive homebrew arcade machine that supports up to 4 players. Players 1 and 2 in the middle will have 6 buttons and recoil lightguns, with a trackball in the middle. Players 3 and 4 will have 4 buttons and sit on the outsides of players 1 and 2
Strech goals: Add a driving wheel and pedals
Games: X-Men, TMNT, a bunch of fighting games, Area 51 and Site 4, Terminator 2, Tetris, GoldenAxe/Gauntlet?. Any others I should add?
*beep* Raow! Are there new friends to find here?
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