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Parappa09 posted...

clearaflagrantj posted...

Yup.

you're in a better place than most of us man, don't sweat it

i did a degree in media and communications and i regret it so much. you'll probably earn more than me and have a more stable career

don't let a small blip get you too down, it'll be your time soon dw

What type of career are you working towards? I feel like that degree is more versatile at least, it allows you to chase after your passions.

Engineering is just like, "this paper says I'm good with numbers, give me math-based grunt work."

Drpooplol posted...

Sorry, Clear. I really think you should talk to your girlfriend about it. I understand not wanting to come across like a whiney burden, however from what I recall you've been together for a while now, and she should be there for you if you really need it.

If you want to avoid sounding whiney, I recommend telling her how you feel, and come up with a couple of suggestions of solutions for yourself. If these are solutions that you've been trying and they haven't been successful, let her know. Also ask her for her thoughts. This will frame you and your discussion as an attempt to solve a problem rather than just vomit your negativity.

I hope all goes well, and remember - you aren't your career. I've had a really hard time keeping that in perspective myself over the years, and while we're in different places, I think it might still help you.

I appreciate all your advice. For what it's worth I'm trying my hardest to keep a positive attitude and better myself, but it's like I have some disease underneath the surface that is always there, and always on our minds.

My girlfriend and I were about to move into the next step of our relationship, potentially buying a house and getting married, then this shit comes out of nowhere and disrupts us, and I know that makes both of us worried. For what it's worth maybe it's a good thing, it's like a stress test before we commit to each other, to see if we can handle challenges like this

REMercsChamp posted...

TC how are you addressing your unemployment situation in interviews? If you come off as vengeful or spiteful it'll be hard to land another job.

I pretty much say I didn't see eye to eye with management which is unfortunate because I try to be a collaborative worker, so I regret the situation but I treat it as an opportunity for me to learn and grow.

I've given that same (true) answer to several different interviewers and their responses mostly range from their understanding to their agreement, though I'm sure at least a few see it as a major red flag regardless of how well I deliver the answer.

That's a long flight too

Well, that's what happens when you take the surface of a sphere and try to smash it into a flat rectangle

The countries closer to the equator appear smaller

DevsBro posted...

You forgot the colon.

I'm in a bad place: CE

There.

Boom roasted

Jiggy101011 posted...

I might have my CE lore mixed up but werent you incredibly depressed in your job that you got let go from? If so, look at this more as a blessing and try for a career change. A lot of the time it isnt so much you cant find a job, its that you are trying to find the same job that you hated doing before.

Yeah I was extremely depressed at my last role, and lately I've been dealing with the fear that I will eventually find a new job but fall into that same pit of despair and repeat this entire depression -> get fired cycle all over again.

Parappa09 posted...

youre in engineering right? or looking for jobs in that industry?

i remember you being from a STEM background

Yup.

hockeybub89 posted...

eston posted...

Bad words!

Sad words!

Mad words!

Conflict posted...

You are seeing therapy, right

or are you reluctant to right now since you don't have income

No income, no health insurance

Not going to therapy when I need it the most

Dude no

Thank you all for your posts they help

MabusIncarnate posted...

I have a suggestion, and consider it before trashing it. Maybe between interviews, do a bit of volunteer work. It will do two things, first off, it sounds really good to a potential employer that you are spending time volunteering, going out and doing work while you are unemployed. It shows a sense of maturity and motivation to just go out and work, and help the community.

I want to but I feel like I'll just bring my depressing negative energy with me and bum everyone out.

Feels like I have a disease

Deadpool_18 posted...

Whats the situation?

Still unemployed

I'm getting interviews but it's hard to stay positive rejection after rejection

Just feel like a massive burden on everyone around me

Can't vent to my family/girlfriend because that would just stress them out and make things worse.

You all are all I got

So there are two ghost mini bosses I can fight and I only have three divine confettis

I really don't want to use them

I remember basically nothing from TP.

It was such an ugly game that felt like a chore to play.

Wind Waker will always be the best 3D Zelda

The point is that the main username with the post history is not exposed. Like if you regularly post on porn subreddits and don't want that history linked to the story which can dox you

Amazing how this magic Internet money started from nothing.

This bull run is going to be insane

Rusty_Shacklefo posted...

You constantly apply for jobs you don't have the necessary experience for (at least based on what you claim on here) or you demand outrageous salaries.

All job postings, postings, and recruiters communicate that my salary expectations are right in line with the market. And everybody seems to be impressed with my qualifications.

I don't know why you insist on projecting when you don't understand the full context of my situation.

glitteringfairy posted...

glitteringfairy posted...

Did you say a 4 hour interview

Yeah

It was six individual interviews back to back to back to back.

MabusIncarnate posted...

I've always considered the "don't call us, we'll call you" approach, if they want to hire me, they'll call

Except sometimes you have jackasses that think you should be following up repeatedly to prove that you want it

I have heard employers rejecting candidates for dumber reasons

AwesomeToTheMAX posted...

REMercsChamp posted...

clearaflagrantj posted...

Rusty_Shacklefo posted...

How is it that you never fucking learn from your failures?

What was I supposed to learn

To just stop whatever it is you think you're doing and go send in your McDonald's application

I dunno why y'all think homie isn't allowed to vent

He's submitting plenty of applications regularly. Is he supposed to just do it 24/7 and never complain?

REMercs was just joking

He's my buddy

I would legit work at McDonalds though that sounds fun

Rusty_Shacklefo posted...

How is it that you never fucking learn from your failures?

What was I supposed to learn

rexcrk posted...

clearaflagrantj posted...

pegusus123456 posted...

clearaflagrantj posted...

If the guy knows he can flip burgers for the same pay he would because it's an easier job that's stress free

lmao

Burger flipper jobs are stressful as fuck.

Not really.

You don't worry about your job when you get home, you don't have any long term projects or responsibilities that stay on your mind, low stakes too.

Youve never worked in the retail / service industry have you? At least, recently.

Flipped burgers for 3 years back in high school.

It's demanding but it's low stakes, and everybody assumes you're a dumbass so it's not like you have to prove anything.

REMercsChamp posted...

So you just got fired for low performance in a fairly low level job and now you think you're qualified to lead other engineers

Fuck yeah I do

He finally reached back to me and they passed on me

Well that fucking sucks but at least I know now

I'm really pissed that the reason they gave for passing on me was discussed on the second interview but they went ahead and did a third interview anyway. It's because I never managed engineers before so they do want to make me a senior/lead over other engineers despite having the experience.

Fucking catch 22 bullshit.

pegusus123456 posted...

clearaflagrantj posted...

If the guy knows he can flip burgers for the same pay he would because it's an easier job that's stress free

lmao

Burger flipper jobs are stressful as fuck.

Not really.

You don't worry about your job when you get home, you don't have any long term projects or responsibilities that stay on your mind, low stakes too.

pinky0926 posted...

B) The women's soccer team would still lose against the men's team in all likelihood

You're acting like the women's team could even POSSIBLY stand a chance.

The men's team could play blindfolded and only run backwards and they'd still demolish them.

It's like comparing the strength of a weightlifting man to a fucking silverback gorilla.

Probably 2-3 times a year.

WingStopMaster posted...

It is a lot of money especially considering most people in the world make less than half that.

Yeah and if you lived in India, Southeast Asia, Africa, or any of the other places you're alluding to $31,200 would make you a fucking king. But those places have a lower standard of living, a low quality of life, and lower salaries as a result. Do you think we should pay American citizens working in America the wages one would earn in an impoverished country?

REMercsChamp posted...

clearaflagrantj posted...

Conflict posted...

Cleo_II posted...

Its been 3 days. Chill out.

He said last Monday so wouldn't that be 10 days?

This

Stop complaining, stop bitching, stop obsessing over this one job, stop trying to get revenge about companies that have a million other things going on other than your job application and start getting your shit together.

You're acting like I am only capable of doing one thing at a time.

I already have other interviews set up, I am hearing back from other places all the time.

Not following up with a candidate after putting them through three rounds of interviews is straight up egregious, a recruiter's job is literally 95% communication, it would take five seconds for them to reply back, they should be extending at least a modicum of common courtesy.

Conflict posted...

Cleo_II posted...

Its been 3 days. Chill out.

He said last Monday so wouldn't that be 10 days?

This

CarrieChan posted...

It's pretty normal for recruiters to ghost you. I consider them fairly worthless and will only talk to them if I don't have anything lined ip.

Yeah it's annoying how basically all jobs are through them these days

tl;dr a headhunter contracted by a company set up a phone interview, 4 hour in person interview, then a final phone interview for me. I completed everything well and the recruiter said he would follow up with me shortly regarding next steps, this was last Monday.

I have sent him three separate messages since then asking for an update (text, voicemail, and email) and he has been radio silent. I found the employer I interviewed with on LinkedIn. I feel like just asking him directly if they are still considering me, waiting on other candidates, or have passed on me. I just want to know at this point because I am interviewing for other places and getting feedback, but this one company is my top pick so far.

It's just a very frustrating experience. I understand not hearing back after the initial stages, but after three interviews? That's just disrespectful. It doesn't bode well for the company's image.

DevsBro posted...

clearaflagrantj posted...

DevsBro posted...

Zombified_Toast posted...

That's not Solid Snake.

Solid Snake is a clone of him though (recessive genes at least)

FFS

No

Why does everybody get this backwards I swear

"Inferior," recessive, whatever I don't give a shit

DevsBro posted...

Zombified_Toast posted...

That's not Solid Snake.

Solid Snake is a clone of him though (recessive genes at least)

gamer167 posted...

ZMythos posted...

gamer167 posted...

What about the guy that was already making $15 an hour at a more skilled job but isnt getting by either?

Will he get more money?

Why should that matter?

Now youve got the unskilled guy making the same amount as the skilled guy. Skilled guy should make more as well.

Will employers be as apt to give skilled guy a raise now that they have to pay unskilled guy more?

If the guy knows he can flip burgers for the same pay he would because it's an easier job that's stress free. Labor supply would decrease and employers would have to offer higher salaries to attract the workers.

$15/hr = $31,200 gross for 40 hours a week, 52 weeks a year.

People acting like that is a lot of money are absolutely fucking insane. And if a corporation is unable/unwilling to financially support its own workers, it does not deserve to be in business.

Turbam posted...

I wouldn't call the RE protagonists "regular humans". Aside from Leon in RE2 and Ethan in RE7, they've all been heavily trained

Jill and Chris are basically part of a SWAT team

Leon is a rookie cop

Claire is just some chick

Snake beats up his dad twice, and his brother, who are all superior versions of himself.

I mean in Peace Walker the dude withstands a metal gear leg slamming down on him

Veggeta_MAX posted...

I don't think I have ever seen Solid Snake display the same kind of skills

I see you haven't played The Twin Snakes.

We live in a society where people are struggling to pay bills and get by paycheck to paycheck yet they blow their money on 8 year car loans, lottery tickets, and gamer girl bathwater.

I mean there are people starving on the street, there are diseases that can be cured, the world is literally microwaving itself, give your money to something that actually matters ffs.

Well it's simple really.

Every RE entry stars a regular human protagonist

Solid Snake is a clone of the greatest soldier in history

Therefore Solid Snake would win easily.

The law doesn't apply to rich people

Rexdragon125 posted...

@clearaflagrantj posted...

Rexdragon125 posted...

Software developer. Started out automating 2D CAD work for my company and now my stuff mostly runs their production.

Bro

Please point me in the right direction on what you do exactly.

I did a shitload of Autocad grunt work at my last job and it was miserable. How do you automate work? The best I could do was create a library of blocks to facilitate the process.

A little more specifically, I started out making a suite of Windows desktop apps in C# that allow a layperson to specify glass panels to be cut, with a library of shapes and stuff to be fabricated in the panels. It then outputs an ASCII DXF file for a CNC machine to cut. You can knock out routine panels in like 2 minutes in my software. The ASCII DXF specification was surprisingly easy to learn, though all I'm using is circles, arcs and lines.

If you want to get into that sort of stuff try out Visual Studio Community edition, it's free.

Thanks fam

Rexdragon125 posted...

Software developer. Started out automating 2D CAD work for my company and now my stuff mostly runs their production.

Bro

Please point me in the right direction on what you do exactly.

I did a shitload of Autocad grunt work at my last job and it was miserable. How do you automate work? The best I could do was create a library of blocks to facilitate the process.

karlpilkington4 posted...

I only have one account. So sorry for giving out advice that works if you apply it.

One of the best things I've learned is that the majority of people will stop themselves from winning. So all you have to do is get past that mental hurdle, and you're instantly in the top 10% + of the world for whatever you want to achieve

I feel like this is a prelude into some MLM shit

CheekSqueak posted...

cad designer

What type of software? 2D? 3D?

karlpilkington4 posted...

I run a marketing company

Okay I'm an engineer, we are in vastly different industries.

karlpilkington4 posted...

clearaflagrantj posted...

karlpilkington4 posted...

Or you know, just be creative. I could name 4 different ways to get an interview in like 3 days. Or just drive to these offices and present yourself in person, and followup. Go to the bakery and buy some fucking donuts for them. Something no other applicant will do because they lack the marketing skills to stand out, and they are just lazy.

Yeah let me just drive on down to a random building and give donuts to the receptionist who has no idea how the interviewing process is carried out

lol. Idk why you think this would be even remotely intelligent.

What is your job, what do you do

karlpilkington4 posted...

Or you know, just be creative. I could name 4 different ways to get an interview in like 3 days. Or just drive to these offices and present yourself in person, and followup. Go to the bakery and buy some fucking donuts for them. Something no other applicant will do because they lack the marketing skills to stand out, and they are just lazy.

Yeah let me just drive on down to a random building and give donuts to the receptionist who has no idea how the interviewing process is carried out

NonDairyMiltank posted...

can you think reasons these places would not be interested in hiring you specifically?

I am a worthless piece of shit that people innately dislike.

I don't know man I interviewed at a promising company three times, spoke with 7 different people, whole process took about 6 hours across three days and now they are ghosting me after they said they would follow up with me.

How am I not supposed to feel like shit over that.

Romes187 posted...

bro its 23 days

snap out of it and apply for some jobs

Like I said I'm not even seeing any new jobs posted.

karlpilkington4 posted...

Imagine trying to get a job by applying for it like everyone else will predictably do.

Oh fuck me how could I forget to harvest my chi and mentally focus on the job so that I am guaranteed to get it.

Thanks for reminding me of this power.

I feel like I already applied to every available job related to my skills, several companies and recruiters have ghosted me, I have a couple more cold leads left.

It just feels like this world will swallow me whole if I let it, but I'm not seeing any point of trying anymore. I know the longer I go unemployed the worse my mental/physical health will get and the worse my chances of finding a job become. I just can't even envision myself working anywhere, let alone working and being happy.