I didn't get past the phone screening from a company that I'm extremely qualified for in my niche field. I think it's because I was incredulous when they asked me to do a 2.5 hour live coding interview, along with 6 hours of other interviews. I asked them if 6 years of relevant open source contributions was enough to validate my coding ability and they said no. Glad they didn't waste my time actually.
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They feel they can do anything because there's plenty of applicant right now. Three years ago they would beg to give you an anilingus just so they can talk to you
Feel free to join https://snek.molodetz.nl/web.html it's a very small community of some friends of mine. Techies
You and me both. Looking for jobs is a fucking humiliation ritual.
anybody wanna buy a plot in spain and start a ganja farm?
You don't have to move to Spain to do that.
i see your point tho. some leds and pots and ground and i just might be able to put food on the table with a clean conscience.
Call it counter economics
Counter-economics is my middle name.
Land is reasonably affordable where I am, especially in terrain that's not perfectly suited for cornfields.
And weed isn't the only option. Herbs, veggies, mushrooms, coppiced timber, even secondary industries.
in the mountain of galicia you can get the same plot for 300 euros
300 € for a 2500 m² plot (0.25 ha or 0.625 acres)? That's unbelievably cheap, less than the plane ticket there.
Also my networks already have land, plus more that they're accumulating.
When I'm depressed i go there.
https://www.idealista.com/areas/venta-terrenos/con-precio-hasta_10000/?shape=%28%28eqgfGpd}y%40uq|AmaiG|eEquaB~ceAzsCbuCpqnBzqz%40i]mzFg~vAvghDrcA~ab%40|p_BqqrFpm{B))
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Ok maybe I exagerated with that 300 euros things.I hacked the website by removing a zero into the URL to match my budget lmao. I bet if i have a plot near a surf spot I can open an airbnb for rich australians having the surf curse. You know, all aussies are destined to wander around looking for the perfect wave and they're always loaded. I suspect its the guilt of being landthiefs
Peeked around there and the first thing I found that didn't have shape or accessibility issues was about 20k € per hectare, a couple more were 30k/ha.
I've seen lots of rural land in the Midwest selling for about $10k/acre ($25k/ha).
corn huh? sounds like middle earth
nah land here is full. my buddy found a plot for his mum, in the forest. It's 60k away from everything and its something like 50 yards on 50.
Spain does sound nice though. I’ll join OP, I even have experience lol
cannabis needs mountain and sun tho
a lot of spanish people are getting out unfortunately, some part of spain are dying, especially in the countryside
The most humiliating interview test I ever did was being asked to find security flaws in a web app over 30 minutes and finding nothing
was it a security job or were they just assholes?
First pentesting job I ever applied to
well i assume you ended up testing that pen, otherwise you would have said "only"
Sooo congrats :)
Not so fast, unemployed now after six years in the field after having been let go two years ago, it sucks ass
It sucks :( sorry.
If you're a tekkie feel free to join at https://snek.molodetz.nl/web.html
it's a friend of mine
Did you get the answers after? non-sanitised input fields?
Not for that one no but I’m sure after 6 years testing two to three web apps a week I’d do a lot better
anybody wanna buy a plot in spain and start a ganja farm?
I can't afford it but I'm in
sure mate we need you for some steampunk thingy
Yep. It be like that.
It's my understanding that some firms will recruit candidates and assign them these take home tasks just to implement their work or get consulting on their practices with no intention to hire.
They may also post job descriptions and conduct interviews to keep up appearances that the firm is growing, or to destabilize established employees, again without intention to hire.
last time i had interviews a year ago i did 3 for one company. after the third interview they said they went with someone else.
I haven't even pulled a recruiter call yet. Shit sucks. This world is fucked.
Sorry :(
but fuck that I'm gonna stand my ground and keep fightin like a mujaheddin.
We should start a coop since the corpos think they can run their shit with AI only