Some times I'd just ask "so what do you do for fun?", and then follow up. People usually like talking about their interests. I don't care nearly so much about their work and family. If they're huge into metal, or play football in a rec league, I want to know.
If you're lucky, one of their funs will be something you can talk about.
I've known several people who moved from QA and testing to developer roles, but usually as an internal transfer.
Most recruiters and management don't know shit about fuck when it comes to technical details, so it's not surprising a lot of them think "Oh the guy who knows how software works and how to handle edge cases? No, we don't want him"
Fuck test automation, it’s a fucking trap get out of it as soon as you can
lol.
Meanwhile, the org I work at has no test automation, so things that should be trivial require hours of tedious, error-prone, manual testing. Also they break stuff and don't find out until after it's merged.
I have no regrets from setting my editor to save-on-blur
Consumables that restore on rest are vastly superior to ones that don't.
I don't want to go farm for consumables. I almost never use any of the ones like ember, humanity, divine blessing, weapon buffs. They're somewhat rare so I don't use them by default, and then they're not part of my toolbox.
Unsure if my Text really makes sense tho as its a bunch of Weird Nonsense im typing out as i suck at expressing myself via Text but maybe someone can relate? >.<
Line breaks between paragraphs help. Emojis don't. Writing is a skill you can practice, so don't give up.
To your point, maybe you're just getting older? There's always been a small number of breakouts and a bunch of clones and shovel-ware. When you're a kid, things are new and unlimited in their potential. As you get older, you realize that the game world is limited
I find the step- stuff unappealing but this doesn't seem like a good use of government power.
Ehh. I would nullify
Hm. Okay. Seems like a good vector for public health stuff. Free condoms, testing, education, etc.
It's eclipsed (no pun intended) by the horrors of war, disease, and conservatism. It's hard to be excited about the moon when there's measles outbreaks and at least one genocide.
Good. Windows is all of bad, expensive, and untrustworthy
I would recommend sticking with that strategy and working on it. Going too "spicy" too soon is risky, and doesn't really pay off better than finding someone who clicks with you on medium heat topics like "you saw Caroline rose play?? How was it?"
My girlfriend says that it's often more about flow than content. A well executed conversation about a common topic will go farther than an awkward foray into "so you ever done coke?"