tabris

joined 2 years ago
[–] tabris@lemmy.world 34 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I was just thinking electricity should be charged at reverse volume, the more you use, the more expensive each Gw is. It'll never happen, but if we wanted to tackle this issue, it's what we should do.

[–] tabris@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

We also use "I'm trying for a baby" as a euphemism for sex. In fact, my favorite euphemism is "just dropping the kids off at the pool"

[–] tabris@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

I've been using Manjaro with Cinnamon for about a month now. It works great on an old Lenovo with 12gb ram. Probably going to stick with it when I build my desktop.

[–] tabris@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

For Brits of a certain age: 0(1)81 811 8181

[–] tabris@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

I think it's middle, bottom, then top.

[–] tabris@lemmy.world 34 points 1 month ago

Why

WHY NOT? Why not just waste a week of your life creating a react project just to coverup your insecurities of how incompetent you are. Just Why not!

At least they're self aware.

[–] tabris@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

That case is gorgeous, what is it?

[–] tabris@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Do you hear a sea shanty?

[–] tabris@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah, it should be "fig 1", "also fig 1, but the other half".

[–] tabris@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

When most western governments are still highly influenced by the Catholic church, even atheists need to pay attention to who the pope is.

[–] tabris@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

All of the Ubi-art games were great, Rayman Legends, Valiant Hearts and Child of Light, all fantastic games. And then Ubisoft said they would only make open world games. Idiots.

[–] tabris@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Thanks very much for your advice. I've reworked my CV using Open Resume and updated it on all the job boards I've been using, hopefully that gets me further.

I'm also continuing to update my portfolio website and building out apps in different languages and frameworks to demonstrate my skills.

It just looks like the job market sucks at the mo and I just need to keep trudging through.

Thanks again.

 

So I've been out of work for over a year now. I'm a software engineer with 20 years experience in Java, I have experience in over a dozen other languages, I've worked for companies of around 30 employees as well as big multinationals.

Over the last year, I've applied for literally hundreds of jobs, and I've gotten one interview, got all the way to the final stage of the process but missed out to someone with more experience of that specific framework they wanted. I was told that they really liked me, that my code was good even though I was learning that framework while doing the code test, and that I would integrate with the team very well, but they needed someone with more experience with the framework they use. They did say that if another position opened up this year that they'd get in touch.

So my question is, what the fuck do I do now? I'm still applying for every programming position that comes up on the job boards, I'm emailing recruiters to try to get my foot in the door, I'm teaching myself different frameworks and languages and building small demo apps to show what I can do, but I'm getting nowhere.

Five years ago, I had absolutely no issue getting a job. I'd literally have several job offers within a month of looking. Now there's nothing. For context, I'm in the UK.

So what are my options. What can I do to get work as a programmer in today's market? What else is there for me to do? How would I get started freelance if I've never done that before, and is that even a viable option? Are other people experiencing the same at the moment?

Please help, I'm getting desperate.

 
 

I'm still not sure I believe this is real, but loved these games as a kid, glad to be able to return to them.

 
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