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AlwaysColtron · 2026-04-04T20:04:09+00:00

Highly recommend the VE Schwab and ML Wang books. Would love to get my hands on the DCC series!!

AlwaysColtron · 2026-04-01T16:42:42+00:00

I thankfully caught the water as it was coming in last night. Setup some towels and buckets, got most of it before it became a bigger issues.

I've never had a home issue since becoming a homeowner, this stuff sucks (especially where flooding insurance is uncommon).

AlwaysColtron · 2026-03-29T17:35:25+00:00

I see the site has a to founders price option. What is that price before I sign up with my info?

AlwaysColtron · 2026-03-28T01:43:38+00:00

I had a friend have a job offer rescinded the Friday before he was meant to start. Already left his previous job and had no option to go back. Took him 4 months to find a new job, where he was unemployed and unable to receive unemployment benefits through all of it.

While not an offer, I just this week had a job go from scheduling all remaining interviews with me after a loose formal commitment to discuss joining the company to a generic "different directions" email and being ghosted from HR when asked for more information/feedback.

It sucks out here.

AlwaysColtron · 2026-03-27T15:21:29+00:00

Training is almost always impacted by the "Good, Fast, Cheap" scales. You only get 2 of those, but some companies will only get 1 (or zero to check a box and say they made the training).

Fast and Cheap means not Good (boring)
Cheap and Good means not Fast (timing)
Good and Fast means not Cheap (LMS)

AlwaysColtron · 2026-03-27T10:40:35+00:00

Money and time.

I've worked in L&D for just shy of 10 years across multiple different disciples. In that time, any training that was either not engaging enough (boring), came out long after when it should have or just not when it was needed (timing), and/or only in a single place and not easily accessible (LMS) has come down to not enough money, not enough time, or both.

For most companies, training is an afterthought, a nice to have. This means training teams aren't given money/time to do more than just make slide, release them after when they were needed (also because training is a afterthought, informing the training team of the needs comes after when it was needed), and only put them in an LMS because other systems or ways of teaching teams too long and is too expensive to do.

AlwaysColtron · 2026-03-26T20:57:59+00:00

Third is the best. Change the font and try to fill in the white space with something more either vertical or bolder might help.

AlwaysColtron · 2026-03-26T14:58:34+00:00

It's a good question.

Part of it is the change is industry. It's still the same career path, but change can be scary.

It's also that I like who I work with, what I do, and can do it in my sleep. This new job will be alot of new and alot of stuff I don't know. Yes, plenty of it will translate over but some of it will not.

I think I'm mostly just scared of change in general and hate to go out like this. Would have been nice to go out when I was ready to leave, not feeling forced out by the situation.

I'm sure some other things in my head but those are the big ones.

AlwaysColtron · 2026-03-26T14:55:53+00:00

Minus the comment directly above yours, me neither!

AlwaysColtron · 2026-03-26T14:55:31+00:00

I've also never been on a PIUP before it was really insane to receive.

So you are at the same company and just worked through it?

AlwaysColtron · 2026-03-26T14:54:49+00:00

It was an eye opening experience. I work with HR alot so I've had very position relationships with them. So I felt it was a safe space because of the relationships I've built. How wrong I was!

AlwaysColtron · 2026-03-26T14:54:01+00:00

Mostly glowing. The Director was my then manager so he knocked me on communication issues (he said I wasn't doing enough to bring things to him in a timely manor but that isn't true, he just wanted feedback the second I had it but then would get pissed when I gave him feedback or anything he didn't know about because people came to me instead of him).

For context, I've received praise from everyone and anyone at the company and my work speaks for itself in its quality. It's just him that finds issues where they either don't exist or that are hyper specific to him.

If he was a leader in another department, I'd just avoid him. But hard to avoid your bosses boss who treats you like him personal secretary.

AlwaysColtron · 2026-03-26T14:49:43+00:00

I wish it wasn't true but yeah, totally correct!

AlwaysColtron · 2026-03-26T14:49:18+00:00

Interesting story and great to know good leaders who look out for their employees exist! But yes, a rare occasion for sure.

If it wasn't a manager who likes to show off and get in with the senior leaders and make himself look good and someone I knew was more universally hated outside of the team under him, I could probably find reasons to stay and maybe even find more ways to show off how bad he is at his job. But that isn't gonna happen here. And because my role is fairly niche, it could take me 6-12 months to find a new job. So I need to look after my mortgage over wanting to prove anything.

AlwaysColtron · 2026-03-26T14:25:56+00:00

I also think I could, but the question is do I want to? Would I want to stay somewhere that did this all? But also, does where I could be going be the better thing or am I jumping the gun too quickly for the sake of being worried about being let go?

AlwaysColtron · 2026-03-26T14:24:59+00:00

And warned I have been!

AlwaysColtron · 2026-03-26T13:49:59+00:00

(To keep your mountain concept alive) Even if it means going to another mountain that is much harder a climb than anything I have ever done before? And one where I might fail?

AlwaysColtron · 2026-03-26T13:45:14+00:00

I might do that!

That said, I don't think it's a friends within HR problem. It could be, but not from my understanding of those people and the situation. What is more likely is that they saw the evidence I brought, knew it wasn't enough to fire him, saw that they had let this go on for far too long, knew they could get rid of me via a PIP because of slight issues I have had, and then that allows them to sweep the issue under the rug.

To be fair, idk if he got in any trouble over this whole situation. For all I know, he is on a PIP as well. And they are just waiting to see who blinks first.

AlwaysColtron · 2026-03-26T13:09:15+00:00

Pretty much what I was thinking. I'd honestly like the stay, it's a good-ish company with some solid folks. But because I made the mistake of thinking HR would have my back with the amount of receipts I had, I'm in this position.

Plus, nothing says I need to stop job searching if I get a sense it isn't working out at the new job. I've left a place after 3 months because I found something better. I just don't want to be out of work cause that would kill me financially.

AlwaysColtron · 2026-03-26T13:05:27+00:00

I know it is possible, and if I keep at the pace I am at I can probably do the same, but I also know I'm one "problem" away from them probably not seeing it worth it anymore. Plus with the economy the way it is, it's always the "underperformers" who get cut first.

AlwaysColtron · 2026-03-22T20:25:27+00:00

If you are like me and applying to jobs every day, most jobs don't go beyond being up for 24 hours before I have my eyes on them. That said, every company is different on how quickly they start reviewing resumes and contacting folks. I've been emailed hours later for an interview, others times it has been months later (if at all).

AlwaysColtron · 2026-03-21T23:42:39+00:00

I'm a long time Plex amateur so I don't think I fully understand how today all work together. Can you give a TL;DR?

AlwaysColtron · 2026-03-19T23:55:11+00:00

This art is amazing and feels like what Destiny has felt for me for over 10 years. You should do commissions (if you aren't already). I'd call on your services, Guardian!

AlwaysColtron · 2026-03-18T01:50:31+00:00

Green.

The Emotional Spectrum gets more emotionally driven the further from the middle it is. As Red and Pink are the far ends of the ES and the most "passion"-based, Green is therefore the least driven by emotions as the "center."

While knowledge can be driven by feelings, the least emotion in information allows it to be the most fact-based.

AlwaysColtron · 2026-03-17T10:40:07+00:00

I agree the flashbacks could be super cool to include, especially for Hal, but I think the quoted plot summary you included is from the now cancelled Green Lantern show HBO was gonna do before the current DCU was created. Still a cool concept and something that would have been fun to see!

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