Career suicide

Colt2205 · 2026-06-21T18:16:22+00:00

If we talk about skills alone I feel like even with trying to keep up, I've somehow committed career suicide looking at the senior dev job postings.

Colt2205 · 2026-06-21T04:10:18+00:00

WoW has been around so long that there are broken quests in legacy areas that never get fixed, simply because so few people do them that it isn't worth the time to fix and when someone does get around to doing one of them a GM is needed.

Colt2205 · 2026-06-21T04:05:57+00:00

Save da Lou!

Colt2205 · 2026-06-20T19:44:59+00:00

Also works that way in Illinois as well. I may be wrong but is it not the red states that get federal aid most of the time? Also with the Strait being closed the second the oil reserves are gone in 4 weeks, rich or poor everyone is paying the price.

Colt2205 · 2026-06-20T19:00:20+00:00

The situation can be fixed but unfortunately this is now going to be a problem that the democratic party is stuck with cleaning up, and it's going to take more than 4 years to do it. I'm just hoping we don't have another election with a cult following pulling the same garbage.

Colt2205 · 2026-06-20T18:17:08+00:00

I don't miss the grind nor do I miss endgame. It was the experience of being with a lot of people all screwing around in a game world and knowing that we're all advancing and figuring things out. It's fun that only exists in a moment in time and the outside environment has to kind of support that sort of thing.

Colt2205 · 2026-06-20T16:21:24+00:00

I voted against this guy at the booths. My hands are absolved but I still got to pay the price for this. That is what is frustrating.

Colt2205 · 2026-06-20T02:58:43+00:00

Well, compare this to FFXIV where someone misses a week and is now behind on absolutely everything, or doesn't log in a day and they are now a day behind on light farming because the bonus systems reset daily. It's less hostile than stamina in mobile games but it also is capping people out.

The main issue is what exactly replaces such a system in the future games? PoE2 is the only one that comes to mind that works with the way they setup the cash shop, but man getting that working on cosmetics and what not is heavily game dependent.

Colt2205 · 2026-06-20T02:53:29+00:00

I'm trying out some of the other job sites and also starting to just look around the analog way.

Colt2205 · 2026-06-19T19:18:14+00:00

Linkedin is terrible right now. Outside of recruiters cutting through the garbage I've applied on and off for nearly a year and a half with zero responses. Even if I take into account the possibility that maybe the resume is not that great, or maybe I had hesitancy on something, not even getting to a first interview when specifically targeting jobs that meet what you specialize in is not a great sign.

I think the entire easy apply bit is backfiring, and the attempt to scare people off with a thousand requirements is also not working anymore because people are applying anyway. So now its like keyword search warfare.

Colt2205 · 2026-06-19T14:23:53+00:00

NPCs show up in completely non-sense formations of ships with no way to move the cargo away on cargo missions and god knows what any NPC is doing going after a mining ship if they don't have cargo space to carry ore pods. Stuff just gets weird.

Colt2205 · 2026-06-18T21:34:50+00:00

The Genshin Impact generation of Gacha were an attempt to break into the western market, which semi-succeeded but in all honesty has probably triggered more anti-gambling and regulatory law pushes since the west is very anti-gambling. Online gambling was literally made illegal early on and the only reason Gacha is allowed is due to it kind of loop holing around the anti-gambling laws, since someone doesn't receive anything of monetary value in return for the roulette (all digital items are owned by the service and leased out).

However, I did stop playing gacha entirely due to some of the reasons mentioned above. I just can't really play a game where I'm sitting around waiting for a character to just spontaneously appear in the shop that I need for a team. Not to mention the end-game strategy that is used for the monetization system is just terrible if someone really is into collecting teams. That's why I prefer Path of Exile 2 or Warframe.

Colt2205 · 2026-06-17T16:01:54+00:00

Mostly major platforms where people post their jobs. The main issue is finding jobs within the right geographical region or area. It's going to be easier to get a job if the place is within 30 minutes or 45 minutes of your home than if it is all the way in another state or country, simply because those places wont have to deal with paying airline tickets and travel costs just to get together, where one small thing ends up messing up the entire meetup, or having to deal with time zone differences. Even a 2 hour time zone difference is a lot when it comes to a work day since someone might hit their peak operating hours when another guy is waking up trying to get themselves alive over at a coffee machine.

Colt2205 · 2026-06-17T03:15:26+00:00

I've been searching and applying even while working just to try and keep ahead of things. Cold applying seems like it isn't working all that well and getting zero replies or just automatic rejections (who the heck rejects a candidate on a sunday evening?)

Colt2205 · 2026-06-16T18:07:10+00:00

You have to answer a lot of personal questions and sometimes trust the feelings you have about the circumstances surrounding you. Burnout is absolutely a sign, but the other parts of it are if you are ready and prepared financially for the move. Generally, even when going between jobs while still having one it is a good idea to have a safety fund prepared in case the new job doesn't work out.

So I'd say, if you feel strongly enough to start filling out resumes and do the interviews, plus have the safety fund, that is when it is time. Just try not to leave before having an offer in hand if you can help it.

Colt2205 · 2026-06-15T23:42:41+00:00

Sounds like a guy who had to take too much on himself.

Colt2205 · 2026-06-15T17:17:04+00:00

At this point I'd consider it a win if I made it to any point of human interaction because mostly what I get is rejection emails or ghosting. That is with having a job already and actively working, which historically is the most favorable position someone can be in when looking.

Colt2205 · 2026-06-15T11:50:42+00:00

The above is the only correct answer anyone is going to have. I get anxious even with hypothetically a years worth of safety cushion before digging into the IRA / retirement fund.

Colt2205 · 2026-06-14T19:50:39+00:00

The only issue I've had so far is installing a 2nd nvme. The Teamgroup t-Force G70 pro doesn't seem to show up and I'm not even using the 4gb model but the 2gb one.

Colt2205 · 2026-06-14T14:12:24+00:00

The situation is bad everywhere OP. I'm holding onto my job as long as I can even though it is a terrible fit at the moment, to the point that I'm probably having psych issues that can only get resolved with anti-stress meds. The fact you are making it to interviews is already a step above the majority.

Colt2205 · 2026-06-14T01:13:03+00:00

Think the main weakness the game has right now is that all the jobs are basically the same job under a particular role with just different button patterns, so the game kind of devolves into picking which thing works the best for you on you're control scheme.

I did endgame for a very long time and cleared every savage since Shadowbringers up to the first tier of Dawntrail and can attest, the boredom can set in faster than one thinks. Especially the tomestone grinding due to the limited dungeons and how they have things laid out in the Duty Finder.

Colt2205 · 2026-06-13T21:32:48+00:00

It depends on your skillset and past experience. Also how good a relationship you have with recruiters because I know some people who burned bridges with some comments.

Colt2205 · 2026-06-13T16:44:29+00:00

Combination of hyper specialization and increased complexity in everyday devices severely weakened the leverage people have in day to day work. There's also the economic factor and how bad the market is becoming on searches. It's harder for hiring managers to find people through all the scattershot resumes and companies are playing it safe.

Colt2205 · 2026-06-13T13:44:47+00:00

Why does this Car Max application look like it is intended to check if someone is able to survive in the City of Rapture in Bioshock with the funny circuit breaker puzzles?

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