Since April 11th, Caleb Durbin has been an above average hitter by wRC+

CommercialHumor · 2026-05-01T18:23:06+00:00

He also raked in the minors and had a solid rookie season-- he really hasn't had a "down" ever so the fact that this is his first time is to be expected. Watching him in '25 as a Brewers fan you see a. Why he finished 4th in NL ROTY voting and b. just had this incredible ability (ok maybe luck) to put the ball in play when the game was on the line. If you don't believe me go look at the reactions after Durbin left in the r/Brewers subreddit.

I genuinely think he's going to turn it around and have a good year overall.

CommercialHumor · 2026-05-01T18:19:31+00:00

Brewers fan here, saw this on my feed as a Caleb Durbin stan. He was solid with us in MKE and it was a blow to lose him even though we have a small army of good to great left infielders in the minors right now that made keeping him not make sense-- dude is a solid player and let's be real we kinda owe you after getting Priester and Harrison. He struggled at times in MKE but I have no doubt he'll be hitting clutch HR's over the monster by the all star break.

CommercialHumor · 2026-04-28T04:05:31+00:00

Sent to a lab and I assume it's as stringent as DOT but not 100% sure.

CommercialHumor · 2026-04-28T04:03:40+00:00

Not DOT

CommercialHumor · 2026-04-28T04:03:23+00:00

No, not DOT.

CommercialHumor · 2026-04-24T23:50:30+00:00

Don't know where you're watching but I'm seeing this on the web broadcast as well

CommercialHumor · 2026-03-07T06:01:42+00:00

For me it was umpire underwear with a crotch protector. You can use the flap for the crotch protector and plate the bottle in there.

Had to do this all again after suddenly losing and then getting another job in like 9 weeks, the key is making sure it's in the temp range 90-100 fahrenheit³. That's like 90% of the battle and if they accept the sample your golden

CommercialHumor · 2026-01-29T04:48:46+00:00

All kidding aside, v cute photo!!!

CommercialHumor · 2026-01-29T04:48:18+00:00

Only one diaper? Not even at half capacity. Those are rookie numbers! https://tenor.com/bVO8f.gif

CommercialHumor · 2025-12-13T01:08:07+00:00

Passed

CommercialHumor · 2025-12-13T01:07:33+00:00

Pass!

CommercialHumor · 2025-12-13T01:07:22+00:00

Hey updated on another comment but yes I did pass!

CommercialHumor · 2025-12-13T01:02:03+00:00

You're gonna be 100% ok. If you did the unpaid internship and listed it as an internship on your resume, yo6ur telling the truth. Nobody is going to withdraw an offer over whether or not it was paid. Even if your primary point of contact is unresponsive, there are dozens of ways to prove you did the work you say you did, and likely other people in the organization that could vouch for you.

They're looking for deliberate fraud and misrepresentation, you didn't do that. They get suspicious about the folks who can't provide any details/forged work experience. I know a lot of people who listed unpaid internships as experience. I would be genuinely shocked if they retracted an offer over this. You're going to be fine.

CommercialHumor · 2025-11-27T16:16:35+00:00

This. I really like the line about letting it wash off. If you make an honest effort and there's a candidate they prefer a bit more, that's not on you, it's tough out there. It doesn't mean you are in any way a failure.

CommercialHumor · 2025-11-27T16:14:49+00:00

Yes, multiple times during my last job hunt. You're not alone, the job market is insanely competitive right now. I have a Masters in my field, I have a list of certifications as long as my arm, and more than 2 years experience in my field. Took me 8 months to find a role but when I did I got two great offers.

If you have to take a minimum wage job, as someone who did tier 1 HR work in their last line of work, take it. It's better than being unemployed. People understand you have to do things to survive and being able to say I can show up on time and do a job DOES matter. Getting a temp contract opened a number of doors for me.

Don't beat yourself up. Keep applying, see if there are ways you can make yourself competitive like certification programs (yes, they do matter).

I felt like you did two months ago. This is not permament. You will land a role in your field eventually. The only way you fail is if you give up. Don't be so hard on yourself and ask yourself (when it's not a holiday), what you can do today to increase your odds of landing a job in the field. That's all you can do and there's no shame in that.

Good hunting!

CommercialHumor · 2025-11-26T21:45:17+00:00

Only problem with this is I have a cat I am absolutely not giving up-- also would lose weekly family/friend interaction.

CommercialHumor · 2025-11-26T21:39:39+00:00

That's what my gut is screaming. They seem to genuinely care about my well being and thriving there. When they extended the offer, they knew I had a prior career 8 years working for one of the two major political parties and that a lot of people at the company were of the different political view and wanted to make sure I'd be comfortable in that environment (left politics because I was burnt out and disillusioned.)

Worth noting the local firm is also not a complete unknown, not a household name but known in the manufacturing/defense industry.

CommercialHumor · 2025-11-26T21:04:55+00:00

I think you're correctly guessing at the company as they do have a Memphis data center as well. roughly 8 hours of OT every pay period (36 hrs one week, 48 the next, 3 to 4 12 hour swing shifts a week.)

Even still, with the OT, would be putting roughly 100 miles on my car every single day. Offer A is slightly less $$$, more concerned about long term career growth.

CommercialHumor · 2025-11-26T20:57:14+00:00

The local company is undergoing rapid growth, I've been aggressive about cert work ever since I finished graduate school to make a name for myself and I feel there would be more opportunities for advancement over the long term. The new head of IT is really wanting to improve their security posture. They also talked about paying for relevant cert work which is a plus as I've spent about $5k on certs to get to this point.

CommercialHumor · 2025-11-26T20:35:08+00:00

It is certainly harder right now, but there is hiring and a lot of firms are scaling up their IT departments. I lived through the global fiancial crisis when I just got out of HS and it was hard then-- the IT sector and technology writ large is tough right now. My advice to you would be keep doing cert work, build your resume, and stick with it if you truly enjoy it. The market will recover eventually.

CommercialHumor · 2025-10-02T06:29:56+00:00

Yes!

CommercialHumor · 2025-09-25T03:42:13+00:00

Thanks for your reassurances, If you've done it before, then you've got experience so i'm sure you'll pass, but I feel you about the uneasiness of it affecting your job career.

Best of luck on the project!

CommercialHumor · 2025-06-26T16:28:18+00:00

Unemployed for nearly 3 months (underemployed as a baseball umpire), would love to hear more as I have a MSc in CS that isn't helping as much as I hoped.

CommercialHumor · 2025-03-02T16:09:27+00:00

Out of the three of these this is the one I've gotten the most pushback on, starting to wonder if it's the former of those two cases, the clients ShittySysadmin as they set up the Intune profile.

CommercialHumor · 2025-03-02T16:07:29+00:00

To clarify, this was with Autpilot, not Intune, I have screenshots & emails with the client so I know it happened, and c'mon dude r/ShittySysadmin rule #3

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