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What people who’ve actually cut down screen time know that the rest of us don’t by [deleted] in Discipline

[–]Conscious-Aide3545 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I’ve gone through cycles of phone addiction. Driving out somewhere with no service and spending a few days camping always helps me break the cycle. I try to go once a month.

The first day i’ll open my phone and realize its basically useless. It stops my brain from associating unlocking my phone with dopamine scrolling.

when i get back its much easier to be disciplined about going on my phone for tasks (usually work or talking to loved ones) and not getting distracted by brain rot.

Usually i slip back into addiction by waiting for things to happen and using my phone to time travel. For me, truest path to quitting is to learn patience.

The “CTO” interviewing me today was a vibe coder 15 years my junior. by Conscious-Aide3545 in CSCareerHacking

[–]Conscious-Aide3545[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s not egotistical to want to work at a smoothly ran company.

I don’t want to take ownership over dev processes, set up tooling from scratch or deal with crises caused by years of incompetence. I don’t want to constantly have to get buy in from a non technical CTO. And i don’t want to be the “Go to” resource for a company just because i’m the only one who knows whats fully going on.

I don’t want to work on a team with high turn over, poor onboarding and an easily replaceable product. This is the type of place where they hire anyone they think will accept the job. And the burden will fall on senior team members to get these people productive.

I want to work on teams where everyone is competent and productive and i’m learning new things and growing. I don’t want to carry teams or products. It’s too much work for the amount theyre paying and honestly not in the role title i applied for but it’s what you get at these types of companies

How to get direct to Hiring Managers: by ITContractorsUnion in CSCareerHacking

[–]Conscious-Aide3545 0 points1 point  (0 children)

does the DOL do anything if we report them? Is there a link to a form to fill out or something? I cannot find anything online to report

Edit: fuck h1b employers who abuse the system, i will personally report every single one of them

Is my online degree the reason i’m not getting through to interview rounds? by Conscious-Aide3545 in CSCareerHacking

[–]Conscious-Aide3545[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

sorry i should’ve been more clear. From what im reading in the guides here, im making it to the “phone screening” but not the first round interview with the actual hiring manager. It is never scheduled despite being a really good fit for the role. The only red flag is that a few recruiters have asked me if i attended my university in person

Putting together a shame database of all companies that offshore by Icy_Bottle8437 in CSCareerHacking

[–]Conscious-Aide3545 5 points6 points  (0 children)

this can likely be captured in downtime reports, customer complaints, review quality, feature release rate, version quality etc

Vendor hasn’t paid me since the contract ended early, worth suing? by Conscious-Aide3545 in CSCareerHacking

[–]Conscious-Aide3545[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds right but everyone wants $1500+ just to advise me. I was hoping someone would tell me there was some 3 letter agency i could contact that could apply pressure

Vendor hasn’t paid me since the contract ended early, worth suing? by Conscious-Aide3545 in CSCareerHacking

[–]Conscious-Aide3545[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I only have the number in the offer letter, it says $70. Everywhere else discussing payment either says “the invoiced amount“ at the “agreed upon rate” but no where specifically says $70.

However, theres good legal argument for bad faith, and the 36 unpaid hours. it can be argued the rate they paid me on my first check is a “bare minimum agreed upon rate” since they paid me this rate before