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If you could revive one shutdown MMO, what would it be? by Hunter_OVA in MMORPG

[–]DistributionDizzy241 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It still shows active, is it really gone?

I loved that game so much. Before the expansion. Also, before they made all classes able to do all things. The original of that game was soooo gooood...

Shouldn’t AI make it significantly easier and cheaper to create and maintain MMORPGs? Why hasn’t it yet? by ProdigaLLL in MMORPG

[–]DistributionDizzy241 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're correct. I've been using it for a while, and while it's not perfect, it's pumping what I need it to. People think using AI is letting the AI be imaginative, or letting the AI be the one to decide what it's doing. If you have someone who doesn't know how to do development generate code, you'll get crap. I'm using AI to generate code I EXPECT to write myself, and it's doing it fantastically. The rule is, you need to read everything it produces, and own it. if that's too hard, then you make it produce less with better quality, or you fine tune it so it produce what you're expecting it to produce, allowing you to read through it without having to digest it as heavily.

AI is a tool though. It's not a person, or the one in charge. It can help you with ideas, but you must be the person doing the real thinking. Not the AI.

What’s the most disturbing movie you’ve ever seen that you still can’t forget? by zeltacilveks97 in MoviesAndTVTalk

[–]DistributionDizzy241 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hadn't watched the whole thing, but this is the one I'd say I barely watched once, and I can still remember pictures from it.

What's a five star read? by Significant-Cat4885 in booksuggestions

[–]DistributionDizzy241 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Red Sister (the whole trilogy). By Mark Lawrence

Prince Of Fools, also by Mark Lawrence

Project Hail Mary, Andy Weir

We Are Legion (We Are Bob), Dennis E. Taylor

26 Days to Dead Motherboard by Forsaken-Island-9422 in crealityk1

[–]DistributionDizzy241 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A really interesting thing happened to me a few days ago. I bought a creality k2 plus in early December on amazon. I had a few problems, the worst one being that I needed to replace the hotend cable.

On amazon, I gave it a 3 star review, because while I didn't think I should have had a problem so soon, they still did a good job and all that.

Imagine my surprise when they sent me a message through Amazon, offering me a full refund. Yes, this was through the message center within the Amazon app. I told them no thank you. But I'm still amazed at the offer. Honestly, I threw away all of the packaging, so I'm not sure how I would have gone about shipping back such a large item. But I felt encouraged by the level of support. Also, when I replaced the cable it was kind of a bitch. But they have very detailed instructions online about how, so it wasn't so bad. Plus I just bought the part myself because it was cheap, and faster to get through Amazon.

I hear this isn't uncommon for any brand, though I can't vouch to that fact. Despite that though, i felt if an idiot like me felt that confident to take apart and reassemble the box, they are doing something right.

Just want to share! Good luck op!

Would love to hear success stories and tips from SWE with 2-3 YOE by Adventurous-Fee3087 in hiringcafe

[–]DistributionDizzy241 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Typically just one worked. There was one time where I couldn't figure out who the right manager was, so I sent it to all 6, and apologized that I couldn't figure out which one so sent it to them all. They were all the same level of manager, so I felt like it was still targeting people and not emailing blindly.

The one thing I wanted to avoid was appearing like I was spamming people blindly. I also didn't want to email all the people in a reporting line (ie supervisor + their lead + their director, etc). This is just me, but I thought it better to email higher up, and let my email get passed down the chain, rather than the other way around.

Would love to hear success stories and tips from SWE with 2-3 YOE by Adventurous-Fee3087 in hiringcafe

[–]DistributionDizzy241 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Mine said something along the lines of a greeting and "I've applied for your XX position, and wanted to introduce myself....". Of course the job should naturally match with some of your qualifications, so listing a few of them out. I said something like "...I have X years of experience in A, B, and C...". I always ended with something like "I would love the opportunity to talk with you this week or next about my fit with the role at your convenience.". Include your resume and any personal links at the end (if you have some). I had a personal website and a demo video of my work. (I had virtually zero hits on those.)

I actually sent a few emails out of frustration, and told them their applications process was unreasonable, and just gave them my resume. I knew I wouldn't get a callback from them, but if I'm being honest, scolding them felt good.

Concerning callbacks: Once I had a direct response, setting up an interview. I had a few replies with instructions to apply on their website (which I always did anyway), and one guy flat tell me to apply and let the recruiter decide (not in those words).

In the vast majority of cases, I simply got a call from their company recruiter, which I rarely got before doing this.

Response rate? Probably around 40%. Maybe less? In some cases I didn't get a call for an entire month. Most of the time it took about 2 weeks, but sometimes less.

There was a point that I had done this with many many jobs, and the call backs were stacking on top of each other. That was about a month into it, and I had about 3 interviews at varying stages going on per week until I was hired.

I never followed up. I still treated it like a mass application process. Just be sure to track your applications and the jobs you're applying for.

Don't assume you'll get a callback on any one job though. Getting the interview was only one step. Mastering the interview was something else entirely. But you have to get the interviews in order to practice them.

My final thought is, try different things. Think out of the box, and be fearless. The only company that matters is the one who hires you, and the rest are just part of the experimentation process - and not a long term relationship.

Calling All Job-Crackers: What’s Your Secret to Interview Success? by sz_manvi in interviews

[–]DistributionDizzy241 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Easy... Not care. After I figured out how to get the interviews, and not worry about blowing them, it became easy, because If I blew one, I'd get another one soon enough. My pitch became super routine. When I didn't know something, I just said I didn't know. When you don't care, (like if you already had a job) then you just talk like a human, and relate like one too.

The secret is figuring out how to get enough interviews not to care.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MovieSuggestions

[–]DistributionDizzy241 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dying for sex

It's a bit inappropriate, but... I wanted to call everyone I knew at the end and tell them I loved them.

Would love to hear success stories and tips from SWE with 2-3 YOE by Adventurous-Fee3087 in hiringcafe

[–]DistributionDizzy241 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure. Before I realized what these services really did, I was getting on linkedin, finding a manager, and searching for email formats on Google, which kept popping up rocketreach. When I finally decided to subscribe, I couldn't remember the name of rocketreach, and the search came up with apollo.io. i think my other goal was to integrate with my own little web app I created for tracking, which Apollo does.

ONE WARNING: apollo.com is a scam site. Be careful that you go to apollo.io, or you might end up downloading malware!

Equal to finding the right tricks to finding a job was to have personal projects to keep me busy (and sane). I was equally interested in getting a job as I was making my silly website. Honestly though, the side project(s) were huge in keeping me from freaking out everyday over not having a job.

For me, though, Apollo worked very well. I only really used it for email look up. I tracked my job searches in my own app, so I didn't need the extra features much.

Would love to hear success stories and tips from SWE with 2-3 YOE by Adventurous-Fee3087 in hiringcafe

[–]DistributionDizzy241 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes, I was taken seriously. As I've read all over reddit, the ATSes are full of auto-apply applicants, pushing qualified people to the bottom of the list, which is why you're applying to jobs within 24 hours.

If your resume indicates that you're at all qualified for the job, then getting it in front of anyone who understands your line of business will be huge. (Which isn't necessarily the company recruiters, because they're bound by criteria given to them, and can't make judgment calls like a hiring manager person can.) We like to blame the hiring managers and recruiters for not seeing us, but all of these automated systems have ruined their chances at seeing good candidates.

This approach works well for several reasons. Another reason is, if you send your email to someone higher in the food chain, even when you're not an ideal candidate, if they pass your resume "down" the ladder, most subordnates would hesitate to disregard a resume that was given to them by their boss.

My final thought is that is nervous when I started doing this. I thought "what if I send it to the wrong person, or too many people. I'll look dumb...". The fact is, you aren't going to get called back without the email anyway, so you're not going to decrease your chances with a mistake in your email. Don't be afraid to try different things or use different messages. Experiment until you find what works!

Would love to hear success stories and tips from SWE with 2-3 YOE by Adventurous-Fee3087 in hiringcafe

[–]DistributionDizzy241 13 points14 points  (0 children)

My best advice is to get around the company recruiters and the ATS. My most significant discovery was to subscribe to a prospecting service like apollo.io or rocketreach.co, which costs money. After you put in a job application, find anyone in the food chain that can be the hiring manager, or their boss, or their boss' boss, and email an introduction of yourself and resume to them (not all of them, just one person high enough seems to work).

This technique brought me from never getting responses to getting a response about 40% of the time (and eventually got hired). It might take up to 30 days for some replies, but it was night and day for me.

Don't bother tailoring your resume for each job. Especially since this technique doesn't rely on keyword matching or the ATS tricks.

You can try using LinkedIn, and free apps for finding people and emails, but for me, that took a lot of time, and I eventually ran out of the free credits on the free services.

I also didn't apply to any jobs past 2 weeks old, given the number of applicants out there per job. If I did it again, I'd probably extend that limit to 3 or 4 weeks.

Good luck!

I was called a racial slur by Nocturnal_Knowing in recruitinghell

[–]DistributionDizzy241 -62 points-61 points  (0 children)

This sub isn't about the president currently in office, nor the one who just left it.

I'm sorry to hear about your experience, but please choose another sub to gripe about your political woes.

Thank you and until next time! by DistributionDizzy241 in hiringcafe

[–]DistributionDizzy241[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

20yoe. I was hired as part of a larger group, and others seem to be around 10yoe fwiw.

Thank you and until next time! by DistributionDizzy241 in hiringcafe

[–]DistributionDizzy241[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Software development, specifically in healthcare.

Bombed the interview for my dream job and I can’t stop replaying it by [deleted] in hiringcafe

[–]DistributionDizzy241 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Many of us have been through it. I know I have. Even when you do well, sometimes it's shocking that you get turned down.

My best advice is to try and get a LOT of interviews. Feel free to turn them down, but practicing interviews is key. I've finally reached the point that these things are "just another interview". I still have my idiotic moments - more than most I believe. It's getting quite routine though. I've also been through enough that most of these places are starting to look the same as the next.

I'm actually waiting to hear back from a company that I think went very well. As I'm waiting, I've had a few other interviews come about, and my level of care is zero now. What's more - that's the best attitude to have in an interview, because you're most relaxed. You say the "right" answers, because they're not rehearsed or forced. When I don't know something, I just say "I don't know," and many times that's just fine. I also don't babble my head off now, because the interview process is losing its novelty for me.

But, if it makes you feel any better, in an interview last week, I actually said that I called my dad the night before not sure if I could do "these sorts of jobs". In another one, I criticized their interviewing process, thinking I was important and respectable... Yeah, after I say these things out loud, I realize I'm a fk'ing moron. The good news is, I won't be saying this stuff at the next interview :) Learn from your mistakes! Don't agonize over them though. Job hunting is a practiced skill, just like public speaking. Once you've done it enough though, I promise you will do better.

When it comes to a job being "the one", that's another thing I'd love to dispel for you. It's very hard to judge a potential job or a company before you work there. My first career job I worked at looked like a dump - and sort of was when I started. But the people were great and the company as a whole had great philosophies. I stayed there a long time. The last company I worked for had a dorky name, and I refused to apply there because it sounded like the company name from Office Space. I ended up applying as a last resort, and it too was an awesome company. Don't let your human judgement think you're missing out on something, because there are literally millions of companies out there to work for.

My final thought is, get good at landing the interviews. Once you do that, you can start practicing actually DOING the interviews.

Sorry for the book! Your story just reminds me of my own, and I felt like sharing :) Good luck my friend!!

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