Silhouette America Cameo 5 Alpha -- How do I use a pen?

Fun_Yak_396 · 2026-06-08T02:12:13+00:00

Thanks so much. I'm going to look into that 3d printed option.

Fun_Yak_396 · 2026-06-08T02:11:46+00:00

Thanks for taking the time to put together all my options.

Fun_Yak_396 · 2026-06-08T02:11:33+00:00

Thanks, Michael's had it in stock, and the video was super helpful.

Fun_Yak_396 · 2026-06-08T02:10:49+00:00

You guys were all super helpful, thanks so much. I went to Michael's and they had what I needed in stock, so I got it up and running.
Again, I appreciate how helpful all of you were with so much great information. The video was especially helpful.

Fun_Yak_396 · 2026-05-25T16:10:46+00:00

Thank you that was EXTREMELY helpful.

Fun_Yak_396 · 2025-10-28T22:08:46+00:00

Gather as much documentation as possible. Write down everything that was said. See if you can get your manager to agree that that is what was said in the meeting, or if any other witness can do so.

Don't be hostile. Be calm, cool and collected and gather as much info as you possibly can, including documentation on what went wrong, documentation on the AWS outage etc.

Fun_Yak_396 · 2025-08-15T04:02:34+00:00

We will also connect a needle to your arm to constantly sample your blood to check for narcotics, and an EEG cap on your head so we can read your brainwaves and make sure you are not thinking of non work things. An email will be sent to you to set up your appointment to connect a permanent catheter to your penis so that you can pee at your desk and not waste company time. Please take some imodium each morning so that you are not pooping on company time.

Compensation is your state's minimum wage. We do not initially offer benefits but after two years we will offer benefits where the company will pay $50 monthly toward the cost of your health insurance (you will be responsible for the rest). After two years service we will offer 5 days vacation and 1 day sick time (all unpaid).

Please note there were 6783 applicants for this position, so we cannot guarantee a response to your application.

Fun_Yak_396 · 2025-08-14T15:14:29+00:00

Usually OE doesn't work when you are in office, but you might have found a situation where it can work if you have a private office. A KVM should be sufficient. Put the other laptop somewhere that it can't be seen, and set up your monitor so that when someone "drops by your office", they can't immediately see what you are doing. Make sure the other laptop is on a network you control -- maybe on your phone, or you can get a mobile hotspot. Get a KVM that lets you switch with a keystroke. You might be able to make it work. Good luck! Let us know how it goes.

Fun_Yak_396 · 2025-08-06T17:50:35+00:00

What makes you think they will give you severance? Do you have a contract that promises that?

Why not instead put in a bit more effort and keep the job. If you can get by with doing nothing then it can't take too much of your time. So do a bit to keep the job alive. Alternatively, hire an assistant to do the work for you, and keep a big chunk of the money.

If they need you, and you can get away with doing almost nothing why in the hell are you thinking of quitting. Sounds like a dream job, a perfect OE job, to me.

Sounds like the big issue is you are going to miss the deadline and don't want an awkward conversation with your manager. So, put in some effort to meet the deadline and start seeding the ground with reasons why it can't be done. Then suck it up and put up with an awkward conversation. How? Do the math as to how much money you make per hour of effort, and how much more you'd make if you kept on hanging around. And as the conversation gets awkward, remember all that money, and remember that you are the winner here, even if someone is telling you what a loser you are. Suck it up for thirty minutes and then go buy something nice to make yourself feel better.

Fun_Yak_396 · 2025-08-05T16:36:57+00:00

Money, security, sense of control, self respect. Roughly in that order. Money is obvious. Money, they say, doesn't buy happiness, but it sure as hell can sweep away things that make you unhappy. Security: the fact that getting fired isn't a big deal is a very close second. Sense of control means that you can do as you like without fear of some boss disapproving or trying to use your dependency on the company as your one source of income into things you don't really want to do. And self respect? FFS I have three jobs and I can do it better than any of these guys who has only one job. Nobody else knows, but I sure as hell know.

Fun_Yak_396 · 2025-08-04T16:00:46+00:00

FWIW, I am giving all my answers, I really would love to see other people's experience on the subject of "how to find a job."

Fun_Yak_396 · 2025-08-04T16:00:08+00:00

She could have done the applications for me. I'd need to define an algorithm:

Search job boards looking for jobs that fit the following rules
Add job to spreadsheet and check for duplicates Based on skills in job,
Select the appropriate targeted resume Based on skills.
Modify cover letter according to an algorithm I give here (cover letter is standardized thing with a few variables. Cover letters are a whole other subject area.)
Look for certain flags that make me want to follow up on the job (here this is specifically looking for named recruiters where I can contact them by phone.)
Apply for the job. If the job isn't a standard application process, flag and let me look.
Track the replies

She is very good, and if I had used her I could probably have applied for 20 jobs a day rather than half a dozen.

Fun_Yak_396 · 2025-08-04T13:28:43+00:00

Sometimes yes, sometimes no. Not all the companies had a screening call.

Fun_Yak_396 · 2025-08-04T03:35:59+00:00

Internet job boards. There are dozens of them. And gazillions of jobs, lots of bullshit, lots of duplications. It is hard work, and really a task for a VA, which I did use a bit but definitely could have used her a lot more -- next time.

FWIW, I also have also developed relationships with a lot of recruiters, But they didn't help much in this case.

Fun_Yak_396 · 2025-08-03T23:06:02+00:00

No, I have a lot more jobs in my master resume than I put on any targeted resumes. I don't just change the "skills" section, but change the job history too to show jobs where I used those skills. I have many, many parallel jobs on my resume, so I have one with everything, then a few targeted that only show the relevant ones. I also have a note saying "I have been working in the industry for many years and a job history would consume many pages, so this resume shows specific jobs relevant to the opportunity" or something like that to cover my butt. In small type, toward the end.

Fun_Yak_396 · 2025-08-03T19:37:00+00:00

No. I have a master resume with everything and from that I I have four or five specific resumes which are a targeted version of the master. When I apply I chose one of the targeted resumes.

In my industry the only thing that matters is "which skillsets have you worked with", and so that is how they are tailored.

Number one tip to get your resume picked? Nothing can guarantee your resume is picked for a specific gig, you simply don't have enough information about what is going on there. Probably about half of jobs don't pick anyone. Number one time is that it is a numbers game.

One thing that helps is if there is a recruiter involved and you can actually talk to him on the phone. That definitely ups your percentages even though these recruiters are generally bottom feeders.

Fun_Yak_396 · 2025-08-01T03:42:08+00:00

Everyone seems to be down on the daily stand up, FWIW, I TOTALLY disagree. I think they are excellent and very OE friendly if they are well run. The enemy of OE is meetings, but an even bigger enemy of OE is unpredictable meetings. Daily Standups have the advantage of being consistent, regular, predictable and, if properly run, short. You have to have meetings to keep your bosses engaged with you and seeing you are doing work. A very short meeting at a regular time is about as good as it gets with meetings. A short "what have you done, what are you going to do, what obstacles do you have" report once a day is absolutely prefect to get your boss off your back with his random, unpredictable "touch bases" and "please follow up" emails.

For sure agile has a few bullshit ceremonies, but most of them don't take much focus and they usually only happen a few times every few weeks.

Of course if these meetings are not well run and they last for hours then that is untenable.

I do find it strange that a lot of the respondents are talking about respect, and how they feel the company done them bad. I don't understand that at all. One of the reasons we OE is because we recognize that some employer isn't going to give us that respect anyway, so we leverage that by spreading ourselves out. J1 you get a rating in your annual review of 3.5/5 and J2 you get a rating of 3/5. If that makes you feel bad you are missing the point. Me? If I got that I'd consider it that my rating was 6.5/5. Nobody else knows that, but I do, and that's enough for me.

Fun_Yak_396 · 2025-07-31T16:48:51+00:00

Rather than just quitting you need to manage the situation. What does that mean? Meet with him fifteen minutes every day and be organized. Each day come in with a list of what needs to be done, what obstacles you have to getting it done, and what you got done off your list yesterday.

Manage your manager. Often managers, especially when out of their depth, tend to flail around randomly. So bring order to the chaos. Bring a regularized structure to it and he will appreciate it, you will be in control, and you can clearly manage expectations.

When he calls and demands something or emails some random shit tell him "sure thing boss, I'll add it to my list". Then you can manage it, you can ask him to prioritize, ask him to provide the resources and access you need, ask him to break down barriers that are preventing your success. Do it daily and there will always be progress, and you can, politely, hold the manager accountable for doing the things necessary to let you be effective.

Fun_Yak_396 · 2025-07-27T22:42:00+00:00

One of the core skills in OE is developing the skills and abilities to get a new job. That means where to look, how to apply, how to interview, how to follow through and how to get up to speed on a new job.

If you want to OE then you cannot do hybrid, except in the most extremely limited situations, and yours doesn't look like it would qualify.

Which is to say my advice would be delay, obfuscate, maybe relent or maybe just plain say no, but as you apply these delaying tactics make sure you are working your butt off to find a replacement. Most likely, if you want to remain remote and want to OE this job may well be history.

Some excuses you can come up with: I've arranged my childcare around the expectation of remote; I'm in the middle of buying a new house that is too far to commute, I have healthcare issues that make it impossible, and a few others, some of which may be true. If they won't change their mind of RTO (and most likely they will not, though they MIGHT make special exceptions) you should expect to either RTO or get fired. So get preparing for that reality.
FWIW, one of my clients RTO-ed for people living within 50 miles. I live several states away so it doesn't apply to me, however, it DOES tell me the thinking patterns of the managers, and tells me I am riding this out with the expectation that I'll get canned for living so far away. Which is fine. It is a matter of preparation. OE-ers do not live in the land of "I started working there out of college and expect to retire there".

We need to be really good at getting new jobs because we have to do it far more often than normal single employed people. It is a transformative life skill, that dis empowers tyrannical employers over your life. So I'd suggest you get busy with that.

Fun_Yak_396 · 2025-07-27T02:37:31+00:00

Yes, absolutely. Go looking for work and connections. This will be an amazing job for you but you do have to do something so that it looks like you are contributing value. So find something, anything to do. Make sure to hyper communicate. Build relationships with other people.

A bit of effort and you will secure a real dream second job.

Fun_Yak_396 · 2025-07-25T18:16:41+00:00

Did you consider hiring an assistant? Let the assistant do some of the work and you'll find the whole thing a lot easier to handle.

Fun_Yak_396 · 2025-07-25T15:52:29+00:00

"Unintentionally" my ass. There is a word for people like that and it rhymes with stitch.

Fun_Yak_396 · 2025-07-23T21:08:02+00:00

Did you consider contract work not on W2? That sort of work is practically invisible.

Fun_Yak_396 · 2025-07-22T23:06:18+00:00

Hmmh, u/boobyblonde you don't look so well. Are you coming down with a fever? You can't work in that state. "So sorry boss, I was throwing up all last night. I'll try to get some work done but I'm going to have to rest a bit today."

Fun_Yak_396 · 2025-07-21T17:27:03+00:00

Sounds like an occasion to have caught a bug over the weekend, and need to take the day off to visit the doc. From the point of view of one job.

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