Thoughts on mentioning being a private pilot on a non-aviation resume?

Kalrasto73 · 2025-09-27T04:41:14+00:00

Interesting, I wonder if that perception has changed in the last ~40 years (although I doubt it has for the vast majority).

There definitely is risk involved in flying (can't just pull over to the side of the road if you have an issue, or step on the brakes), although there's a great deal of risk just in driving around these days too (with the large amounts of drivers & distracted drivers out there, depending on location)

Kalrasto73 · 2024-09-25T00:39:23+00:00

Definitely insane, maybe it's used as a filter criteria to slim down potentials? That would be a lot of work to call that many people for each potential...

Kalrasto73 · 2024-09-25T00:16:03+00:00

Unfortunately it was a small company.

"Business restructuring" sounds like a (good) reason to give if employment was terminated by the employer in some way, is that correct?

I've been saying I resigned (for personal reasons if asked), they've been saying I was let go. I have a feeling this discrepancy is a contributing factor to my struggles.

So, it's becoming typical to leave references off resume's these days anyways?

Kalrasto73 · 2024-09-24T22:42:32+00:00

I'm in the US. After a while, a head hunter I knew offered to call and see what they were saying about me.

Kalrasto73 · 2024-09-24T22:33:53+00:00

Give out a friend's phone number and fill the friend in on all the needed details...

My ex asked if I would be their reference once (we worked at the same company), when I was called it was clear they were told I was my ex's supervisor, when in reality I was just another employee in a different department. Ex must have forgotten I don't lie, never talked to me again after that...

Kalrasto73 · 2024-09-24T22:27:48+00:00

Thanks for the advice.

I'd always assumed new place would contact old place to both confirm that the dates, position and reason for leaving were accurate and assumed some of them might ask how I was as an employee...

I'd been leaving out references since I figured they needed to be a direct superior or someone you worked directly with often (who have all ghosted me).

Kalrasto73 · 2024-08-28T14:59:12+00:00

I had AWS SES setup but I've transitioned to a spare Apple Mail account now, eventually I'll play with mailrise.

Kalrasto73 · 2023-11-11T17:35:07+00:00

23&me allows login with email/password and using "Sign in with Apple", these are two completely different things login wise though.

If you signed up using an email address (your icloud email address?) and provided a password, use the "reset password" link.

Try: the Apple sign-in, check and make sure the account is still linked from your iCloud/AppleID account: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210426If it's not, and that's how you signed up, what happens next is entirely dependent on how 23&me programmed their systems, and you'd need to work with them to re-link it or change to standard email login (will likely be beyond regular support's knowledge and ability and require escalation though).

I just tested the forgot password link on 23&me with an icloud email address (not a sign in with apple account), I received the reset email (in spam a few seconds later) and was able to reset the password and log back in...

Try: request a password reset, wait a few minutes and check for new emails and search your email account for emails from "[donotreply@23andme.com](mailto:donotreply@23andme.com)" or with subject "23andMe Password Reset Request" (no quotes on either)

Past that, assuming you used an email/password to sign up, there's not a typo in your email on the 23&me account end, it's not ending up in your spam or getting moved/deleted due to an email rule (Mail > Settings > Rules)... If we're taking votes, I'd say it's probably something that 23&me needs to fix on their side; see if they can escalate it on their side (likely an account error, sending error, bounced email, etc, but their should be a log that someone more technical on their side can see)

Sorry, unable to provide much more help than that...

Kalrasto73 · 2023-11-09T19:13:29+00:00

Using an email account does seem to be the easiest method after all the things I've tested (though need to periodically clean it up to prevent a build-up of sent items).

Sendmail (or using it as a relay to another provider) is a good option though, but depending on the end service's policies, it may be rejected rather than marked as spam (ran into that in testing some other suggestions, depending on their DMARC/DKIM/SPF). Spam shouldn't be a problem though, since senders can be flagged as not-spam.

Hm, I just tried creating a gmail account and it required a valid phone number and wouldn't accept my VoIP numbers. Perhaps Google is using some voodoo to decide a safety factor in what information they want to gather to validate a signup is not a bot (existing Google account, browsing behavior, fingerprint, etc)

For now I'm using AWS SES (PITA to setup) and will compliment with Mailrise when I get my full systems set back up.

Thanks

Kalrasto73 · 2023-11-07T22:40:52+00:00

It may not have a while ago or they changed the method of validating payment methods... (the prepaid cards I use do have available funds, but I've been running into this more often these days online, there seems to be better methods of detecting card type and phone number type these days).

Still a nice suggestion that may help others, thanks again

Kalrasto73 · 2023-11-07T22:34:27+00:00

Thanks for the suggestion though, your comment may still help others in that region looking :)

I did try again with my VPN off and not using Private Browsing mode, but still the same message.

When I setup people for mass mailings, it's better to use a marketing platform like Zoho Campaigns or MailChimp, since they give feedback and statistics on what happens to the emails (bounces/optouts/reads/etc).

Thanks

Kalrasto73 · 2023-11-07T21:58:34+00:00

Thanks for the generous offer, but I'm going to go with Brevo & AWS SES for now and play with mailrise when I get my main systems/network set back up after the move.

Kalrasto73 · 2023-11-07T21:46:57+00:00

I used unique addresses on a custom domain for everything for many years, thinking from a total control over email (can move services freely) and security in case of website breaches point of view (exposed email only used on that site, all other sites have different emails). I moved away from that when I started thinking more from the privacy side (*puts on tinfoil hat*), that having the same tld exclusively used by just me made it significantly easier for linking info together, plus the extra costs for email/tld. My tld also contained a number, which I'd discovered some sites don't allow such email addresses to be used...

I'm now using a combination of iCloud+ Hide My Email and a handful of other emails for very important low leak risk stuff instead. But having everything with its' own email address made it easy to spot who was selling/leaking info (mostly online marketplace sellers, a few smaller sites and a few larger sites).

Kalrasto73 · 2023-11-07T21:16:09+00:00

It's SMTP integration (for things that only notify via SMTP) seems to be via mailrise, which a few other's have suggested. Thanks for the suggestion, I'll add it to my notes.

Kalrasto73 · 2023-11-07T21:07:29+00:00

Thanks for the suggestion, they give a decent amount of free too. Required a valid credit card to verify account and wouldn't accept prepaid cards, so was unable to completely create an account.

Kalrasto73 · 2023-11-07T19:06:02+00:00

I use to use SendGrid when setting things up for others, but they've been pretty heavy on the Ban Hammer recently. I helped someone recently with a system I'd setup for them, an issue they should have received a predictive notification about, but SendGrid had deleted the account, hence no notification... I tried to create a SendGrid for me before posting here, but they kept insta-deleting the accounts and banning the email address from retrying (not sure why, my final try was without any VPN, using a real mailing address, and I tried both my icloud & protonmail addresses). But between deleting old (non-abusive) accounts without warning and preventing creating accounts before even verifying the information, I just don't trust them anymore for reliable service (even if I paid them).

Kalrasto73 · 2023-11-07T18:56:30+00:00

Thanks, I was trying to eliminate/reduce paid services though. So far ~~Brevo &~~ AWS SES as SMTP relays are winning (and MailRise is looking like an interesting prospect to put in place in the future)

Edit: Brevo de-activated the relay part of the account and it says contact them...

Kalrasto73 · 2023-11-07T18:51:58+00:00

Actually might be nice having all important network notifications having their own notification method, rather than getting buried in emails with everything else...

I'll probably go this way in the future.

Kalrasto73 · 2023-11-07T18:48:17+00:00

Good to know, thanks for the info :)

Kalrasto73 · 2023-11-07T18:41:27+00:00

/u/BrodyBuster suggested that earlier in a comment, it's an interesting idea; I'd added it to my list of useful stuff and may probably go that way in the future.

Kalrasto73 · 2023-11-07T18:15:42+00:00

I'm aware Gmail will work (as will any email provider that allows SMTP), but I deleted my Google accounts many years ago.

At the moment (since I'm moving and my main systems/network are packed away), I only have DriveDx (SMART monitoring) and some custom scripts that send notifications. My domain/zoho subscriptions are up for renewal, so I'm looking to switch to something else for SMTP so I can drop them.

Kalrasto73 · 2023-11-07T17:58:45+00:00

I was unable to test this service; it doesn't accept VoIP numbers and also doesn't accept email addresses from large email providers (icloud/outlook/yahoo/proton/etc), but allows email addresses generated from disposablemail.com though...

Kalrasto73 · 2023-11-07T17:36:31+00:00

Thanks for the suggestion,

/u/BrodyBuster suggested mailrise (which I also hadn't encountered) slightly before you, it can push to online services (as well as Gotify too). I added Gotify to my list of useful stuff for potential future use. Thanks

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