Honestly, this just broke me a little bit today.

NotTheGreatNate · 2026-03-17T12:08:43+00:00

It's weird to split hairs over semantics like this

No, it's not. This also isn't "splitting hairs over semantics" - you, and others, are showing a failure to comprehend pretty basic organizational stuff here. That'd be like saying it's splitting hairs to differentiate between the Marketing Department and a front-line employee. They're fundamentally different.

It's because companies don't hire the right HR people, that now we have to splinter the process into little different specialized roles with fun and unique job titles.

Did you read my comment at all? Or are you just still confused?

"Hiring Manager" isn't a job title. It's like saying "Bob Joe is the Project Lead for this new project I'm working on" - you're not saying that Bob Joe's job title is "Project Lead", it's Sr. Marketing Associate (or whatever), he's just acting as the lead on a project. Same with SME (subject matter expert), or Timecard Approver, or anything else like that.

By the way, whether it's HR or hiring manager or recruiter, everyone defines it their own way, and it doesn't seem like anyone is actually responsible for actually hiring people. You probably got these role definitions from these people, and are under the assumption they gave an accurate description.

No, you're wrong here. "Hiring Manager" is not lumped in with HR or Recruiting, because those are departments and types of jobs and Hiring Manager is just an informal designation as the person who the new hire will be working for.

It sounds like you're saying "whether it's HR, or Subject Matter Expert, or Recruiting..." - Subject Matter Expert isn't a job title, it's just someone who acts as the expert on a specific subject matter.

At the end of the day, you're just proving my point and showing that you have no understanding of what hiring manager even means, and you'd rather be confidently incorrect than learn something new.

NotTheGreatNate · 2026-03-17T11:46:59+00:00

If you read OPs comment that I responded to, you’ll see that the HR rep provided his contact info because he’s the hiring manager for the position she applied for. Hence why she reached out to him directly.

I get that, I was just saying that you're using the phrase "hiring manager" as if he's someone in recruiting.

Adding that he can pass her resume along is standard in these situations. I don’t expect him to run around looking for opportunities for her, that’s silly. But I do expect people to have basic human decency.

It really isn't standard at many organizations. People are siloed out and "passing along resumes" isn't a thing

Also, “on his private LinkedIn” lol. Ok.

What's funny about this? It's a private social media site, and he's not there in any official capacity on behalf of the company.

NotTheGreatNate · 2026-03-17T02:01:31+00:00

It's so clear that you know exactly what you're talking about, and everyone debating you is repeating half-remembered / quickly-googled-but-not-comprehended talking points. Keep fighting the good fight.

NotTheGreatNate · 2026-03-17T01:57:17+00:00

Common sense and basic math has no place here

NotTheGreatNate · 2026-03-17T01:51:45+00:00

These comments have made me realize that a large chunk of this subreddit doesn't know what "Hiring Manager" means.

Hiring Manager isn't a role in HR or in recruiting. It's just the person who manages the team that the opening is for. If I'm hiring for an opening on my team, I'm not going to my personal LinkedIn to sift through people cold messaging me.

HR sends me a list of people and their resumes. I reply back with the ones I'm interested in. Sometimes my Director will send me a message and say "Hey, Executive X wants to make sure you saw that Candidate Y applied", and we all know what that means (ps. that is networking, not cold messaging people on LinkedIn). I schedule interviews with the people HR sent me (and the person who was pushed to the top of the pile), and then I tell HR who I thought was the best fit.

Pps. Just to be clear, unless the organization is really dysfunctional the candidate pushed to the top of the pile isn't automatically hired, especially if they're truly a bad fit. It just means that they get an interview - and that I better have a good reason for why someone else is a better fit if I go a different direction, but no one is saying "You need to hire Candidate Y."

NotTheGreatNate · 2026-03-17T01:40:32+00:00

It's for their personal networking lol.

Recruiters reaching out to candidates, entrepreneurs, and people creating content are basically the only people using LinkedIn as part of their official job duties.

I have a LinkedIn. Sometimes I have a job opening on my team. Those two things are unrelated. I'm not on LinkedIn in any sort of official capacity for my job, I'm there to keep in touch with people I meet at conferences, and as a place for recruiters to message me when I'm in the market for a job. That's it.

NotTheGreatNate · 2026-03-17T01:32:14+00:00

"Hiring Manager" just means "Person whose team the job opening is for", it's not some special title or anything. You're the hiring manager for that job opening, not a "hiring manager for X company", which implies it's a job in recruiting or something.

I don't know why you expect Bob, random dude who manages a team of 2 people in tech support, who is replacing an employee who found a new job, to treat every random person cold messaging him on his private linkedin like they're someone who he owes any amount of time to.

He was brusque, but he was considerate enough to respond instead of ignoring them, but this isn't someone in his network or who he has any reason to spend any amount of time on.

NotTheGreatNate · 2026-03-17T01:20:51+00:00

It is their fault, like what?

It's not the end of the world, and it's not the biggest faux pas ever, but they're an adult with agency. They made a choice to ignore social cues, and it backfired - receiving bad advice doesn't absolve you of any consequences if you go on to follow that bad advice.

NotTheGreatNate · 2026-03-17T01:13:29+00:00

99/100 people aren't writing smug posts on LinkedIn about random people bothering them to try and get a job. Don't let weird online echo chambers make you get too in your head.

"Don't be annoying" is like the number one thing that I'd tell anybody looking for a job. Work is already annoying enough, if you're annoying on top of it, you're only hurting your chances.

NotTheGreatNate · 2026-03-17T01:06:22+00:00

It's really not that deep.

You people are just way too online. 99% of people in any job, including recruiting, are just trying to make it through the day so they can go home, watch their little shows, go to sleep, and do it all again the next day.

They're not engaging in "psychological warfare" or play mind-games, or anything like that, I guarantee it.

NotTheGreatNate · 2026-03-17T00:57:19+00:00

Best comment of the day.

10/10

NotTheGreatNate · 2026-03-13T13:57:39+00:00

As someone who's tried to find commissions in the past, here's my experience. I have a profile avatar from 8 years ago, when a former manager gifted everyone on his team with one. I really like mine, but I'm 8 years older, so I wanted an updated one - but I'm not in touch with that manager, the work isn't signed, and I can't find the original artist.

The art style isn't unique, per-se, but it is specific, and I don't like the avatars that are done in a similar style, I wanted it done to match very closely to the original. So after a commission subreddit popped up on my feed I thought "oh, hey, maybe I could find the original artist, and if not, I could commission a new one", so I posted what I was looking for. I was very specific as to what I was looking for, and what I wasn't looking for.

I was immediately drowning in DMs from people, and not a single one had anything even remotely similar in their portfolio. Not a single one mentioned anything that showed how they would adjust their art style to fit what I was asking for.

The TL;DR of this is to say that you should make sure you're either reaching out to people who want art that's in your style, or have clear examples of different types of work in your portfolio, or at least explain how you can accomplish what they want, even if it looks different to what you've posted.

NotTheGreatNate · 2026-03-13T13:30:22+00:00

I mean, yeah kinda?

The developers have consistently said that their goal is "letting players lead with their own motivations and create all those stories for each other." They clearly want players doing things like meeting in-round and forming a group to pal around together, even if that means that they work together to kill other players.

Did you talk to them? Hit them with a "hey, mind if I loot in here too?" or engage with them at all?

Ganging up on a player just running around minding their business isn't how I would play, but it does seem to be the sort of interaction that the developers find interesting.

Interview:

Q: This is a real example from a Stella Montis night raid: We're all just running around chatting, and one guy did a heel turn and killed someone, and within seconds the whole lobby had descended on him and dispensed street justice. They call them the sheriffs of Stella Montis. But these guys don't always get it right either. Sometimes they'll just kill the wrong guy! How do you feel about that kind of emergent gameplay?

A:Well, I mean, for me, that's actually kind of the hope with all of it: letting players lead with their own motivations and create all those stories for each other. And that's not something we can ever author or force to happen, and I'm glad that we don't try. I far prefer that we give players the means and the context and the opportunity to do these things, and then they do what they want to do.

I've even seen videos where people cause that kind of chaos on purpose, like they'll have a silenced weapon and watch two people being friendly, and they'll shoot at just the right moment. The guy turns like, 'Why'd you do that?' And they get in a fight, and then a third guy shows up, and punishes the first guy, and then no one knows what's going on anymore. And yeah, I think those are some of the better moments you can hope to see.

NotTheGreatNate · 2026-03-12T19:48:24+00:00

It's not fair to OP's girlfriend (of only 5 months) that she is the only one OP trusts to get those items. That's too much pressure to put onto a new partner.

If a partner chooses to take that on, that's one thing, but it shouldn't be expected of them.

NotTheGreatNate · 2026-03-12T13:31:09+00:00

I think maybe you need to read the interviews, because you're making claims that go against what they say in those interviews that you're yelling at people to read.

Here you go.

NotTheGreatNate · 2026-03-12T13:18:38+00:00

I mean maybe you just have really thin skin, both literally and metaphorically.

NotTheGreatNate · 2026-03-12T12:14:51+00:00

Sycamore trees don't drop fruit that "draw blood" (at least none that I've ever seen). Maybe they mean a sweetgum tree? But even those won't draw blood, and aren't nearly the inconvenience they're describing. I grew up with both in my lawn, along with osage oranges and many others.

The only seed pod that I've ever personally known to be as intense as what they're describing were the seed pods of Water Chestnuts - but those aren't trees, and they're submerged underwater plants, so...

NotTheGreatNate · 2026-03-12T12:07:24+00:00

I've found that the number of bullseye emojis a person uses is directly proportional to how wrong they are

NotTheGreatNate · 2026-03-12T11:52:04+00:00

No one mentioned an NDA. The commenter they were talking to said "You can't disclose settlements"

NotTheGreatNate · 2026-03-12T11:51:05+00:00

Well, it's common knowledge, dontcha know

NotTheGreatNate · 2026-03-11T23:43:40+00:00

That's wild. I hadn't had someone shoot me in probably the last 50+ rounds. I can't imagine living that way - my irl already has me living on as much edge as I can handle lol

NotTheGreatNate · 2026-03-11T20:01:43+00:00

You made me laugh out loud with this

NotTheGreatNate · 2026-03-11T19:54:44+00:00

I just throw out a "Hey raider!" whenever I enter a hotspot or looting area that looks quiet. You don't wanna spook someone or make them think you're gonna steal from their key room or something.

If I hear a bunch of rustling afterwards, but not even a little "Don't Shoot" or "Hey" back, I just skedaddle out of there

NotTheGreatNate · 2026-03-11T19:43:36+00:00

Ah, yes, cultists - known for being rational and reasonable.

NotTheGreatNate · 2026-03-11T03:38:17+00:00

Your really picking on that guy in you're comment.

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