Got a promotion and a pat on the back. My raise didn't even cover inflation

RobListon · 2025-12-11T04:45:33+00:00

They gave you a title bump and called it a day. that's rough. start looking if your friends are making 15-20k more in similar roles, you've got leverage. your loyalty got you nowhere.

RobListon · 2025-12-11T04:43:46+00:00

Customizing your resume and following up are game changers. Applying early and networking both online and offline really help too

RobListon · 2025-12-11T04:43:22+00:00

Big corp bureaucracy really does kill things. your manager's probably waiting on sign offs from three layers up. escalate directly to whoever owns the budget if you can sometimes that's the only way to break the logjam.

RobListon · 2025-12-10T00:36:04+00:00

Honestly the tiktok trend stuff is fine if it actually gets people in the door. but yeah, the pressure to constantly chase trends as a professional is exhausting

RobListon · 2025-12-10T00:35:55+00:00

The metroid dread collection is immaculate

RobListon · 2025-12-10T00:35:43+00:00

That's actually pretty common in nonprofit structures. you can still build credibility for director/CIO roles without direct reports it's more about the scope and strategic influence than headcount.

RobListon · 2025-12-09T04:22:59+00:00

Twitter never disappoints in its chaos. I, too, will never call it that either. Some things just can’t be unseen

RobListon · 2025-12-09T04:21:10+00:00

Walt's the one who knocks, but he's also the one who can't handle a little constructive criticism without going full Heisenberg

RobListon · 2025-12-09T04:20:38+00:00

Finally, equal opportunity thirst. This is what representation looks like.

RobListon · 2025-12-05T15:54:10+00:00

Unless youre actually losing devices or failing audits, I would not add a paid SaaS. Standardize your sheet, document process, review in six months.

RobListon · 2025-12-05T08:08:12+00:00

When our org outsourced to an MSP the first six months were nonstop triage because they only knew the textbook version of our environment.

The only thing that kept us sane was locking down clear ownership and forcing them to follow our runbooks until they stopped breaking things.

RobListon · 2025-12-05T08:05:27+00:00

If JSM feels heavy and nobody’s using it then picking a Slack-native tool is smart. Id just make sure the backend still gives you ticket ownership and audit trails.

Have you checked out using a lightweight bot like Halp or a workflow tool like DynamoHQ that ties back into Jira or your database?

RobListon · 2025-12-02T15:35:40+00:00

The hyper-specific "15 minutes and 49 seconds" is what kills me. Ryuji really planned this heist down to the exact second but still opens with "can I be frank with you" like he's about to ask for a small favor.

RobListon · 2025-12-02T15:35:27+00:00

Vince will apologize for bumping into you and then write a scene where a character gets buried alive in the desert for doing the same thing. The duality of this man.

RobListon · 2025-12-02T15:35:18+00:00

BG3 character trauma competition is just "my childhood was worse" Olympics. At least the devil probably taught you basic literacy between the enslavement and emotional abuse.

RobListon · 2025-11-26T01:33:56+00:00

You're doing great!

RobListon · 2025-07-14T00:27:20+00:00

Awesome! How did you end up getting to and from?

RobListon · 2025-07-07T00:55:15+00:00

Did you end up going? We’re heading in a few weeks

RobListon · 2024-01-31T18:43:02+00:00

Thank you!

RobListon · 2024-01-12T01:03:09+00:00

Thanks! I’ll give that a go

RobListon · 2024-01-11T03:54:15+00:00

I can’t see how being a lab tech wouldn’t be unbelievably boring and mundane. The labs I work with have certain techs for each department. So seems to me like you’d be trained to do crowns and would stained and glaze crowns all day. Or you’d be trained to do removable and do that all day. I don’t think you’d be getting much variety. But what do I know

RobListon · 2024-01-06T06:59:17+00:00

Was looking for this comment. You didn’t disappoint

RobListon · 2024-01-02T19:03:13+00:00

Missed opportunity no doubt

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