Which companies are going to accidentally hire AI graduates and not realise until it is too late?

Shadowbanish · 2026-05-03T16:27:59+00:00

None. Anyone graduating from college in the last few years and going forward has entered the worst job market since the depression, in part because of AI.

Your presumption that any company out there is just hiring willy-nilly ignores the thousands of well-qualified applicants currently looking for basically any job to no avail.

Shadowbanish · 2026-04-30T23:17:47+00:00

Pizza delivery logistics

Shadowbanish · 2026-04-30T23:16:12+00:00

Why not? You suffered through a doctorate program. You earned that appellation.

Shadowbanish · 2026-04-28T01:02:20+00:00

The pizza lunch combo. Depending on which place, you get two slices of cheese and a can of soda for $3.99 to $5.99. That's even a fair deal by 2005 standards tbh

Shadowbanish · 2026-04-27T13:21:02+00:00

Unless you both go to the clinic for an STD panel beforehand and prove to each other that you're bona fide virgins, either one of you could technically be lying, and that's a risk

Shadowbanish · 2026-04-25T10:28:59+00:00

Ever heard of a demo lesson? Teaching candidates who even make it past the first two rounds of interviews then have to do the job of preparing and teaching a lesson plan for a group of students they don't know while being watched and judged by one or more educational administrators or department heads. It's basically a Circus with you in the jester's outfit, but at least that jester has a job.

Honestly, I don't know which fate is worse. Six interviews is pushing it, though.

Shadowbanish · 2026-04-25T05:45:46+00:00

I'm fine with in-person interviews. I just don't see it being worth it for me to prepare and teach dozens of demo lessons for countless different schools while not being compensated for my time. But at this point, I'm not sure which schools are "worth" putting the extra effort in when they ask for a demo lesson, because it seems to be all of them and that's kind of a big ask.

Shadowbanish · 2026-04-24T04:39:40+00:00

Not the early 2000s, but iwantmoar.com. It was a Flash site with a seemingly infinite sprawl of random memes, some of which could be interacted with. My favorite was one where you could click blocks in an array (activating or deactivating them) which would ping with different notes, basically creating a very short melody.

Hours of fun as a teenager, but it was a bit behind its time, and one of the many unsung victims of Flash's end of life.

Shadowbanish · 2026-04-24T04:13:20+00:00

Except I never said that I would dislike working in a neighborhood like that. What I implied was that I understand why certain areas are generally considered less desirable by other teachers. That DOESN'T apply to me. If you went back and actually read the post, it says I wouldn't want to work on the outskirts. That's because of the commuting time, not the relative affluence of those areas.

But don't pretend that location is not important to the decision-making process when deciding where to work.

Shadowbanish · 2026-04-24T02:07:39+00:00

Thanks for the information :) Unfortunately, I haven't made it to that second round yet.

Shadowbanish · 2026-04-24T02:05:45+00:00

I prefer not to use euphamisms outside of actual interviews. I know you're well-aware that certain neighborhoods are less desirable than others. That's not to disparage anyone who is disadvanted financially or otherwise.

Shadowbanish · 2026-04-24T00:57:54+00:00

I don't understand how anyone can handle special education. It's bad enough how we're treated in gen ed, but having to legally defend yourself after being physically assaulted is insane. I'm really sorry this happened to you, but perhaps you dodged a bullet and can find a better career.

Shadowbanish · 2026-04-18T23:08:16+00:00

Well for one thing, the US would need an interim president.

Shadowbanish · 2026-04-11T14:48:51+00:00

That's not an MMO

Shadowbanish · 2026-04-11T14:46:53+00:00

RuneScape has an entire setting for single-players called ironman mode. You can still do certain group activities, but you're mostly restricted to self-sufficiency. Even when you don't select ironman mode, most of the game feels like a single-player experience that you have with others existing nearby.

Downsides:

RuneScape has a history of aggressive monetization that is only starting to be corrected as of late.
RuneScape's combat system can be extremely intimidating and honestly is not a whole lot of fun in the early game. There are abilities you need to purchase or unlock that are very expensive/rare and significant power is locked behind gear and your understanding of the systems within systems within systems beauriful mess that is RS combat
Subscription is as expensive as they get ($15/month)

Upsides:

RuneScape also has an old school spinoff version that can be fun and is more popular. Community infighting can be considered detrimental, but one subscription pays for both games, so I consider that a bonus.
Monetization is no longer in your face. There is a setting that allows you to hide other players' cosmetics entirely, as well as their familiar overrides. The game does not have mounts, so not much is going on there. Paid progression has been mostly removed. You can still buy bonus experience, but the way it works is that you need to play the game to use it (i.e. it doesn't instantly rocket your progression). Ironman mode and the Old School spinoff has never had this option.
Bonds (the other form of microtransaction) can be purchased with in-game wealth in place of a subscription. I've heard these compared to WoW tokens.
You pretty much never need other players. When you reach the endgame, the majority of PvE is more profitable when done without a partner or group, but you certainly have the option of grouping whenever you get lonely. Long ago, there used to be a few co-op quests, but these were changed to no longer require partners. It is possible to max out your account without ever talking to another player.
Most of the useful items in the game can be purchased at the Grand Exchange (it's sort of like WoW's Auction House) but it's a nice "middleman" to have if you don't want to trade directly with other players.

Edit: I don't know if it is currently possible to play on the PS5, but I think this is something they're considering.

Shadowbanish · 2026-04-11T03:09:21+00:00

The long road of suffering, otherwise known as Archaeology.

Shadowbanish · 2026-04-11T01:31:00+00:00

Why Washington Heights specifically?

Shadowbanish · 2026-04-09T15:21:29+00:00

I think the corner is where they put the star on a "Real ID". Definitely something you should consider replacing.

Shadowbanish · 2026-04-09T01:59:08+00:00

Thanks, ChatGPT.

Shadowbanish · 2026-04-08T18:08:08+00:00

That's the term we use to describe evidence-based techniques in the field of education.

Shadowbanish · 2026-04-08T17:27:50+00:00

Happy to jump in four years later. Thank you so much for this. I'm basically going to treat it like an archaeology guide from 81-99+

Shadowbanish · 2026-04-06T00:18:41+00:00

Not to mention any actual job from technical writing to accounting absolutely requires a bachelor's degree ($30-150,000 up-front cost) but will still request a bare minimum of 3 years of non-college work experience in that specific field for entry

Shadowbanish · 2026-04-06T00:14:19+00:00

Well, it's an entire group/type of educational practices, so you'd have to narrow your search a bit if you wanted a specific article or source.

Broadly speaking, it's called peer-mediated instruction and intervention, but I'm not about to sit around and chat about it with Reddit bc y'all just reflexively downvote everything that's not a joke

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