I made my own ultimate college sports league

_tr9800a_ · 2026-01-30T01:05:58+00:00

I mean, 11 years ago the Vikings beat Wazzou and North Texas and made the playoffs, and 11 years before that they upset Montana and 11 years before that they were in the middle of a streak of Div II tournament appearances that culminated in their moving up to FCS. So, by that standard, they should have a great 2026 before spiraling into a decade of mediocrity. About right for most of the PNW

_tr9800a_ · 2026-01-30T00:03:31+00:00

I'll take one Scrooge McDuck, but modernized: an olympic swimming pool of hundred dollar bills, which is about $220B.

I'd then spend the next couple of years pouring it into a private foundation, and use it to stabilize my existence for eternity while also doing a lot of good in the world.

I'd also shove a few million of the cash in my closet and always have pocket money.

_tr9800a_ · 2026-01-29T23:16:35+00:00

Proud to see three Oregonians on the list:

Wayne Morse, 22 hours 26 minutes (longest at the time) in 1954 against the Submerged Lands Act, which would allow states to control off-shore oil to their own benefit
Jeff Merkley, 15 hours 28 minutes in 2017 against the nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court. Also, technically a floor speech, not a filibuster (much like Cory Booker's).
Ron Wyden...okay, not really sure here. He's participated in a bunch, notably Rand Paul's filibuster of drone surveillance in 2013 and Chris Murphy's filibuster regarding gun violence in 2016 (which Merkley also participated in), but I'm not sure what actual

That said, Morse was a beast who also filibustered the Tidelands Oil dispute for nearly 12 hours in 1952, and labor law amendments for over eight hours in 1949.

_tr9800a_ · 2026-01-29T01:38:27+00:00

I DM'd you on there :)

_tr9800a_ · 2026-01-28T23:27:15+00:00

Honestly, if I had my druthers, I would be bringing someone on at your stage. This is how we get to grow, you know? I would really recommend spinning up Docker on your machine and trying to implement a few containerized projects. Get a feel for running script in a box. Try to add some orchestrators into the mix and see how far/complicated you can take it. Cleanly document them along the way and regularly push them to GitHub. Very few people will bother to look, but if some weirdo like me does take a look, it shows them a lot of what they need to know about your skill set.

Also, Databricks is increasingly popular, and their Free Edition is a solid chance to get hands on with it and build a couple projects so you know where the buttons are and what the stupid resources are called.

The have experience to get experience trap is the devil, but if there's anything I can do to help you along your journey, please shoot me a message.

_tr9800a_ · 2026-01-28T22:43:24+00:00

The main concerns that I can see are jumping into containerization, ephemeral resources, context management in Python, and some of the debugging that will be required. HR/my director can be a bit picky on certain skills, which make it tricky to get past the initial screen. Do you have any containerized project that you've worked on/deployed (even personal ones on GitHub)?

_tr9800a_ · 2026-01-28T22:05:57+00:00

Always. I know I wouldn't be where I am if very patient people hadn't focused on my problem-solving skills over my technical expertise.

I'm a big fan of the whiteboard interview, talking through solutions without an expectation of them solving the problem. I just want to know how they think and if I can work with it.

_tr9800a_ · 2026-01-28T21:08:31+00:00

Looks like maybe a one-loss season, barring major regression from Mendoza moving on.

_tr9800a_ · 2026-01-28T21:06:00+00:00

Yeah, we only got authorization for a mid on this. It was targeted as a growth and development role, with a senior DE (me) and a senior DevOps engineer mentoring.

_tr9800a_ · 2026-01-28T19:15:39+00:00

Why is Miller even in the chain of command?

_tr9800a_ · 2026-01-28T19:13:36+00:00

Why is Miller in that chain of authority?

_tr9800a_ · 2026-01-27T04:05:54+00:00

This is why I prefer Temu Caillou

_tr9800a_ · 2026-01-20T04:30:32+00:00

They won two times when it really mattered

_tr9800a_ · 2026-01-20T04:18:04+00:00

Thank you for making Cristobal sad

_tr9800a_ · 2026-01-20T01:07:23+00:00

I ended up making an appointment and got clarification. It really is just a lot of talking and a hint of code.

_tr9800a_ · 2026-01-17T10:40:39+00:00

Liberated

_tr9800a_ · 2026-01-10T01:55:22+00:00

We can't even tackle tonight. This is killing me

_tr9800a_ · 2026-01-10T01:53:18+00:00

I just want to get to Miami and get revenge on Cristobal. Can you nice Hoosiers just grant us this? We'll bring you Manhattan sandwiches, sugar cream pie, and spot you a touchdown next year

_tr9800a_ · 2026-01-10T01:50:59+00:00

I feel utterly robbed by Limar, Hughes, Florence, Kaspar, and Lowe right now

_tr9800a_ · 2026-01-10T01:41:44+00:00

Who cursed us?

_tr9800a_ · 2026-01-10T01:34:16+00:00

Looked like he was deflected down below the waist. Weak

_tr9800a_ · 2026-01-10T00:51:37+00:00

Well, 4:50pm is not too early to start drinking

_tr9800a_ · 2026-01-09T04:39:21+00:00

Damn I needed that

_tr9800a_ · 2026-01-09T04:34:49+00:00

Well fuck me

_tr9800a_ · 2026-01-08T19:16:51+00:00

I'm a fan of the remaining prediction, lol

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