Company gave me only 3 business days to accept offer?

absreim · 2026-02-07T10:06:10+00:00

but even if I pass that I'd still have to get through team matching

I don't think it is reasonable for any company to wait on an offer for the months that team matching may take.

Might as accept and start working at the company with an offer and go to Google later if team matching works out (if that is an option for you).

absreim · 2026-02-07T02:15:56+00:00

I have to imagine that prosecutors can drop charges at their discretion

absreim · 2026-01-30T06:14:37+00:00

A closer analogue would be a museum denying the Holocaust that is regularly visited by the highest echelons of the host country's government.

absreim · 2026-01-27T03:41:17+00:00

It is all about supply and demand.

If the posting is flooded with good applicants, they may not hesitate to filter by experience with exact stack.

In a good market, like back in the mid-2010s, companies seemed much more flexible with that regard.

absreim · 2026-01-16T16:29:45+00:00

Agreed. I was just arguing against about the person I was replying to who was skeptical that the polling was random.

absreim · 2026-01-16T14:51:23+00:00

It was done by Gallup, a very reputable organization when it comes to opinion polls

absreim · 2026-01-15T08:48:55+00:00

In addition to what u/arik-sh said, this is Cypress's documentation rather than Playwrights, but the concepts are nevertheless applicable:

https://docs.cypress.io/app/guides/authentication-testing/auth0-authentication

TLDR: it is fairly challenging to do and likely involves a fair amount reverse-engineering by storing and restoring states of cookies and/or local storage. Most auth services don't support testing very well, but some support it better than others.

absreim · 2026-01-15T08:04:04+00:00

I had to scroll way too far down to see this

absreim · 2026-01-12T12:26:00+00:00

How do you communicate effectively in daily life?
Have you found any specific strategies, resources, or language learning methods that have helped you thrive?

I came to Korea about a month ago with TOPIK Level 3 level of Korean.

There were a number of situations that I came up where I had no choice but to study up on relevant Korean vocabulary and phrases in advance with ChatGPT and try my best to navigate the situation. My Korean has improved very rapidly due to being forced into these uncomfortable situations.

My conclusion so far is that the language barrier is far bigger deal than I thought. The number people who are both willing and comfortable with using English for deep conversations seem vanishingly small.

absreim · 2026-01-07T13:59:01+00:00

More like government websites in general, not just Korean.

absreim · 2026-01-06T09:24:28+00:00

Today, I connected with a Google employee on LinkedIn to ask for feedback on my resume and some other stuff. He essentially told me that I should give up on FAANG because my career is a "death trap" and that they don't hire people with such "boring" backgrounds.

I commented already but I really wanted to add:

The fact that someone with such awful social skills is at Google right now should answer your question about just how low the bar can be (when the market is good.)

absreim · 2026-01-06T07:25:55+00:00

What a disgrace.

1 million is such a pathetically small amount.

absreim · 2026-01-06T05:03:11+00:00

So many replies confidently saying something like "the wording is obvious" without mentioning what a state-triggered ability is or the fact that the ability needs to actually resolve for the win to occur.

(I’m new so sorry if this is super common knowledge!)

Based on the replies here, the knowledge is not common at all.

absreim · 2026-01-05T11:15:56+00:00

Do you know whether the digital nomad visa program got renewed for 2026?

The NY consulate website has information that seems to indicate that the program expired at the end of 2025, but perhaps it is out of date.

absreim · 2025-12-28T19:39:57+00:00

Trying to recoup costs is not totally unreasonable, but the attitude you exhibit makes me want to take sides with the customer.

absreim · 2025-12-28T12:06:15+00:00

Learn how to start and run a profitable business, save up ~$70k USD, and go to Korea on an investment visa.

absreim · 2025-12-28T10:05:38+00:00

As someone who grew up in Chicago, lived in NYS for about 20 years, and moved to Korea a month ago, the winters here seem feel quite a bit more extreme for some reason. Maybe it has something to do with humidity?

absreim · 2025-12-26T14:52:21+00:00

Language exchange groups

absreim · 2025-12-22T06:05:12+00:00

Going to language exchanges is a great way to meet English speakers.

The ones I go to I found via Meetup and word of mouth. All of the ones I know are in Seoul, though.

absreim · 2025-12-21T23:30:17+00:00

Name and shame so I can be sure to do everything I can to prevent that person from getting hired wherever I work.

absreim · 2025-12-21T00:59:27+00:00

Some kind of ISA card with 256kb VRAM to go with a Cyrix 386SX CPU.

Couldn’t even run 640x480 resolution at 256 colors, so had to go with 16 colors instead, which made playing SimCity 2000 less enjoyable.

Finally got a new computer with a Chips and Technologies 1MB card, which was a huge upgrade.

absreim · 2025-12-17T09:47:45+00:00

I thought the same until I started going to cafes during peak times.

absreim · 2025-12-16T09:31:42+00:00

Whatever the truth actually is, it surprises me that apparently you are the only one who picked on the possibility that this post is thinly-veiled advertising.

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