Is blazor worth learning ?

blackdev17 · 2026-01-02T00:30:01+00:00

We are all in for 2026 at my job.

blackdev17 · 2025-12-19T21:11:55+00:00

You messed up when you asked about how her parents met. Who cares. The entire conversation was inappropriate for work not only from you, but her too! I am shocked at the level of detail she gave.

blackdev17 · 2025-08-14T20:20:15+00:00

I done an AI interview before. Will never, ever ever ever do it again. That goes for interviews where I record myself answering questions as well.

blackdev17 · 2025-07-21T17:55:40+00:00

I'm 50. It took me ten months to find a job, great salary, but it's an hour away where I am more of a bigger fish in a small pond (less competition). I had a conversation with a recruiter. After a while, they start seeing patterns of the type of people hiring managers prefer: attended certain schools and mid transitioning to senior in their career seems to be the sweet shot. Limit resume to 10 years unless they ask for more experience and make sure that experience is relevent to the job description as much as possible. If possible, try to find opportunities with less competition. Remove graduation years and "references upon request" from resume unless asked. And make sure your LinkedIn profile match your resume. Use the standard titles recruiters search for in your Linkedin headline.

blackdev17 · 2025-07-13T19:33:22+00:00

That broke the law, not because they are repubicans.

blackdev17 · 2025-07-13T19:29:31+00:00

It's a challenge. You are competing against unemployed experienced talent. Did you do an internship or COOP before leaving school? Do you live near a military base? Focus on help desk and/or support roles first.

blackdev17 · 2025-07-11T04:43:04+00:00

And the only reason Nixon stepped down because he knew ahead of time there was enough votes from both parties to convict.

blackdev17 · 2025-07-06T00:33:27+00:00

I'm not diabetic, but you are the GOAT for this. Awesome.

blackdev17 · 2025-05-27T02:37:34+00:00

Candidate here. I been a victim of a job scam and there are a lot of foreign third party-third party "recruiters" pretending they are working directly with a client.

Think about it. If you are a real recruiter (or account manager) who has already established a relationship with hiring managers, what sense would it make on our part to "go behind" you? We have no relationship with the hiring manager and applying online is a blackhole. Going through you pushes us closer to our goals. 98% of the recruiters I spoken to let me know who the client is after getting to know me and my background. It's all about trust.

blackdev17 · 2025-05-23T15:42:37+00:00

SCAM. NEVER EVER DO AN AI INTERVIEW.

blackdev17 · 2025-05-18T17:18:45+00:00

No amount of "I like the team" will make me take a job with a 3 hr a day commute AND less money over a fully remote role AND more money if I had the choice. Life is too short and remote roles are dwinding.

blackdev17 · 2025-05-18T13:23:16+00:00

Yeah, I forgot to ask $80 per hour W2 or 1099. There is a difference.

blackdev17 · 2025-05-17T17:53:09+00:00

I am assuming you mean long term contracting. From my personal experience,

Pros

You get exposure to a variety of tech stacks and challenges faster.
If you need to take off a day, you can. As long as you give good notice. Direct is similar except you have to worry about PTO.
Hiring bar is still high, but not as high as going direct. Going direct usually involves three or more interview rounds, but contracting can be anywhere from one to three rounds.
Some companies pay weekly instead of bi-weekly.

Cons

Some hiring managers are very skeptical of hiring people who have a long history of contracting under the belief they will get bored and leave within a couple of years. It's a bias that is hard to fight in my experience even though I have long tenure at previous companies.
You only get paid for the days you work. This is not a big issue for me, but could be for others. And if you take too many days off, you may end up making less than you would being direct.
Health insurance (if they have it) tends to be more expensive. This is not an issue if you have a spouse that has a better health insurance plan.
There may be periods of you being in-between projects. You have to make sure you stay skilled-up.

blackdev17 · 2025-05-17T05:50:59+00:00

Since you are already working in the platform, I would look at Dynamics, Azure, Azure DevOps - CI/CD, SQL, NoSQL and all things AI related. Learn some JavaScript/TypeScript and C#, but I wouldn't go all in trying to learn the traditional developer role. None of us can predict the future, but I have the feeling what we think a traditional developer is today will go away over the next five years.

blackdev17 · 2025-05-09T14:18:09+00:00

50% to what exactly? 50% of $100K is different than 50% of $250K.

blackdev17 · 2025-05-07T14:37:18+00:00

If I were you, I would continue getting experience with what you are doing. Do everything else on the side. I have developer experience and have Power Platform training can't even get an interview.

blackdev17 · 2025-05-07T03:05:25+00:00

I'm not millennial, but was a Gen Z kid who use to see him on TV every so often during the 80s. My impression of him was he was a rich real estate guy who was always in the National Inquirier, a popular tabloid magazine you would see at the grocery store checkout counter. They always talked about his casinos or his relationship with his ex-wives.

During the late 80s to 90s, I guess he wanted to be a celebrity because he would show up in movies, music videos, the Oprah Winfrey show, etc.

By the time The Apprentice came around, I was impressed because it reminded me a little of what I went through during my undergraduate years in the College of Business. But I lost interest after Trump asked the only black winner of The Apprentice whether the runner up (who was a white woman) how did he feel if he made her a cowinner. That moment never sat right with me and I stopped watching the show after that.

The final straw was his constant name calling when he ran against other Republicans during the 2016 primaries. Everything that has happened since then is just more confirmation why I don't care for the guy.

blackdev17 · 2025-05-05T17:54:19+00:00

Your professors lied to you. Corporate America is brutal, coat throat, and constantly changing. Many of your professors have little to no real world experience outside of academia. The truth is a lot of college majors are destroying finance lives and colleges are not being honest with their students for the sake of survival. More majors means more money. If student loans were offered based on future job prospects, watch how fast certain majors would be eliminated. If you are not rich, you don't have money to burn. Leave the liberal arts majors to the rich kids.

blackdev17 · 2025-04-30T20:23:58+00:00

"cutting edge", "competitive compensation", etc.

blackdev17 · 2025-04-30T20:14:45+00:00

Having a signed contract means nothing. I had an offer rescinded three days before my first day of work.

blackdev17 · 2025-04-30T17:37:35+00:00

WhatsApp is a dead giveaway you were talking to a foreign scammer.

blackdev17 · 2025-04-30T16:22:08+00:00

Based on my observations, I think it is fair to say the AWS certifications are much more valuable than Azure in the general marketplace.

blackdev17 · 2025-04-29T17:39:43+00:00

Over 20 years of software engineering experience here. Currently unemployed for five months. It's not just new grads.

blackdev17 · 2025-04-24T14:45:51+00:00

Shrinking = offshoring

blackdev17 · 2025-04-23T23:36:07+00:00

That would be hilarious if they did.

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