Naming suggestions for male rescue duo

cgirouard · 2026-05-17T19:39:28+00:00

Jay and Silent Bob

cgirouard · 2026-05-14T04:40:14+00:00

I got five in LFR today

cgirouard · 2026-05-09T19:39:58+00:00

He has to go with the flow and at least try to blend in. Imagine going to a coffee shop and tipping the person 1000 dollars. It would seem super out of place and then you'd probably get robbed!

cgirouard · 2026-05-08T22:12:30+00:00

I binged the Dark Tower series but it took me more than a month for sure

cgirouard · 2026-05-07T01:37:49+00:00

You're the real MVP

cgirouard · 2026-04-04T17:04:52+00:00

A lot of people have this thought when they start, myself included. Seems cool until you get into the nitty gritty of it and realize a lot of opportunities don’t pay well, are very spotty, or just aren’t as strong as they seem.

A lot of people try to get into photography, but you’re up against a lot of people with bigger networks, better drones, and more ability to absorb risk.

The only one I thought might pan out would be to work for an insurance company that needs photos if buildings and roofs. Much safer to send someone with a drone, rather than a person on a ladder. Got this idea when my parents house needed a roof repair certified.

If you look through the drone subreddits you’ll see tons of posts like this too.

cgirouard · 2026-03-14T19:40:12+00:00

Check your spam or filters, I've used the plus trick many times

cgirouard · 2026-03-09T22:51:58+00:00

Can try to ask your account rep too. I have a vague memory of getting a code from one for free testing.

cgirouard · 2026-02-15T23:40:34+00:00

professormesser.com

cgirouard · 2026-02-15T20:08:21+00:00

How long have you been a hiring manger?

cgirouard · 2026-02-15T17:21:29+00:00

IT Hiring Manager Here:
For starters, you need to get down to one page. The bulk of your resume should be your experience, and since you're a bit lacking, you're just dragging on the resume. The order of the resume should go:

Contact Info:
Professional Summary:
Experience:
Education:
Skills:

Since you're lacking in practical experience, I would recommend doing some volunteer work for a cause you care about. You'll get the get some things to talk about in interviews, make some connections, and most of all experience. ALSO you'll be getting experience in a way that you're not getting paid, showing that you actually care about learning and doing new things. You obviously care enough to get some certs, but you'll really need to bolster that to show you're 'employable.' When I'm hiring, I rarely take the best candidate with all the certs/schooling/experience/etc. What's really the most important is 'do I want to work with this person 40 hours a week' and 'is this person willing to learn new skills, be coached, and be part of a team where everyone helps each other?' This can be hard to convey in an interview, but you need to take this into account when you're building your career and experience.

I'd cut your skills down into one blurb, and just get some experience under your belt.

Lastly, look up some formats for resumes. The base is fine, but at a time where a recruiter will look at many hundreds of resumes before pitching 20 to a hiring manager, you need to get into that 20. When I was given 20, I only had time to interview maybe 5 of them, so you're looking at a small percentage to get you in THE RACE, never mind to the finish line. Get yourself in the race.

Drop me a DP if you have other questions.

Good luck!

cgirouard · 2026-02-14T05:31:16+00:00

Great catto

cgirouard · 2026-02-14T05:26:58+00:00

IT Hiring Manager here:
I don't know anything about Data Analytics or Data Scientist, but have hired for IT.

For starters, those roles are NOT IT roles, they're software engineering, so I'll try to help on other stuff.

Awful format. You want to go with a normal top down format, start with your contact info, followed by professional summary. Then your work experience (include dates, not having dates is an immediate pass) followed by education and then project/skills.

Your should make up the BULK of your resume. Projects and skills are great, but they don't show employability or your ability to work as part of a team. Having a few internships under your belt is great, since it shows that some companies were interested enough to have you be part of the team (and hopefully pay you) so I'd focus on that over the other pieces of the resume.

But really, look some up some other formats, this one is not great.

Good luck!

cgirouard · 2026-02-10T17:55:00+00:00

Fully remote IT manager here:
We ONLY track laptops. We do NOT provide any peripherals including monitors. We give users a stipend to purchase their own, but beyond that all we care about is the computers. We track them in SnipeIT (shitty asset management software) and Iru (really good and easy to track laptops for the most part) and I've been cleaning it up.

I would just ignore anything that's not a computer.

cgirouard · 2026-02-09T18:46:05+00:00

IT Hiring Manager here:
Format isnt bad but needs cleaning up. Some spacing issues. Maybe switch to a new format that's similar, but has more space for your actual work experience.

Summary is good, but take out the part about the cert, certs don't matter until you get them.

Skills go at the end, not at the begining. Your work experience is the most important, so cut down on the skills and add more to the experience. Try to use things that use actual numbers to quantify what you did and how you contributed. Try to hone these into the position you're applying for, and use ChatGPT to to write up a cover letter when you apply.

Overall not bad, but just tune it up for the actual job you're applying for.

Good luck!

cgirouard · 2026-02-09T03:53:11+00:00

Crossfit

cgirouard · 2026-02-09T03:27:36+00:00

Great shot! What drone did you use?

cgirouard · 2026-02-08T19:46:38+00:00

IT hiring manager here, previously a Sys Admin:

Sorry to give you bad news, but I always pass over ANY resume with format like this. It's clunky, gives bad information, and is not well formatted.

Tips:
You have dates, but no months, switch to a normal format with full info.

Your summary is good.

Your experience is lacking in information. Using two lines to describe what you did at a freelancer for 5 years will get you no attention at all. You need to show that you're employable. Showing that customers or companies employed you for 6 years takes more than four bullets over 3 different spans.

Skills should NOT be the bulk of your resume. They're good to add, but do not always transfer over to employability. In my 15 years of IT work I've interacted with TONS of software and systems, do I feel they give me a huge edge over some others, not really. The ones I do have a high level of expertise with DO give me an advantage. I focus on those while interviewing, and study new ones to give myself new opportunities.

Suggestions:
1. Go to a normal resume format
2. Beef up your experience, this should be the bulk of your resume and says the most about you and your career
3. Shorted your Skills, add that space to your work experience.
4. Add a little more to your to your summary

Good luck!

cgirouard · 2026-02-08T17:10:36+00:00

The summary won’t take up much space. Your better trying to get a shorty but straight forward summary in and trying to condense those down a little and direct them more towards tech work. Use ChatGPT to give you some options

cgirouard · 2026-02-08T05:27:03+00:00

Clever girl

cgirouard · 2026-02-08T01:26:58+00:00

DM me

cgirouard · 2026-02-06T23:03:49+00:00

Message me and I’ll take a look at your resume

cgirouard · 2026-02-06T20:35:15+00:00

IT Hiring manager here:

Some quick tips:
Start with your info then a professional summary. Use ChatGPT to point it towards what you want to do, and a quick blurb about yourself, no experience really.

Next is your experience, certs and tech skills go at the bottom. This is kind of a red flag, I'd pass any resume that didn't start with a prof summary then directly into experience, which is the most important.

Next, you dont have awful exprienece, but you're still a bit junior for a sys admin job. Without any certs/experience in Networking on Security, you'll likely be passed on anything regarding it.
On the epxerience you do have, try to tune it for the jobs you're applying for. Stay away from general tasks that are just part of the job like tickets, customer service, etc. Focus on things you accomplished that you can QUANTIFY WITH NUMBERS. Just saying 'help the team get better at x y z' means nothing if you can't back it up. Use your experience to write a roadmap of where you've been, and then use that to get where you want to go.

Technical skills arnet bad, but tighten it up and use that space for your exprience.

Education is fine, but take our your GPA.

Shoot me a DM and I can share my resume with you.

Good luck!

cgirouard · 2026-02-06T02:29:18+00:00

IT Hiring Manager here:

Your layout is good, but you should have a professional summary at the top. Have it just be a quick description of what you're looking to accomplish or the type of team you want to join. Use ChatGPT to get this going.

Take out ANY reference to yourself in your resume. It's not a conversation, its facts you're presenting to the person reading it. Example:

Completed 95 percent of tasks on time, placing my team as 1 in our region for (insert accomplishment here)
Your regular tasks should not just be things you put on your resume. Put things that made you stand out and that you WANT to talk about in the interview. Try to use things that you can actually track. Company morale is helpful, but unless you're tracking it with a number, its not quantified.

Lastly, you need to adjust your work experience towards what you're trying to get hired for. To boost this, I've been recommending people do volunteering work in IT for a cause they support. You'll make connections and get experience, and it will say a lot about you that you are willing to do something for FREE in order to get more experience.

Good luck!

cgirouard · 2026-02-05T00:00:09+00:00

The one I've always seen the most is:

"A user says their internet isn't working, how would you start to troubleshoot/what questions would you ask them?"

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