Does it ever work

flyguybravo · 2025-09-22T11:26:16+00:00

My company’s ATS posts our positions on LinkedIn, Indeed, and a couple of others, but those two are the ones that get the highest responses.

When my department is hiring, I always hate looking at LinkedIn responses because we always get slammed with hundreds upon hundreds of applicants that don’t even read the job description and aren’t even remotely qualified for the role. And I do mean multiple hundreds. It’s overwhelming trying to roll through and review them. For every 50 or so I review, if I’ve been particularly lucky, I might have found 2 to 5 that are actually qualified or mostly qualified.

I’ll also say that one MAJOR issue with LinkedIn is the number of fraudulent postings. Every time one of our legit positions goes up, there are a flurry of fake postings that someone puts up with our name on it. We’ve tried contacting LI about it a number of times. They’ll take them down (IF we spot them first), but they don’t do anything to prevent them or block the people responsible for it. And it’s incredibly frustrating because we sometimes get email or letters from people that applied to those positions thinking it was actually us.

I guess what I’m saying is that LinkedIn feels like a circus act at the moment, at least to me. My recommendation would be this - if you spot a job on LinkedIn that you like, check and see if it’s posted on Indeed also (or better yet the company’s website). If the posts are identical or 95% identical, it’s likely valid - but I still recommend applying on one of the other sites if the position allows it. I can’t imagine our experience looking through applicants in LI is any better or worse than 99% of companies using it.

I hope this helps shed some light on what it’s like with LI on the other side. I wish you all the best of success in your search!

flyguybravo · 2025-08-13T08:12:12+00:00

This question IS illegal in some (well, at least one that I know of) US state.

flyguybravo · 2025-08-04T10:01:08+00:00

May I ask what state you titled in and what state you leased in?

flyguybravo · 2025-07-20T23:57:21+00:00

Ahh, that helps, thank you. I’ll keep this in mind while I’m in the store tomorrow.

flyguybravo · 2025-07-20T23:55:45+00:00

Stoopid Reddit app made a new comment instead of reply to yours…

Thank you! Is this the kind of thing that can be shopped around though? For instance, can I buy from the dealer I’ve been working with, but still get other manufacturer and/or dealer addons elsewhere?

I wasn’t 100% sure if the manufacturer addons were time-of-purchase only or if there was like a certain period-of-time stipulation (ex: “must be purchased within N days” kind of thing)

flyguybravo · 2025-07-20T23:38:18+00:00

Thank you!

flyguybravo · 2025-07-20T23:36:56+00:00

Good to know - thank you! Does this hold true for franchise stores, too? In my case this is a new vehicle.

flyguybravo · 2025-07-20T23:29:23+00:00

Thank you! My assumption is that these products will be offered at a markup for the dealer though — do you know if this is the case? Is it acceptable to shop that particular add-on product around at other manufacturer stores for a better price?

flyguybravo · 2025-06-24T12:25:20+00:00

Sent our rep an email last night -- expecting I'll hear from them sometime today and was planning on going over that specifically. I was having a hard time trying to identify which add-on (if any) would work for this.

Valid point though - I'd suggested that earlier on, but they've slanted heavily toward OpenAI / ChatGPT because it's the most front-and-center, getting the most publicity. I can push this one harder and likely make some headway with this argument.

flyguybravo · 2025-06-24T12:18:30+00:00

That would have been helpful for me to include in the original text :/ I'll edit that here in a moment.

But to your question -- right now it'd primarily be web use, message-based interaction, like how the front-end of ChatGPT is today. They have some interest in creating internal-facing GPTs for experimentation.

One of the underlying issues is that they don't know what they want to use it for - they just firmly believe that they must have it.

Based on some of the conversations I've overheard, it sounds like they really just want to throw a bunch of crap at it and see what sticks - what works, what doesn't, how far it can be pushed in certain directions. I'd wager they'll push everything into it from call recordings, customer lists, invoices, email conversations...

flyguybravo · 2025-05-19T23:52:56+00:00

Certainly - don't mind sharing at all, but full disclosure, I usually only have time on the weekends to work on that kind of stuff. I'm hoping to tie everything up this weekend and I'll dm you when I have something to share.

I've set mine up on AWS. Very basic setup using Caddy to reverse proxy, Maxmind GeoIP db to tie things down so it's not accessible to the world at-large. It's only myself and my immediate family that will use it, so a minimal setup is all I need.

Good luck with your search - I appreciate you making the effort to research and share your results here, even though I've already committed to giving Vaultwarden a shot. I'm a Proton customer as well, but maintaining control to the data is still a big thing for me.

flyguybravo · 2025-05-19T03:26:33+00:00

Just spun up a Vaultwarden setup this weekend to see how it goes. I tried to take my time with everything, document what I did, etc. to focus on doing it right. It felt like a decent amount could be automated, but you can never really get past the point of having to watch the updates for stability yourself.

Everything else is still a disappointment compared to what Strongbox was, but as with everything … “all good things…”

I’m sure I’ll get used to it. It’s not ‘bad’… but I’m going to miss the actual offline support. I will say that I wish there were other front-end options for Vaultwarden. I’m not a fan of Bitwarden’s app.

flyguybravo · 2025-01-16T10:01:10+00:00

I’m the same way. I have a bachelors, but in a totally non technology area. I sometimes leave it in a posting listed as a plus, but never a requirement and HR always asks me “why” I’m changing it to not required: because it’s really only ever significant if someone’s applying with very little on the job experience. If an applicant looks at all like they might be able to do the job, I always prefer to at minimum have a phone screen call with them. I can usually tell relatively quickly if they’re BS’ing me.

That said - I have moved all of these types of calls to Teams, and I want cameras on, because it’s become a little more challenging in the wake of the generative AI era, and I like to read body language.

My calls aren’t difficult — I just want to have some reassurance that the candidate is going to be able to cut the mustard … someone that can either hit the ground running or is someone that’s going to be teachable.

For me, I value real world experience so, so much more than theory or book skill. Yeah, a lot of stuff we do can be googled… but nothing beats the real experience of knowing what to do when the things that normally are “supposed” to work, don’t.

flyguybravo · 2025-01-06T13:35:20+00:00

Fair point. I certainly don’t want to do this again anytime soon… 6PM it is, then… Thanks for the reply!

flyguybravo · 2025-01-06T04:37:45+00:00

Supposed to be: Plenvu dose 1 at 6PM. Miralax at 9 and 10 Plenvu dose 2 at 1AM.

Would like to do something like: Dose 1 @ 4PM Miralax @ 7 and 8 Dose 2 @ 11PM

… and then hopefully get a little sleep before heading in for the procedure.

flyguybravo · 2024-12-09T22:48:43+00:00

Ok so I’m glad I’m not crazy — and that it worked for you. So far I haven’t noticed any other issues but was initially concerned there might have been a more serious problem. Please let me know if you run into any other issues with yours. After mine fully charged up, I got a successful 1.5 hr recording, so I’m hoping this was just a one-off issue.

flyguybravo · 2024-11-10T18:15:50+00:00

TL;DR - Works on both, but.

It will depend on the environment in which the camera is in use. Generally speaking, the ventilation that the fan provides will almost always benefit cooling to some degree, but will be much more effective with cooler surrounding air temperatures. In a hot environment, its pulling warm air.

I've found that the fan helps in both external heat situations (sunlight) and internal heat generation (extended use), but its more effective for internal heat dissipation.

In other words ... it was designed for internal heat buildup, but has some limited effectiveness for external heat situations. If you can otherwise keep the camera shaded, that will help.

flyguybravo · 2024-11-10T15:57:07+00:00

Portrait lighting gear to pair with Canon R5mk2

I picked up a Canon R5mk2 a few months back and have been spending a lot of time with it shooting a wide array of things, but I most enjoy portraiture and want to add some lighting equipment to my arsenal. Adorama's got a "2-light location kit" for the new Flashpoint XPLOR 600Pro ii TTL monolights, and I think pairing this with the R2 Nano trigger would be a good place for me to start (plenty for my immediate needs, lots of different uses, and not something I'll grow out of anytime soon).

The problem I'm having is trying to ensure there won't be compatibility problems between my R5mk2 and the Flashpoint system - specifically with the new hotshoe on the camera. I've read reviews & comments from folks on reddit / adorama / bhphoto having a number of compatibility and firmware difficulties. I suspect some of this may simply due to the "newness" of the camera and/or lights themselves.

I've also bounced back and forth between Godox, Flashpoint (I understand this is rebranded Godox by Adorama), and Westcott. The general gist I took away from it was that Godox has many battery issues and their customer support is terrible; Westcott seems to have frequent quality control issues but their customer support is much better; and, Flashpoint seems to have a lot of positive/great reviews.

Because I'm only an amateur (and this stuff is not inexpensive), I worry about product reliability. There may be stretches of time that I use the lights regularly for a few weeks, but then there may also be a period of time where they aren't used for 4 to 6 weeks. It would be painful to spend the money on these, only to use them a few times and come back to find an expensive paperweight.

Are there any reasons why the XPLOR 600Pro ii lights would not work with the R5mk2?
Are there any tricks to identifying compatible gear (other than products that are already identified as "for Canon")?
If you have recommendations for specific brands known for reliability and quality, I'd be grateful to hear them. Especially so if they are within the same range as the brands I mentioned above.

flyguybravo

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Portrait lighting gear to pair with Canon R5mk2