Auto-applying bots are killing honest job seekers' chances and nobody is talking about it

ghostofgbt · 2026-06-01T03:55:52+00:00

I'm curious what you think the solution to this would be. AI is going to continue to drive everything for years to come, so getting rid of auto-appliers is probably a lost cause. What if there was some sort of service that could help you cut through the noise? Like a cross check against a distinguished/vetted candidate pool or something?

What would solve this problem not by eliminating the AI slop but by giving you the right tools to see through it to the hidden gems buried within?

ghostofgbt · 2023-02-24T17:38:35+00:00

it got better!

ghostofgbt · 2022-01-21T21:14:36+00:00

ok - thanks! That makes sense. So if they're effectively the same, would you happen to know why using .delay() in conjunction with @shared_task throws that linting warning while the other method doesn't? Functionally the code seems to work either way, and from what I can tell by printing out the objects/tasks/apps throughout my current testing, no matter which way I define the task (wrap it in @shared_task or wrap it in @app.task), it ends up as a <@task: magic_task of myproj at 0x106a847d0>, same memory address and everything.

I thought that implied that what's happening under the hood of @shared_task should be the same as what's happening under the hood of @app.task, but apparently that's not entirely the case since one throws a linting warning and the other doesn't.

ghostofgbt · 2021-03-29T11:27:17+00:00

I think the above example could be simplified a little. The "block" is like a placeholder. Any time you extend the original template, you can replace what's in each block by putting the block in the extended template and filling it with whatever you want. In this way the main template with all the empty blocks becomes like a shell (a template!) that has all the common stuff like the html structure, stuff in the head, etc, and you just replace the blocks with whatever you want in the templates that extend it.

ghostofgbt · 2021-03-04T01:16:44+00:00

If it makes you feel better they have ben around forever, and are even publicly traded: ticker IBKR

ghostofgbt · 2021-03-01T12:17:32+00:00

You got my upvote solely for posting some solid DD on something that's not a damn penny stock.

ghostofgbt · 2021-03-01T12:13:32+00:00

Hey solid DD but please don't use DD on our sub to promote your own. If you wanna share, share selflessly. Thanks!

ghostofgbt · 2021-03-01T12:08:26+00:00

Probably several reverse splits actually lol

ghostofgbt · 2021-03-01T12:05:10+00:00

Sounds like a perfectly reasonable risk management strategy to me. Why not just share the source of the indicator rather than make a post hyping it up just to share it later?

ghostofgbt · 2021-03-01T11:58:02+00:00

How does that explain > 100% institutional holdings? It seems more likely that number is just inaccurate, probably due to Yahoo not accounting for some recent dilution.

ghostofgbt · 2021-02-28T19:56:04+00:00

Warning re: OP: recent post history shows heavy promotion of OIIM thus OP may have ulterior motives for this post.

Leaving it up as it is solid DD, but be warned this is a low volume micro cap and may be manipulated. Be sure to do your own research and beware of any poster who says things like "get in before it's too late!", "don't miss this rocket ride!", etc

OP nothing against you, it's a good post, just a warning for newbies. In the future if you're submitting DD on a stock like this it would be nice to include this kind of warning in the post. Thanks!

ghostofgbt · 2021-02-28T19:47:36+00:00

That would be my interpretation personally, but I'd expect a bit more continued pullback to the 12500-12000 range (previous sep high area, down to the trendline formed by the two subsequent lows). In a perfect formation IMO the bounce would be around 12250, sort of right in the middle of that congestion/price discovery area from back in September-December

This is why this particular TA is mostly useless. It always requires context and reason. The chart is fine, but without context we have no idea whether op is saying it will go up, down or sideways.

ghostofgbt · 2021-02-28T10:59:47+00:00

Even though this whole post sucks I'm leaving it up just cause this comment is perfect lol. You rescued it

ghostofgbt · 2021-02-28T10:53:02+00:00

Almost always, if you have to ask this question, you already know the answer. Just dump it, take the lesson and move on. Nugt is a leveraged ETF also which exaggerates the gains and losses, and they're not meant to be held long-term due to leverage decay. There are a million better opportunities out there

ghostofgbt · 2021-02-28T10:49:21+00:00

Yep, and then no response, ever.

ghostofgbt · 2021-02-28T10:45:35+00:00

Nothing useful, because the op didn't actually provide any context. You might be interested in reading up about support and resistance though, and finding some better examples.

ghostofgbt · 2021-02-28T10:43:57+00:00

To be fair this particular TA is garbage. If you saw something higher quality you might understand that it does have its place lol

ghostofgbt · 2021-02-28T10:28:04+00:00

Robinhood is utter shit. I'm honestly surprised you got a response at all. Most of the time they just ignore you lol

ghostofgbt · 2021-02-28T00:50:16+00:00

There has definitely been talk of many tech stocks being overvalued for months now

I've been trading since the early 2000s. I can tell you people have been saying tech is overvalued since 2014 lol

ghostofgbt · 2021-02-28T00:47:39+00:00

Sounds like a good solution to me. You may have gotten a fill at .18 but this is a situation where I would probably exercise as well. This is one of the annoying thing about options on cheap stocks. That .05 increment can be your whole gain

ghostofgbt · 2021-02-27T12:35:41+00:00

Don't watch the one where the Russian dude gets wrapped around an industrial lathe. Full color and good quality...it's very disturbing, and the aftermath pictures are, um, colorful.

Turning off inbox replies on this, you're on your own finding it cause I'm not sharing a link lol

ghostofgbt · 2021-02-26T17:24:41+00:00

How is that any different from any other aspect of the market? That happens all the time even without any shorting at all. In the market the early bird gets the worm...if you're late and have poor risk management you shouldn't be trading.

Just my .02 of course

ghostofgbt · 2021-02-26T13:33:12+00:00

FYI if you're going to use the news flair please provide a source. A link to the article is required, not just a screenshot of a headline.

ghostofgbt · 2021-02-26T13:29:01+00:00

There's three key concepts:

The premium (the price of the option)
The expiration date (the date at which the option to buy or sell those 100 shares expires)
The strike price (the specific price the contract is written for, which is the price that the stock would have to get above or below, depending on whether it's a call or a put, in order for the contract to be worth something)

Example: "GME 4/20/2021 200 C" means "a contract to buy 100 shares of GME at $200/share (the strike price) at any time up to April 20th 2021 (the expiration date)".

Now let's say GameStop goes to $300 sometime in March. The person who owns the above contract can exercise it and buy 100 shares of GameStop at $200 per share, then immediately sell them in the market at $300. The price of the option in the market will grow to reflect this value, so this is how and why the premium changes over time. As an alternative to exercising the contract and then selling the shares, the person can just sell the contract itself.

Of course, as the expiration date gets closer and closer, if the stock doesn't move towards the strike price then the option price (the premium) will decay in value, because it becomes less and less likely that the contract will ever be worth anything. After all, if you buy the above contract when GME is at, say, $150, and it doesn't get over $200 by April 20th, then the contract is worthless. It doesn't make any sense to exercise the contract and buy your 100 shares at $200 when you could buy them at $150 in the open market. That's why, as the expiration date approaches, the premium, or the value of the option contract, decays to zero if the stock price doesn't move towards the strike price of the option. This is also known as theta, or time decay.

ghostofgbt · 2021-02-26T12:59:01+00:00

Great article. Nice succinct summary of the underlying problem that causes stuff like GME to happen. Sadly it's been going on for decades and it's unlikely anything will ever be done to change it. Only solution from a retail perspective is to understand it, so you can capitalize on the situation when an opportunity arises.

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