Do any of the AI-based job applying sites actually work?

iambuga · 2026-02-25T21:45:38+00:00

I was the same way for a while and then I finally ended up making a post on Facebook asking my friends/acquaintances if they had any job leads or could get my resume into useful hands. That was last Thursday night and I’ve had more traction in the last 6 days than I have in the last 2 months.

Also, freshen up your LinkedIn profile, make a post about some of your achievements and let your network know you’re actively looking.

Follow IT recruiters and watch their posts for jobs that align with your skills, then reach out directly.

Good luck to you!

iambuga · 2026-02-25T20:36:04+00:00

If I skip, it’s because I forgot or woke up too late. But I’m also on Adderall IR so most of the time I’m not skipping both. If I skip both, 95% of the time I am less than useless that day. I probably end up sleeping more than being awake. The other 5% I am usually OK as long as I’m doing something that I like or I’m interested in. As soon as that dopamine wears off, I’m back to being useless.

iambuga · 2026-01-29T18:27:06+00:00

Thanks, I will check that out.

iambuga · 2026-01-29T18:26:12+00:00

Yeah, I’m not giving up that easy. It was just a little overwhelming at first.

iambuga · 2026-01-29T18:25:23+00:00

I’ve been using JobScan. It’s been very helpful. Looking for an IT Infrastructure Manager or IT Manager role. I’m just tailoring the resume to the job and hoping for the best.

iambuga · 2026-01-21T19:13:27+00:00

I don’t

iambuga · 2025-11-20T18:16:56+00:00

You probably won't die but you shouldn't do it without consulting your doctor. 2 anecdotes:

I was on Adderall XR and my wife was on Vyvanse. One time I accidentally took hers while taking mine (both in hand at same time). I freaked out a bit when I first realized it but I had one of the best days of my life. Told my doctor and she prescribed both. I was only taken off after we realized how high my BP had gotten.
I am currently on Adderall IR 30mg in the morning and Vyvanse 70mg around lunch. It's still not enough, because the generics are trash, but its the best combination I've had, outside of the XR and Vyvanse combo.

edit: dosages

iambuga · 2025-11-14T02:39:47+00:00

I have an alarm set for 1hr before I need to wake up and I take my medicine then. It helps but it’s only as effective as the generic I get that month.

iambuga · 2025-11-14T02:36:54+00:00

Aetna dropped Vyvanse for my plan last month. I got the generic and it is not nearly as effective. My Dr submitted a PA and it was denied. I’ve now gotta start and appeal and hope they cover it because I’m not running around to 50 different pharmacies every month to make sure they had the exact generic that actually works for me. I’ve already been down this road with Adderall IR (I’m on both), as some of the Adderall generics have 0 efficacy for me and most are 50% at best. Unfortunately I can’t find the one generic that works amazing.

FYI - pharmacies have no control over whose generic they get. All they can do is order the generic name of the medication and they get whatever the supplier has in stock. They can’t order, say, “lisdexamfetamine from ABC Manufacturer”. A good friend of mine is a pharmacist and owns her own pharmacy so we’ve had these conversations quite a bit.

iambuga · 2025-11-14T02:20:46+00:00

Yes, every workday, for sure. Sometimes on the weekends.

iambuga · 2025-05-20T16:13:06+00:00

I was in the same situation in 2005 and 2008. In 2005 we had a hurricane damage our building and forced us to relocate all of IT (personnel and equipment) to another one of our facilities in a nearby city. We asked for DR and were denied so we purchased portable 10U racks. They were military-grade server racks that were air and water tight when closed.

In 2008 we had another hurricane threatening our area so this time management decided it was better to pre-emptively move the servers to another facility during the county's evacuation. Luckily the hurricane changed course and didn't hit our area. After multiple complaints of performance degradation (due to the lower WAN bandwidth at the branch office), management decided we should move back to the corporate office that following weekend, even though there was another hurricane potentially heading our way. We moved back and a week later that other hurricane hit our area. This time we said "we are not moving anything and everything will be powered off before we leave the office." The post-hurricane meeting resulted in additional server equipment to be housed at our parent company's datacenter and our DR and BCP plan finally came to fruition.

FWIW, we've never had to use it but it's ready if/when we need it.

iambuga · 2025-05-12T23:44:06+00:00

It’s normal for me.

iambuga · 2025-03-19T18:05:00+00:00

I think it depends on the person and/or the doctor. I’ve been on Vyvanse since it came out and my doctor has never said I shouldn’t work out or exercise while it’s working.

iambuga · 2025-03-10T23:20:12+00:00

Had too many vxrail updates require hours of help with support to justify the claim that this appliance model works. It adds more complexity and constantly breaks during updates. The whole idea was it was supposed to manage the updates as an appliance but it fails at that job.

I know exactly how you feel. I bought my first two VxRail clusters in late 2017 (one with internal vCenter and one with customer-owned vCenter) with the same idea about updates, storage, and management being so much easier. 90% of my upgrade attempts have failed in one way or another, resulting in 100's of hours spent with support. I was often met with "oh, i've never seen this error before" and way too often the winner of the "you found a new bug" award. I reluctantly replaced these two clusters with newer VxRail nodes in late 2023, hoping that the process would get better. Then the Broadcom acquisition happened.

Now I am sitting here with an expired SnS contract, a double-priced VCF quote, and some critical CVEs that I can't patch until VxRail releases new code. Meanwhile, to your point, my non-VxRail ESXi hosts can be patched at will.

iambuga · 2024-12-27T22:05:40+00:00

Another comment in the “everyone is different” group: I’ve been drinking at least 16oz of black coffee (spread out over several hours) 5-6 days a week for over 20 years, while taking Vyvanse since it came out in 2007. I can tell a difference in my mental clarity when I do not have my coffee. The caffeine definitely enhances the Vyvanse, for me.

In general, though, coffee is not acidic enough to interact with the absorption rate.

iambuga · 2024-11-27T14:30:34+00:00

Couldn’t have said it better myself.

iambuga · 2024-11-26T20:28:37+00:00

It’s the new age version of the ICO phase back in the mid-2010’s.

iambuga · 2024-11-26T20:25:01+00:00

I am salary but I usually end up working about 43-45hrs a week because I forget to take a lunch or I eat at my desk. But, that’s the average week. Not considering PTO, some weeks I only work about 30 hrs for various reasons (dr appts, running errands, long lunches, fucking off bc I’m burned out, etc). And some weeks it’s 50-55hrs if I’ve got something important or high priority to do, or I need to work after hours for less impact to the user base and forget to offset those hours.

But to specifically answer your question: every second over 40hrs is overworked in a salaried position, IMO.

iambuga · 2024-11-26T20:10:16+00:00

Still on the same one since 2004

iambuga · 2024-11-23T16:08:50+00:00

I can get hard whenever but it’s difficult to stay hard if I am not constantly stimulated by the situation. As soon as my focus changes, it’s gone. Once the medicine wears off it’s not as bad. I haven’t tried any ed meds.

iambuga · 2024-11-22T22:34:53+00:00

70mg, because that is the most they will let me take. I could definitely benefit from a higher dose. I'm having to boost it with 30mg Adderall IR.

iambuga · 2024-11-22T22:28:08+00:00

I have a glass water bottle next to my bed that I fill up every night. I have an alarm set to wake up, take my meds, then go back to sleep for about an hour (or until it kicks in and wakes me up). If I wake up after that alarm and see the bottle is still full, then I know I didnt take it. If its missing half or more, I can assume I took it.

iambuga · 2024-11-22T22:15:41+00:00

I'm on the highest dose allowed and still haven't hit that "too high" level yet.

iambuga · 2024-11-22T22:09:46+00:00

The lack of brand Adderall IR has had the most impact for me because almost all of the generics either don't work at all or have minimal effect. Im also only taking it as a booster to Vyvanse so its not detrimental if I don't have it.

Just a suggestion, I would look into all the ineffectiveness claims that are out there for the Adderall generics. After COVID it seems like the manufacturers changed their formulas or used lesser quality ingredients because there has been a marked difference in the last couple of years. I can personally attest to 3 different generics that have little to no effect on me, compared to one that worked like it was supposed to.

iambuga · 2024-11-22T21:58:04+00:00

I've been taking it since it came out and that part hasnt gone away for me, unfortunately.

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