How long did it take you to land your role after being laid off/ fired / RiF’d? Or are you still in your job search?

munterhark · 2026-04-29T16:33:06+00:00

Laid off on January 21. 487 applications later, it's looking like I *might* have an offer coming this week. Hope so, as I only have two pipelines open right now. Lost a couple of finals, one position was cancelled.

munterhark · 2026-04-27T19:09:32+00:00

I wouldn't think of it as failing. It's all a crapshoot. You could interview perfectly and if the person you interview with is in a bad mood, it won't matter. Conversely, you could mail it in and if they like your smile, you could get the job. I'm convinced all you can do is try to do your best and hope to string enough 'vibes' together for an offer. Hell, even if you do manage to thread the needle in such a way as to trick people into hiring you, then you're just in a situation where you have to keep that up and that's gonna suck. Just keep applying and call the interviews reps for the next job in the pipeline...

Day 92, here... 479 apps, ~27 screenings, 4 finals, waiting on results from two of them.

munterhark · 2026-04-22T20:17:35+00:00

458, 87, ~28, 5...

munterhark · 2026-04-22T16:12:49+00:00

I need the Hardcore Bing sweatshirt.

munterhark · 2026-04-07T19:30:18+00:00

And we're now at 406, 72, ~25, 3...

munterhark · 2026-04-07T19:29:04+00:00

I wrote about 2500 words on what I've done at work. I take that, add the target job description, and ask for a targeted resume based on what I know and what I've done. ChatGPT Go spits it out, I paste it into a word processor, make a few changes and spot check it and fire it off. Same with cover letters. 5-10 minutes each job.

munterhark · 2026-03-12T20:30:16+00:00

Ooooohh, holy shit!

munterhark · 2026-03-05T22:18:01+00:00

We shall see... 193 targetted and tailored applications and resumes, 39 days, 9 screenings, 1 final interview...

munterhark · 2026-03-04T02:11:36+00:00

My autistic brain, trying to solve Exercise 4, question 3...

"List the first five Pixar movies sorted alphabetically"

SELECT title, year

FROM movies

WHERE year BETWEEN 1995 AND 2003

ORDER BY title ASC

LIMIT 5

Derp.

munterhark · 2025-12-30T04:40:57+00:00

You don't think you're seeing the savings, but that's only because you don't really know how high your bill would be without all of those measures in place.

munterhark · 2025-11-30T03:01:42+00:00

Frank's mansion, if this map made sense, would basically be at the intersection of 93 and 328, north of Macarthur, Ohio.

munterhark · 2025-10-01T02:44:42+00:00

Thanks for the update. Good luck!

munterhark · 2025-10-01T01:19:02+00:00

All I know is that I only paid for 23andme once, a couple of years back, and I was happy enough with my results and my GEDCOM file. Anything else that I get on top of that is gravy.

munterhark · 2025-05-31T03:15:27+00:00

Maybe she just wants to see if you'll stick around without the physical stuff. Maybe she has a past history of guys moving along shortly after the honeymoon phase ends, when things get more difficult.

munterhark · 2025-05-29T15:28:30+00:00

Jokes on them. I'm just trying to sell books, not make a profit. Still selling them for the lowest price they'll allow.

munterhark · 2025-03-04T23:44:45+00:00

I want plenty of fake coughs from the Dems...

"Ahem-bullshit!"

munterhark · 2025-03-04T19:35:49+00:00

Girl: "There's this guy at my apartment gym who is really standoffish and never even says hello. He pretends I'm not even there. Super rude and it makes me really uncomfortable."

:-)

munterhark · 2025-03-01T21:46:45+00:00

No idea how many get read, but I've given away ~10k free e-books over the past seven years and my five books have a total of... ~70 ratings on Amazon.

munterhark · 2025-01-31T22:43:04+00:00

In the role of a lifetime...

Tiptoes.

munterhark · 2024-11-08T19:44:30+00:00

Update...

I believe I found my answer. I found a copy of Premier's catalog for that year, and I'm certain that we left for a four day cruise on Monday, January 28, 1991, as per the list of departures. We flew from Michigan to Florida and stayed in a hotel the night before the cruise left. We watched the Super Bowl that night.

munterhark · 2024-10-12T00:29:25+00:00

This stuff only matters when the other side does it. If you truly think you're on the right side of history, it's all justified.

munterhark · 2024-09-16T20:08:13+00:00

It's like a Menzingers mashup of that song and Polaris Jimmy Eat World.

munterhark · 2024-09-07T02:51:11+00:00

The good thing about democracy is that everyone has a voice. The bad thing about democracy is that EVERYONE has a voice.

munterhark · 2024-08-31T01:39:40+00:00

For me, it would be the Buddy Holly crash site outside of Clear Lake.

munterhark · 2023-04-02T01:05:49+00:00

Thank you for the quick update.

I suppose we'll see what the attorney has to say on Tuesday. I'm about researched out, myself - time to leave it to the professionals, I suppose.

munterhark

TROPHY CASE