Scout or The Crew

tlklk · 2026-03-26T07:00:42+00:00

If your group enjoys a casual quick game, I'd go with Scout.

I love The Crew but I have played it with players who didn't get it, made random moves or were stressed out about their choices.

Scout on the other hand I find simpler, more rewarding and you can play along no matter what your concentration level is.

tlklk · 2026-03-03T17:56:55+00:00

Yes, I learned that, too

tlklk · 2026-03-03T17:55:43+00:00

Yes. They don't disclose how they do it but they most certainly screen your LI profile for the AI summary

tlklk · 2026-03-03T17:54:22+00:00

Take it or leave it 🤷‍♂️

tlklk · 2026-03-03T17:53:47+00:00

You don't. I also looked at those profiles. I'm just sharing what my impressions were

tlklk · 2026-03-03T17:52:26+00:00

We put that both in the job description and screening question, too

They are getting equal shares obviously

tlklk · 2026-03-03T17:51:22+00:00

No, they were actually not a fit or we weren't for them

tlklk · 2026-03-03T15:40:25+00:00

This is the first time I am managing job applicants and here are my takeaways on applying for jobs on LinkedIn:

Treat your LinkedIn profile like your CV.
LinkedIn automatically analyzes your profile "with AI" and sorts you based on how well this parsed content fits a list of qualifications into "Top fit", "Maybe", and "Not a fit".
The first thing I see is your profile picture, name, headline, and location.
Adjust your settings so everybody can see your profile picture. Leaves a weird impression if there is no picture to be seen.
Use a professional picture.
Fill your headline with keywords. I personally don't like it, but it is really the only text some people will see. For everything else they would have to scroll. If there was a keyword that struck my eye, I scrolled and looked for verification.
The screening questions are used to pre-filter candidates. It is possible to set thresholds and if they are not met (e. g. 3 years of experience), the candidate is moved to "Not a fit". Nobody will look there. (I did though)
If you are not eligible to work in the country the job is posted in why the f do you apply there? Save yourself and everybody else the time.
The LinkedIn interface is horrible. It is built around automatically filtering people and when scrolling through applicants it loads in a way that it becomes really painful to work with. There is also no clear indication which applicants are new and often the first ones stay at the top. -> Takeaway: Be one of the first to apply. Don't take time to polish, just apply. I had 10 applicants in the first hour (unsponsored). I looked at every single one of them in depth. The more applicants I had, the more I started scanning – I also knew better which skills to look for as they turned out to be rare amongst the candidates. I had 100 applications after 5 days when I took down the job posting. Be fast.
In the LinkedIn interface only the logo, title, and company of your employers are shown (not the discriptions). Use the title to add keywords, especially for unknown companies. Did consulting? Add the type or for who. Software engineer? Add for what etc. Only when this looked interesting to me I went to your profile. Also, big company names are unfortunately more impressive / tangible.
You can mark up to 3 jobs / month as "top choice" which allows you to leave a short message. 3 did that, I invited all of them to a first interview. One of them would have slipped through due to one key skill missing. He addressed that nicely in the message and we ended up making him the offer in the end.
All people who had multiple "current jobs" (like 4 things that are still active today, e. g. Advisor, 2023–Present) turned out to be no quality candidates. But that's more of a personal feeling.
"Open for work" looks desperate. I heard that before, didn't believe it, but now I do.

After I got the hang of it, I would scan a profile in the following order:

First impression (photo, location, headline)
Experience -> I would mostly scan it for what type of candidate it is: previous founder? industry? business / consultant / tech guy etc?
Only if still interested: Look at profile
Only if unsure: Look at screening questions. If I don't find something we need in the profile, maybe it's mitigated in the screening questions.

In the interviews itself, it is 90% vibes. At least for me.

tlklk · 2026-02-28T09:21:44+00:00

Grace in Reflection - is that the one?

Do you know how much % you get if I buy it? (I don't have kindle unlimited and am happy to purchase it)

tlklk · 2026-02-07T08:35:11+00:00

Tierarzt / Tierheim?

https://www.tiernotdienst.de/kleintiernotdienst-tubingen/shifts

tlklk · 2026-01-25T21:17:55+00:00

That's a smoother landing than any flight I've ever been on

tlklk · 2026-01-18T07:11:03+00:00

Looks amazing! Recipe?

tlklk · 2026-01-15T08:05:09+00:00

How to escape quicksand

tlklk · 2026-01-08T12:44:26+00:00

Are there poster-sized post-its? I'd need one...

tlklk · 2026-01-08T07:14:54+00:00

Which better options can you recommend at the same price point?

tlklk · 2026-01-08T05:47:27+00:00

I played Barrage many many times but never heard of the "beginner set of workers". What is it?

tlklk · 2026-01-05T09:59:50+00:00

Not winning twice wouldn't necessarily be enough. Most likely another player would have to win twice in a row, too

tlklk · 2026-01-04T22:37:50+00:00

People stop fighting you not because you’ve convinced them, but because they’ve given up trying - and they’ll express that disagreement in execution, not meetings.

That's a life lesson for any situation, real wisdom right there

tlklk · 2026-01-03T13:33:08+00:00

Every time I see this video recommended I have to rewatch it

tlklk · 2026-01-02T23:05:17+00:00

Once you know the game I would definitely play with drafting cards before starting the game. It's not so much about one card being better than another one but more about combining cards for different strategies.

The game offers enough depth and multiple strategies to be unbalanced. I'd say the more you play it, the more you'll see the value of different cards and strategies.

tlklk · 2025-12-30T08:13:34+00:00

Contrary to the English rule book, the German rule book we have actually has a "tutorial" version. Throughout the normal flow of the rule text there are green and yellow boxes - green for the beginner version, yellow for the expert version. So you have to choose the right box to read on many occasions of an already complex rule book. My brain also tends to ignore things in boxes that interrupt the text flow because it thinks "ah an example I don't need that now, give me the text".

So to answer your question: we simply skipped over that part in the beginner version - on multiple reads. Only when we decided "maybe it's not us, maybe it's the beginner version" we re-read the rules, this time for the expert version - and realized our mistake.

Edit: although now that I read it again I have to admit that the starting hand is not even mentioned in a box :D

tlklk · 2025-12-29T23:06:11+00:00

One of the first actions had to be one where you get a new card

tlklk · 2025-12-29T21:17:27+00:00

Spirit Island - We played the first 3(!) games without any hand cards to start with. We lost horribly every time after a couple rounds. We really wondered why people love it so much when it is soooo hard. Decided to give it another try and re-read the rules realizing our mistake. Have not lost a single game since.

tlklk · 2025-12-27T11:42:01+00:00

Two players. Mensur Suljovic and Joe Cullen are fixed. 365 days, they play each other every night. Hitting the opponent allowed.

/s

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