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Cake day: June 27th, 2023

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  • Remember, the same reasons we’re critical of Trump’s tariffs (just hurts your own economy, ends up as just an extra tax on consumers) apply to our counter tariffs. I want to punish the US for their actions, but were the tariffs even helping us?

    I think the rhetoric we’re hearing from Trump is a sign that we’re going to get a good deal. But I do think any “good” deal with Trump will be a net negative and it will be a long 4 years.







  • Students generally don’t have real-world problems that need solving. I think pretending they do makes a lot of assumptions about their life, hobbies, free time…

    It’s much much much more important to have a co-op program. Everything practical I learned in university was through my co-op work terms.

    I am responsible for hiring some devs right now, and there’s been a wide spectrum of competence from people who have “real projects”. Especially with how prevalent AI is, people can literally just talk to an AI agent and get some kind of app/website spun up with 0 skill and effort. What I am always looking for is people who can work on a team in an existing codebase.




  • tlebtoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml*Permanently Deleted*
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    3 months ago

    Most places aren’t hiring right now because of economic uncertainty, even with job postings listed. If you were getting interviews from your resume before, you probably aren’t doing anything particularly wrong.

    Also, 100 applications in a year isn’t a lot. You’ll need to crank those numbers if you’re in a rush to find something.



  • Is your situation that you have literally $0 and no credit? In that case, I don’t think remote work is realistically feasible. In the future I’d just be honest and communicate your situation with your employer. Realistically though, until your situation is stable, I’d try to find an in-office or hybrid job. Remote work is generally harder to get so if you were able to get a remote job I’m sure you could find something in-office or hybrid.