7 rounds is way beyond insane. I've done 3 and 4 only to lose out to "a better fit."

I just accepted an offer after a referral and a 30min interview with the hiring manager. That's it.

It's not with a VC funded company, which I count as a plus. Fewer circlejerking bike shedders.

My friend, I've had an abomination of a cheeseburger pizza (in the US) that used mayo like sauce.

And fish? You do know anchovies are an amazing (if somewhat niche, but archetypal) topping.

Heck, did you know pineapple is a common topping? oof. Of all things to put on a pizza!

Then there are those weirdly delicious mashed potato or Mac n' cheese pizzas.

And let's not forget the blasphemous Alfredo sauce "pizzas." Get that as a surprise on a slice of what looked like pepperoni at the Pizza Ranch on the buffet and just try not to throw up.

That all got shifted with the non-conveyables (noncons). You'd have to be "certified" to put it in a can.

We tried not to spill the vats of bull semen and human tissue, but both happened at least once.

I worked for FedEx for a year and a half almost 20 years ago.

Shower doors were called rain sticks because they all sounded like it and we'd just send the box on. If it was leaking glass, we'd tape it up first. Aquarium fish got liquified after the box spilled and the bag broke on the fast belt. Saw gallons of bull semen spilled once. "Human tissue" spilled from "poorly" taped coolers a few times. Lots of broken golf clubs. All kinds of shit just lost from broken/crushed/mangled boxes. I know it got pocketed by a few people if no one was looking and small enough. Heck, I know a person who mysteriously had 3 broken iPod packages in a single shift. There was an angry dude that used to stomp on expensive shit like dell boxes for shits and giggles.

And that was a decent job ... We had a 20hr/wk guaranteed minimum and full benefits.

Just want to shift the blame here: that culture is set by management. The likelihood of damaging any given item to the extent that a claim is made is low enough that throughput is prioritized for profit. It's a shitty statistics game and your "fragile this side up" means nothing.

I threw boxes for FedEx for a while at an airport. And yeah, "nonconveyable" freight (oversize/oddly shaped/overweight/hazmat) gets handled differently and holy shit is it a nightmare simply because its isn't easily stackable. Overweight? Yeah, we just tipped that out of the can and let it fall so we could roll it onto the low belt and into the next can. Over/oddly sized? If you're lucky it got set aside and shoved on top. If not, it got crushed by whatever got thrown on top.

And sidenote: that box looks great, especially if it went through more than one ramp sort.

You might enjoy the full blog post from the author:

https://micahflee.com/despite-misleading-marketing-israeli-company-telemessage-used-by-trump-officials-can-access-plaintext-chat-logs/

Halfway think I got extra points for my latest offer because I interviewed via MS teams from Linux and I said so when they asked about my experience with Linux.

Gonna echo the others here:

1. Apply anyway.
2. If you can do work in Linux without handholding for general tasks, you're "proficient."

In my experience, imposter syndrome prevents the best candidates from applying because they weed themselves out.

Here's a link to the original article (from the same author) on the platform you should actually subscribe to.

https://www.404media.co/the-signal-clone-the-trump-admin-uses-was-hacked/

This is a screenshot of a month old article and a quote without a link to the source.

Further, this source has a seriously questionable objective to say the least.

We can all enjoy a good critique of this acquisition, but this isn't the way to do it.

In the interest of invoking Cunningham's law, I'll nominate "natural" danish oil for depth with a couple coats of polyurethane on top for durability.

And without Doge being mentioned, they're clearly not taking credit for finding it.

... And I guess we know why the CEO stepped down.

Thought I'd chime with a similar background to say that after a year and a half of sabbatical and occasionally putting in great effort (4 hour projects and 3-6 technical interview rounds per opportunity of which there were a couple dozen), I have a job again. And all it took was a referral and a 30min phone conversation with the hiring manager. I'll make a little less than I did before, but have zero expectation of overtime or after hours or oncall bullshit, and I won't have a bunch of smartasses constantly tilting at windmills and bike shedding everything.

Don't worry about saying/writing whatever you need to get over hurdles. We're not playing in a field where bona fides matter anymore. LinkedIn is a cesspool of fake ads and fake applicants, indeed and monster are just openings for recruiters that will mostly waste your time. And remember to treat startups like the ancap throwaway experiences they are.

I will say I encountered a situation recently where an opportunity vaporized due to "economic uncertainty." I expect those will continue to increase in the next few months.

That does seem pretty obligatory. We have the same thing on our irrigation (don't want irrigation water backflowing in to the drinking water, and also it's required).

We are at the top of a hill and everything flows down from us to the entire neighborhood, so that is another good check on the issue.

I've got a similar situation to your rental for my basement (the main floor drains separately). There's a macerator/pump combo in an 8ish gallon tank in a pit cut through the foundation (lined with concrete) that elevates to the main drain outside the house. The pump failed a couple years ago and was not fun to deal with. Luckily it was exclusively laundry that day. Everything connected to it is vented.

When we get pushed to connect to sewer (one way or another), my plan is to get a bit silly and connect at the lowest level so we can avoid the pump for the future.

Raspberry and gin is a classic combo!

Clover club

What about the energy crisis Don?

But that was never the real point was it. Solar and wind energy keep a few dollars out of the billionaire pockets, so we gotta cancel that.

Nearly same here, but mine is from 2010 and all I've ever done is replace the original starter cartridge of toner with a generic one once, and that was 12ish years ago and 2 cross-country moves. I've maybe printed a thousand pages ever.

Username checks out I guess?

(Timezones are such great fun)

I think a note with the master password or key to your password manager in a fireproof safe or safety deposit box (depending on the need for immediate access prior to probate).

Having many passwords means the list needs to be updated constantly. Having the master means whenever you change that one.

Source: dealt with this for my dad when mom passed. Though hers was a spread sheet with handwritten updates. Most of them even worked, but she was a very fastidious person (are you?).