Could be both: “I will now play ‘Cry me a river’ on the world’s tiniest violin.”

“Sniff the cod” This is a typo right? I don’t know any better, but I had a good laugh.

A myth.

While “former president” is a correct title, the media should really use “petulant man-child” instead. Far more accurate .

We do, and it really depends on the entire team being ethical to make it effective. If you have an unethical boss, they’ll just go find someone else to implement their ideas.

Where have I seen this before? Oh yeah: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edge_Games

They’ll be fine.

The one I worked with was TEKSystems. They were super helpful, and found me a replacement job when I got laid off shortly after starting.

From my limited understanding, a legitimate agency will be looking to satisfy their contract with the businesses they recruit for. They won’t ask you for money, and they will work with you to find an employer that fits you. After all, if you’re not happy with the position and decide to leave, it’ll be bad for both the agency and the employer. They also shouldn’t be expecting a cut of your pay or anything from you once the employer hires you.

So, I know this is a rant. I completely understand your frustration. When I started my career in software I was either overqualified (weirdly), or just not interesting enough. Getting in is rough.

I had to face this again recently when I changed countries. Despite tech companies hiring everyone and their mother, no one accepted my application. This was most likely due to the sponsorship requirement. Then one day a head hunter called me up, asked about my qualifications, then sent me a packet of job postings. Within days I was jumping through interview after interview.

My takeaway from that experience: work with (not for) a talent agency. The people posting those jobs are like you and me. Sifting through hundreds of resumes, reading every detail, perfectly recalling those details during the interview… it’s exhausting. It’s far easier to trust the recommendations of a company that specializes in putting people in front of you.

Do that, and I’m certain you’ll find a job offer in no time. This is coming from someone who has ADHD, and suffered from a crippling case of imposter syndrome.

You can do it.

Honestly, I feel like the answer you’re looking for is a federated single sign on app. The real challenge will be building the right tools and community mindset for determining what a “trusted” instance is.

It does? I don’t recall that happening.

Careful now, that same kind of wishing gave us a plague, lol.

Thank you for this, Space Noodle.

That’d be nice. I think this is what confused me - I made an account here, and expected to be able to use this account to interact with other packages like Funkwhale. However, it seems this is not the case. Each package requires you to create an account on their platform if you want to interact with their content within their app.

I can see how the incompatibility can happen, despite the common protocols, each package serves a different purpose. For example, what should be shown when you subscribe to a video hosting service through a Lemmy instance? An aggregated list of thumbnails? A list of videos? What is a video hosting service to a link aggregator.

Despite having a common protocol, it does seem impossible to have one app handling everything.

Thank you for your reply.

I got similar results. I can see his profile, but not his posts. Thanks for replying! This definitely helps.

Sorry! Fixed.