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HTTP 418: I'm a teapot

The server identifies as a teapot now and is on a tea break, brb

HTTP 418: I'm a teapot

The server identifies as a teapot now and is on a tea break, brb

Recruiting Memes

Posts tagged with Recruiting

The Engineering Social Media Paradox

Engineering Tech
1 year ago 39.6K views 0 shares
The Engineering Social Media Paradox
The engineering job market duality on full display! On Reddit, engineers are desperately sending applications into the void. Meanwhile, on Twitter (now X), engineers are basically the DIY gods who build impossible-sounding devices from scraps and actively reject job offers. The "transducing combobulator" is the cherry on top - a completely made-up device that sounds just technical enough to be believable to non-engineers. It's the engineering equivalent of saying "I rerouted the quantum flux capacitor through the hyperspace manifold." Pure technobabble that somehow still impresses recruiters!

The Corporate Gatekeeping Paradox

Tech
1 year ago 31.9K views 0 shares
The Corporate Gatekeeping Paradox
The eternal struggle of the modern job seeker - trapped between LinkedIn recruiters who know nothing about the actual job and the elusive employees who actually do the work. It's like trying to learn quantum physics from someone who thinks electrons are tiny blue marbles. The scientific method demands we gather data from reliable sources, but corporate gatekeeping has evolved into its own bizarre ecosystem where the people with knowledge are protected like endangered species. Natural selection in the job market favors those who can navigate this absurd social hierarchy without losing their minds.

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My mini PC costs $3 a month. The VPS math for 2026

Two months of smart-plug data from my home mini PC: 22 kWh and CA$3.08 in August, priced against DigitalOcean, Hetzner and Oracle's free tier ... Read article →

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