11 Jul 2019, 4:01 pm
That shouldn't freak me out as much as it does; I'm still working & I have almost 20 referrals to find myself an offer where I am. I like my coworkers & I don't want to leave, I'm waiting on news about various positions & haven't heard anything though. I've been constantly applying & taking recruiting calls, some for jobs I don't even want, just in case. I'm even answering spam calls since for all I know they have jobs to tell me about.
I need to get out of this office early today for my sanity, but I also need the money & I should wait to see if my bosses will tell me anything.
This is exhausting & confusing. I've been asked to rewrite my resumé three times, different ways, by three different people, as if I can do that in 5 minutes. It usually takes at least a week or two. My only human interactions save for small talk are demanding, rushed & full of language gaps. I feel more & more like the world only cares about me as an engineer, my knowledge supercedes my real life. 
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"Standing on a well-chilled cinder, we see the fading of the suns, and try to recall the vanished brilliance of the origin of the worlds."
-Georges Lemaitre
"I fly through hyperspace, in my green computer interface"
-Gem Tos
11 Jul 2019, 4:08 pm
At least the world cares about your job skills
The world does not care about my job skills
I have no job skills
So what ?
Plenty of precious lil "people" have no job skills
They have jobs
They call themselves 
licensed clinical social worker
11 Jul 2019, 4:11 pm
Sorry cberg
11 Jul 2019, 4:41 pm
They have jobs
They call themselves
licensed clinical social worker 
I met some of them. I guess the trick is to have lots of skills yet mostly to be recognized professionally for skills I don't actually have. That's how I usually learn at work anyway, it's not about faking anything, I just have to push a lot of ambiguity ahead of what I know right now.You actually know a lot of stuff I've had to learn as I go here. I'm just a hacker with some experience in big companies, not as specialized as some work you've mentioned.
I know I'll find something but I'm concerned it might not be as cool as where I'm working. Whatever happens, I need to see my friends more & I have no idea if I'll pull that off.
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"Standing on a well-chilled cinder, we see the fading of the suns, and try to recall the vanished brilliance of the origin of the worlds."
-Georges Lemaitre
"I fly through hyperspace, in my green computer interface"
-Gem Tos
11 Jul 2019, 5:13 pm
11 Jul 2019, 5:21 pm
Know that. But better this way than additionally without a job and money.
Always look at the bright side of live ...
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I am as I am.
Life has to be an adventure!
11 Jul 2019, 5:52 pm
11 Jul 2019, 8:21 pm
I guess my goal is to have a job offer by September 15th. I have no idea what that's going to be & I'll only freak out more if it's multiple offers, since I don't want to base such a decision on money entirely.
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"Standing on a well-chilled cinder, we see the fading of the suns, and try to recall the vanished brilliance of the origin of the worlds."
-Georges Lemaitre
"I fly through hyperspace, in my green computer interface"
-Gem Tos
12 Jul 2019, 11:35 am
Blergh. Making money simply doesn't improve my life at all in the moment. If anything it's just isolating me more.
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"Standing on a well-chilled cinder, we see the fading of the suns, and try to recall the vanished brilliance of the origin of the worlds."
-Georges Lemaitre
"I fly through hyperspace, in my green computer interface"
-Gem Tos
Last bumped by cberg on 12 Jul 2019, 11:35 am.
