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Cake day: June 14th, 2023
  • Guitarfun@lemmy.worldtoPolitical Memes@lemmy.world•Republicans be like
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    18 days ago

    Honestly, I would love to get into security. Too bad all the hiring managers pulled the ladder up. No one is willing to teach or train anymore even though they all had the ability to learn on the job. I tried getting into security, programming, and even sys admin positions, but they all require a ridiculous amount of experience for entry level. Even the internships I applied to for programming expected me to create fully functional programs for the interview. I have more than enough knowledge and experience for a beginning sys admin job. Even though my title is help desk we are extremely understaffed so I handle high level stuff everyday. I don’t even get a response when I apply to those positions.

    Also, it’s true labor jobs pay well, but they have inconsistent hours and destroy your body. Our body’s aren’t designed for constant tool use. Vibration and constantly gripping things wrecks your hands. Lifting and carrying things is hard on your back and joints. Most labor jobs are 1099 positions as well so it doesn’t matter if you make less than a full time minimum wage position would in a year, you’ll still be expected to pay back over 30 percent of your wages in taxes. That’s fine if you own a company, but it shouldn’t be allowed for a general laboror.

  • Guitarfun@lemmy.worldtoPolitical Memes@lemmy.world•Republicans be like
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    18 days ago

    I got a computer science degree because I got into computers as a kid and I was good with them. When I apply for a job it feels like like I’m competing with half the planet. It took 2 years to get the current job I have at an MSP and I’ve been applying for new jobs for a year now. I can count the times I’ve been contacted by recruiters over the past year on one hand. There’s plenty more in my boat. If we’d known we probably would have had a different major.

    I did labor before landing a job with an MSP by the way. I’m in my early 30s with back, neck, and hand problems now and pain that radiates into my hips and legs. You don’t get out of labor jobs unscathed.

  • Guitarfun@lemmy.worldtomemes@lemmy.world•It's a cruel system
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    2 months ago

    Same dude. I was hired as a level one even though I’ve been in the field off and on for about 15 years. My company just hired someone over me who hasn’t worked in IT since the late 90s. If you ask him about anything he claims to have worked with it, even things like CardDAV which wasn’t a thing until 2011. If you ask him any in depth questions he brushes them off without giving an actual answer and everyone just buys into his bullshit. It’s crazy how many people will take you at your word if you’re a straight laced clean cut white guy.

  • Guitarfun@lemmy.worldtomemes@lemmy.world•so true
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    6 months ago

    And I’ve worked in sweltering heat with high humidity and it’s a lot easier for a layman to survive the heat than the cold. You need gear and burning resouces to survive the cold. All you need with the heat is some shade and maybe a dip in the river/lake/pool. Like I said in my other comment, there’s a reason homeless flock to warm climates. It’s easier to survive.