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Re: Ask HN: Are you unable to find employment?

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Post by w4ffl35 »

tga wrote: post #470
stickfigure wrote: post #402

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You can take this any way you like, but I'm genuinely trying to offer constructive criticism. Whether you mean to or not, you come across as bitter and angry. ...also a little socially awkward? Why use my last name in this forum? Not that it bothers me; I deliberately maintain a public profile. But the convention here is to use each other's usernames, and you had to click through at least a couple links to see my nam…

You're spot on. Thanks for drawing this out and making it clear that, no matter what might be going on in the industry, the original poster's issue obtaining (and probably keeping) a job is about their contrarian attitude and lack of social skills.

What a goofy thing to say. I have excellent social skills and I do not have a contrarian attitude. The original post isn't even about my personal experiences. I've asked others what their experiences have been. Would you mind pointing to something outside of this post that would make you claim that I have a contrarian attitude and lack of social skills? Would you mind pointing to a specific job in which these alleged defects affected me negatively?

I recall holding down many jobs for many consecutive years and being let go of only one. I related why I was let go: the owner was able to hire cheaper foriegn labor - were you aware of this? The president said in 2016 that hiring h1b just to save a buck is something he would permanently end.

Here is a link to his statements. Were you aware of this as well?

https://x.com/JackPosobiec/status/1873172920396382490

I fail to see a contrarian attitude in this thread, but I do see internet trolls who smell blood and are attempting to bait me into a fight that won't happen. Good luck.

Re: Ask HN: Are you unable to find employment?

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Post by binary132 »

disambiguation wrote: post #426
Yoric wrote: post #76

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I'm probably going to be unpopular, but as a non-American, I actually find that hiring non-American is a good trend, especially if you want to sell all around the world. I don't have an opinion on H1-B specifically.

I guess everyone has a different idea of what's good. I find most people consider something good if it works out for them, and no more thought is given to the issue. As for Americans, I think they have to question what their taxes are doing for them? They grow up receiving a sub-standard public education, they take on an enormous amount of debt to get higher education, and when they reach adulthood, the job market un…

I think at this point Americans need to be questioning the partnership between the major capital interests and the major political parties. We all know we’re getting screwed, but the parties are adept at keeping us blaming each other and playing tug of war while they get away with whatever their sponsors want, more or less. It’s not a problem that’s going to get solved by a Democrat or Republican supermajority in Congress, control over the Supreme Court, or control of all branches of government.

Re: Ask HN: Are you unable to find employment?

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Post by w4ffl35 »

coding123 wrote: post #353
w4ffl35 wrote: post #313

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Thanks. Having a "bitter taste" in this metaphorical sense does not necessarily mean that a person is inherently bitter. I am not a "bitter" human. Nor would I say any of my posts are "dripping" in bitterness, as Schnitzer claimed. But again - if someone wants to pass on a hire because of that post, be my guest. I wouldn't want to work for such a petty individual.

These people are just suffering from ODD right now. They can't handle a world-view that makes them bad or evil, and so they will do anything they can to make you look evil/crazy/unhinged/depressed or bitter.

I believe thst it's just socially inept trolls who don't like my political statement. They're demonstrating their lack of ability to judge character - basing their whole assessment of my personality on alleged red flags in a few sentences that were made in response to their backhanded "advice". Typical internet incel behavior. I am not deterred.

Re: Ask HN: Are you unable to find employment?

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Post by w4ffl35 »

nirav72 wrote: post #392
w4ffl35 wrote: post #270

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Perhaps. Most certainly the unelected musk / ramaswamy coalition is all about that. It's really up in the air how this will go. With the recent meltdown on X, I await Trump's words and actions. His base is unhappy, as is his inner circle. Musk is flailing, telling people to "fuck yourself in the face" etc. Does trump's base matter now that he's in his 2nd term, or will he tether himself to musk for the duration of hi…

> I await Trump's words well..right now, it seems that Trump is siding with Elon on this. This hit the news today: https://apnews.com/article/trump-maga-immigration-visas-musk... Also remember - Trump doesn't need the votes anymore from his base. He could pivot on all of his promises or some of these things or make just enough of a visible attempt to give a perception of things are being changed. It wouldn't make a d…

Yes like I said: > Does trump's base matter now that he's in his 2nd term?

I doubt it.

Re: Ask HN: Are you unable to find employment?

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Post by ungreased0675 »

vbi8iBEX wrote: post #465
stouset wrote: post #260

> most of them claim to be white males There’s really no need to call this out repeatedly as if something sinister is happening. Despite ongoing efforts, the overwhelming majority of tech workers are… white males. So yes, the largest number of voices complaining about joblessness are unsurprisingly going to be white males.

Asking about "white males" because I'm seeing claims that white males are being disproportionately affected. I haven't made the claim myself. I'm a white male so my experiences are based on that demographic.are the majority of tech workers white males? Can you show me stats on this? Is there a site I can view thst shows demographic data?

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2023-black-lives-matter-e... Maybe not as comprehensive a stat as we’d like, but here’s one data point.

> In 2021, Hispanic, Asian and Black people made up a vast majority of the added workers

Re: Ask HN: Are you unable to find employment?

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Post by vbi8iBEX »

ungreased0675 wrote: post #475
vbi8iBEX wrote: post #465

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Asking about "white males" because I'm seeing claims that white males are being disproportionately affected. I haven't made the claim myself. I'm a white male so my experiences are based on that demographic.are the majority of tech workers white males? Can you show me stats on this? Is there a site I can view thst shows demographic data?

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2023-black-lives-matter-e... Maybe not as comprehensive a stat as we’d like, but here’s one data point. > In 2021, Hispanic, Asian and Black people made up a vast majority of the added workers

Interesting. Thanks for sharing.

Re: Ask HN: Are you unable to find employment?

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Post by layer8 »

throwaway48476 wrote: post #368
layer8 wrote: post #300

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Not sure that would make sense. And it probably would appear like communism to the US, because one company or industry increasing the GDP would then translate into benefitting the workers of all other companies/industries. Also, if GDP decreases, salary would have to decrease as well.

I don't think you understand what I said. Instead of nominally inflation which is gamed, use total wages as a percentage of GDP.

Use it as what? As a measure of inflation? I don’t quite see the relation to the value of currency then, which is what inflation is supposed to measure.

Re: Ask HN: Are you unable to find employment?

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Post by cmalluise1 »

misiti3780 wrote: post #90
m_ke wrote: post #86

It's not just you. I have an Ivy league degree, worked in deep learning since alexnet at a leading startup in the space, was a CTO of a startup that got acquired and have referrals from very senior people at the top FANG companies and still struggled to get interviews. I also have research scientist friends with Neurips papers, ones that solved long standing open math problems and even they are struggling to get hire…

My company is hiring in ML, the position is remote, can you send me your resume?

My good friend is a sr ml research eng looking for remote work also

Re: Ask HN: Are you unable to find employment?

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Post by tempodox »

w4ffl35 wrote: post #412
tempodox wrote: post #61

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What's the special significance of being from Kazakhstan? How do they differ from other foreigners?

I'm not sure what your asking. In this case the company was hiring them because they were incredibly cheap.

You mentioned “KZ foreigners” instead of just “foreigners” which implies that the “KZ” part has some significance.
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