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Re: My Failure Resume

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Post by Endurancee » Thu, Mar 16, 2023, 5:39 PM UTC

I'm just impressed by sheer number of things you have done, failed or not. I really want to learn how do you manage your time to have done all these.

Re: My Failure Resume

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Post by jimhi » Thu, Mar 16, 2023, 5:39 PM UTC

codazoda wrote: post #91

jimhi wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I appreciate you not diminishing my failures. Never launched still means I tried to build and failed for various reasons.

Jim, I should have created this. I've failed a lot. Also, your domain name makes a lot of sense for me. :P

If you do end up creating - send to me

Re: My Failure Resume

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Post by jimhi » Thu, Mar 16, 2023, 5:41 PM UTC

todfox wrote: post #100

I'm sure the Lessons so Far list really does work, but it seems like mental illness to me. Trying to be entertaining to get followers, tailoring your work so that it gets attention, talking to the right people on social media and being sure to take their side or promote them. It's sickening. This is why every YouTube thumbnail has a face with bugged out eyes and huge fonts. This is why all news is sensationalism now.…

I thought like you until about a year ago. Marketing is a skill much like software development and people much less deserving than you are making far more money than you and actively saying things that making our world worse. I don't think you should dismiss getting better at it.

That said, I don't disagree it's a mental illness.

Re: My Failure Resume

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Post by bowsamic » Thu, Mar 16, 2023, 5:46 PM UTC

jimhi wrote: post #51

bowsamic wrote: post #32

I really don't like the false modesty

Sorry I'll try harder next time

Just don’t make such a post

Re: My Failure Resume

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Post by giantg2 » Thu, Mar 16, 2023, 5:49 PM UTC

reidjs wrote: post #71

giantg2 wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Still, seems like you move up. I'm over a decade in and still a shitty midlevel.

(Assuming you're a software engineer) You are being paid to write code, don't forget that, it's a dream to many people.

It's a nightmare to some

Re: My Failure Resume

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Post by koch » Thu, Mar 16, 2023, 5:49 PM UTC

jimhi wrote: post #103

todfox wrote: post #100

I'm sure the Lessons so Far list really does work, but it seems like mental illness to me. Trying to be entertaining to get followers, tailoring your work so that it gets attention, talking to the right people on social media and being sure to take their side or promote them. It's sickening. This is why every YouTube thumbnail has a face with bugged out eyes and huge fonts. This is why all news is sensationalism now.…

I thought like you until about a year ago. Marketing is a skill much like software development and people much less deserving than you are making far more money than you and actively saying things that making our world worse. I don't think you should dismiss getting better at it. That said, I don't disagree it's a mental illness.

> actively saying things that making our world worse. I don't think you should dismiss getting better at it.

Well now that doesn't sound quite right, either, does it? Get better at saying things that make our world worse?

I feel like both you and @todfox here, I hate what it is but I also know that it's absolutely necessary. It seems to be a lesson I keep relearning. But the ickiness of attention-seeking and going for the lowest common denominator really makes it hard for me to keep it up.

Re: My Failure Resume

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Post by todfox » Thu, Mar 16, 2023, 5:50 PM UTC

jimhi wrote: post #103

todfox wrote: post #100

I'm sure the Lessons so Far list really does work, but it seems like mental illness to me. Trying to be entertaining to get followers, tailoring your work so that it gets attention, talking to the right people on social media and being sure to take their side or promote them. It's sickening. This is why every YouTube thumbnail has a face with bugged out eyes and huge fonts. This is why all news is sensationalism now.…

I thought like you until about a year ago. Marketing is a skill much like software development and people much less deserving than you are making far more money than you and actively saying things that making our world worse. I don't think you should dismiss getting better at it. That said, I don't disagree it's a mental illness.

I agree with you, but any time I've attempted it I just feel sick to my stomach.

Re: My Failure Resume

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Mar 16, 2023, 5:53 PM UTC

jimhi wrote: post #18

capableweb wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't want to diminish anyone's accomplishments, as I think they are impressive too. However, it is worth noting that some of these projects are relatively simple and don't require a significant time investment. Additionally, some of the projects never launched and are counted as "fail".

I appreciate you not diminishing my failures. Never launched still means I tried to build and failed for various reasons.

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Re: My Failure Resume

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Mar 16, 2023, 5:58 PM UTC

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Re: My Failure Resume

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Post by hughdbrown » Thu, Mar 16, 2023, 6:04 PM UTC

jimhi wrote: post #49

giantg2 wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I can't even get 10% of the number of interviews. I feel like you have little justification to say "In fact, almost everything I have tried to do has failed". Clearly you've been very successful in general. Much more so than people like me.

I mean the interviews are like 1 out 400 applications.

In 2016, you had 45 failed interviews. At a 400-1 ratio, you're saying you put out 18000 job applications that year? That's staggering. Even at 20-1, that would be 1000-ish applications.