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Do a new site man. Slashdot->[Digg]->Reddit->CmdrTaco's new site. As much as I have love for Reddit its ripe for replacement.
Digg's not quite dead yet; not sure it needs the brackets.
According to Alexa, Digg is the 190th most popular site in the world. It shows traffic holding steady for the past few months. And clicking on the pageviews tab shows that pageviews have dropped over the last year+ but not extradramatically.
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Why is that? I've been reading it for years (given at a high threshold) and it seems like the same old slashdot to me. It's also a great deal friendlier place than this one.
It's also a great deal friendlier place than this one My experience has been the the opposite, I stopped contributing to user forum based sites after I left /. and did not do so for a long time. I read HN for a while before deciding that it was home, and it was, because in my perception, there was a lot less "I'm the smartest guy in the room" conversations. Take that with a grain of salt though, because it has been a…
E.g. I don't think I've ever been downvoted on slashdot but if I did it would be for spam or hate, not a "thanks."
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Actual famous people have agents. For mere mortals who are very well known in a niche, put out the word that you are looking for work and work will find you. Resumes are not an accelerant for this process, since as soon as you're a resume you're competing with other resumes. Everyone in the market has a resume, but rather less people have a career that needs no introduction. I would not suggest downgrading yourself f…
put out the word that you are looking for work and work will find you. Just curious to know, I am normal person or a mere mortal as you described. How do I get hired without the normal Resume, Recruiter, HR, Interview process?
It's also pretty light on the kind of position he's looking for.
If I were hiring engineers, I honesty wouldn't know what to do with such a résumé.
That's an odd résumé, which doesn't look at all like a software engineer résumé. Is this intentional or is CmdrTaco not an engineer at all? Programming languages? Frameworks? Specifics about the scaling and daily operations of /.? It's also pretty light on the kind of position he's looking for. If I were hiring engineers, I honesty wouldn't know what to do with such a résumé.
Rob -- you're like Superman. Could Superman have a resume? Seems like you'd just give them a card that said "I'm f*cking CmdrTaco, damnit!" (The reference here is to a famous fake letter said to be from Sean Connery to Steve Jobs http://www.exophrine.com/2011/06/sean-connery-to-steve-jobs-... ) Seriously, it brings up a good point. If you have lots of name recognition, what's the best way to look for work? I'd sugges…
Not really a fan of this, but made me think of Matt Mullenweg's business card: http://paulstamatiou.com/im-2-on-google The card reads: 1. Go to Google. 2. Type 'Matt.' 3. Click 'I feel lucky.' Edit: Added what the card reads instead of just the article link.
Accomplishments: "single handedly destroying the productivity of a generation of nerds"
Hehe, that's exactly what I was thinking of when I read: "Objective: To use all of my skills to change the world for the better. Again." I can only imagine what great things I would've done with my time if /. hadn't been around. Or maybe I would've simply stayed at the online forum where I was posting before /. came along, wasting my time all the same.
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It's also a great deal friendlier place than this one My experience has been the the opposite, I stopped contributing to user forum based sites after I left /. and did not do so for a long time. I read HN for a while before deciding that it was home, and it was, because in my perception, there was a lot less "I'm the smartest guy in the room" conversations. Take that with a grain of salt though, because it has been a…
There's probably more bravado but I tend not to notice it, in the sense that the brain tunes out noise. However, I find that different from the active downvoting of (what in real-life would be considered) the niceties of conversation. E.g. I don't think I've ever been downvoted on slashdot but if I did it would be for spam or hate, not a "thanks."
On the flip side I can see where legitimate comments getting down-voted could be taken as rude, the ones I hate to see are new people asking legitimate questions and then getting dog-pilled into oblivion, but it is the nature of the site. I do wish there where less of the i don't agree, or my comfort does not like what you say down-votes but for me it is preferable to the "i'm always right" personality. I never really thought about viewing down-votes as rude, save for the occasions where it is evident that it is a group think dog-pile.
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Whatever resume gets me the best job is my favorite.
What kind of job are you looking for, would make you happy?