I did one of these threads several months ago, when the site was new, and thought now was a good time to do another.

Message me if you

  • Want to try installing Linux for the first time
  • Want to try Linux but don't want to install it
  • Have some Linux-related problem you want another pair of eyeballs on
  • Want to learn a programming language
  • Want to build a computer
  • Want tutoring in any of the above
  • Need help with any old technical problem

(also play Arma with me)

    • AliceBToklas [she/her]
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      4 years ago

      heh yeah, I think I used to be able to do that pretty well, but then I transitioned and boom, I get fewer responses from applications than I used to get as cold-emails.

      • Bloodshot [he/him,any]
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        4 years ago

        That's always the fucking thing, isn't it, doesn't matter how good you are at whatever fucking technical thing, or how great of a person you are to work with if some 27 year old bay area white guy "doesn't feel like you'd be a good fit" for some unshared reason he's never bothered to interrogate, and you never fucking know because they're not required to tell you why you didn't get a response, and if they told you they aren't required to be honest, and if they were they wouldn't even be conscious of it anyway. So you just feel gaslit by every fucking company because "You're skills aren't really in-line with the requirements of this role" is not fucking true and you know it.

        Be white, be cis, be het, get lucky, I guess.

        • AliceBToklas [she/her]
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          4 years ago

          Yeah, that whole part of it just makes me want to like get myself involved in screening/hiring processes for a big ol company somehow just so I can do the exact opposite but based on the recent tweet thread from the google diversity director that doesn't seem like their highest priority.....