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snakedoctoron Ask HN: How can a unhireable person get a job?

I have some former co-workers, and some senior executive folks that could write letter of recommendations vouching that I'm competent etc. I used to have long hair which I've cut. I think that I dress farily ok. I have a brooks brother suit, levi jeans, some decent t-shirts etc.

snakedoctoron Ask HN: How can a unhireable person get a job?

How can I get in contact with you?

snakedoctoron Ask HN: How can a unhireable person get a job?

I google'd OHP and Oregon Health Plan was the first thing that popped up. It seems like only people living in the state of oregon qualify for OHP. I currently live in the southern united states. I've used interviewcake, and looked at leetcode problems etc.. to prepare for dev interviews.

snakedoctoron Ask HN: How can a unhireable person get a job?

Thanks for the feedback. I initally wrote a 5000+ word post. However, after noticing that the limit is 2000. I cut a lot out of my post. I should've proofread more. Though, I feel that HN is an informal environment. I was trying to express that I dropped out of college due to the cost. The cyber security team is free.

snakedoctoron Ask HN: How can a unhireable person get a job?

I saw some people in Austin who did gig work like uber etc. I've thought about it. I'm a very anxious driver though. I've though about working in a Amazon warehouse. There's one near me. But they don't get health benefits for 3+ months. Have to do intense manual labor etc. EA QA was the most toxic place I ever worked at. Belittling people, thinking that all testers are incompetent etc. I have back pain, and dental issues which is why I mention insurance a lot.

snakedoctoron Ask HN: How can a unhireable person get a job?

Yeah it pings your manager whenever you apply internally. That is an interesting work around. You can see HM/Sourcer/Recruiter for any roles internally. Then just get their contact information via Phone tool.

snakedoctoron Ask HN: How can a unhireable person get a job?

Thanks, dude. Yeah I was hesitant if I should've accepted the CS offer. I was planning to transfer internally to a SecEng/Analyst/SDE 1 role. It might've been possible. I tried applying internally, but my applications would just turn in to no longer considered after a while. ytcracker works at Amazon.

I sent you an email to take you up on your mock interview offer.

snakedoctoron Ask HN: How can a unhireable person get a job?

I've tried out meetup.com and went to one meetup. It was ok. I felt a little uncomfortable though. They solicited for my name, and email to be added to the Slack. There was a lot of recreational clubs etc at my college. I tried rock climbing, and liked it. There wasn't a lot of social interaction with rock climbing though. I went to a party in Austin. Chatted with strangers etc. Wasn't really sure what else to talk about. I've read somewhere that asking strangers for the time might be a good exercise to become more comfortable talking with people.

I asked people that for a while. Except when one guy responded "It's time to get a watch" lol, I became blushed and kinda embrassed. I saw a comment recommending How to Win Friend and Influence People which I definitely want to read.

snakedoctoron Ask HN: How can a unhireable person get a job?

Haha yeah. Though, some of the boot camp folks who I noticed . Usually have earned a bachelors with a major in something else than CS etc. Then made the transition to tech via a bootcamp. I applied to the recurse center a while back and got rejected.

snakedoctoron Ask HN: How can a unhireable person get a job?

Yeah, a headhunter might be a good idea. I'll check out some which were mentioned here. I heard of triplebyte but have heard they've done some sketchy stuff (spam emails, exposing PI) etc. But it sounds like they do have incentives to champion applicants.

snakedoctoron Ask HN: How can a unhireable person get a job?

Not to be argumentative. But yes, I did attend college. Send me a email, and I'll send you an email from my college email address (Hasn't been deactivited yet). I can send you my college transcript if that helps.. Well, I did get hired by IBM as a programmer so... I've contributed to a GNU open source project.. So I feel that I am qualifed for a entry level developer/SecEng/Security Analyst role.

I went above my bosses head because they did not remedy the issue, and weren't going to.. The SVP guy that I did contact told me that would be willing to vouch for me that I did find a security vuln etc. He was actually quite receptive. I shouldn't of even had to, or felt like I had to go above my bosses head. There should've been a security email I could've emailed. That was at EA. At Amazon I emailed the VP in charge of the anti-fraud system since it might've taken longer for the blue team to send it to the right folks. But yeah, I do agree with you slighty on that.

snakedoctoron Ask HN: How can a unhireable person get a job?

I've tried asking companies for feedback. Some respond, and some don't. I think that most don't due to legal reasons. I did move to Austin when I received a lump sum of money, and hanged with some people IRL. Some would ratify that I'm awkward lol. But there was a lot of good vibes while I was in Austin. Now that I'm back where I grew up I find that I'm more depressed, and surly. State goverment here is more Laissez-faire, and there's a lot of crime.

Reason that I mentioned that I mentioned Bill Landreth was that I think that I'm kinda like him. I got in to programming, RE, VR, soldering etc. when I was very young. Like 8 years old. I knew some folks that Wired articles were written about etc. I hanged out with a Head of Research guy at IBM who told me himself that I know some stuff that he doesn't know, and have told me that I'm smart. Which sounds cringy now that I type this. But I'm not delusional lol. I was the second person at 18 years old to be hired full-time at IBM in a certain program.. The first guy works at Armonk. I can send proof, screenshots of interview emails with DKIM etc. if anyone would like to verify my claims. Trust but verify as former president Reagan liked to quote.

snakedoctoron Ask HN: How can a unhireable person get a job?

I'm seeing a therapist. I had an abusive childhood. Not that it justifies anything. I was also homeschooled since the 6th grade, so I didn't really have any IRL friends etc. I hope that I'm not a sociopath... I might be on the high functioning autisim scale. I've never been tested so I don't know.

snakedoctoron Ask HN: How can a unhireable person get a job?

One of my former co-workers at IBM went to a bootcamp in SF. She is pretty smart. Though, I feel that bootcamps are kinda scams. Not like colleges though.

snakedoctoron Ask HN: How can a unhireable person get a job?

I've thought about it. Community College, Deep Springs etc. I think autodidacticism is a better way to learn vs academic path. Though I didn't want to finish high school but I did.. So, it might be just one of those things that I'll have to suck up and just do. I disliked that I would have to take 2 years of core curriculum stuff before even being allowed to take major related courses. I had to reach out to instructors of courses that sounded interesting to get approved to take them. After I started to take the courses I didn't really like them. I got good grades on my papers etc.

snakedoctoron Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (April 2021)

  Location: USA
  Remote: Yes
  Willing to relocate: Yes
  Technologies: C++, C#, MySQL, Python, Assembly, Java etc.
  Résumé/CV: On request
  Email: dude@member.fsf.org

snakedoctoron Ask HN: How can a unhireable person get a job?

Yeah, I think hiring managers think that I'm a quitter. I definitely think that I was whining too much about the Amazon role. Beggers can't be choosers. However, the no health insurance thing rubbed me the wrong way. I felt like it was a dead end job. I wish that I would've stayed with it though. I probably would've been promoted by now. I need to stay with a job and rack up some years of experience for sure.

Like I mentioned in other comments. I think HM's see me as a quitter. Also other baises like ageism etc. I think are apart of the issue. I felt like that I should've got promoted after reporting those issues, especially since I found them within my frist two weeks. I think that I come off as demure. I take a long time to answer sometimes. Due to my sutter, and southern drawl etc. But I try to listen, and pay attention to detail. Learn when to shut up, and when input/insight is wanted etc.

Sometimes when I do receive rejection feedback it's mostly "overqualifed", "not a good fit", and "not enough experience". I received a rejection from state farm today stating that I'm not a good fit. Even though I meet the qualifcations.

snakedoctoron Ask HN: How can a unhireable person get a job?

Well I was homeschooled since the 6th grade. So, I can understand how I can be weird/socially inept. I think that I'm more demure than creepy/werid imo.

I did a mock interview with a friend a while back. But good suggestions for sure.

snakedoctoron Ask HN: How can a unhireable person get a job?

I've quit a lot. I haven't lasted anywhere longer than 2 months. I contribute a lot and then quit after I feel like I'm not getting appropriate compensation. Though I certainly agree that I need to stick with a job. I think ageism, and other biases are in place though. More years of experience I get the less disdained I will be I think.

I don't think I'm a know it all. I'm only in my early 20s. I definitely have a lot to learn, and I'm receptive to new stuff.

snakedoctoron Ask HN: How can a unhireable person get a job?

I'm not sure how to check my criminal record. Last background check by Amazon was clear. I've never even got ticked for jay walking. I tried googling my name and nothing came up. Pretty sure I have to pay for a company like ADP to do a background check on me. I think background checks usually happend post offer.

I've tried applying to some smaller companies who might be willing to take a risk on me. Haven't had any better luck with those. I live in the south, there aren't a lot of tech companies local to me. Just oil/gas companies.

snakedoctoron Leaked documents from Nintendo investigation of hacker in 2013

Unfortunately this is a common practice in the gaming industry. https://www.vgr.com/take-two-lawsuit-against-gta-online-modd... GTA coerced a kid in to signing an NDA, and then sued him for hacking GTA 5. Battleye (anti-cheat used on games like Fortnite, rainbow six siege, PUBG etc.) https://www.reddit.com/r/arma/comments/2750n0/battleye_is_se... founder/lead dev/ceo Bastian Suiter threatened to sue a hacker for publishing some intrusive stuff that Battleye did/is doing. Battleye recently DMCA'd a project that vmcall's club/group published which emulated the heartbeat checks etc. Though Bastian denied doing it on Battleyes twitter accounts (twitter.com/thebattleye). Microsoft sent a PI to members in the Xbox Underground group (https://www.wired.com/story/xbox-underground-videogame-hacke...). Microsoft also used to include a console's serial number in the animated xbox 360 logo on the main screen in morse code (https://qf0.github.io/blog/2020/01/28/Microsoft-xbox-fingerp...). In order to identify users who published hacking/modding videos on Youtube.

snakedoctoron Google Finance Finally Updated

Google Finance looks similar to Robinhood's UI. Though I've heard rumors of Google having an internal team 'google treasury' that trades stocks. I would actually be surprised if Google didn't have an internal team doing so. Similar to Jane Street/Rentech/TGS. Google has loads of more data though.

snakedoctoron The State of Linux Debuggers

What about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strace or Geohot's timeless debugger Qira https://github.com/geohot/qira

snakedoctoron Norman Abramson has died

Thank you professor for everything you did. We might not of had Myspace, or anything else that we have today if it wasn't for Dr. Abramson's contributions. https://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/the-untold-story-of-the-teen... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Anderson Myspace tom hanged out with Bill Landreth while he was in middle/high school. Landreth of course was a popular member of 'the inner circle', which they hacked in to ARPAnet, and mainframes to get access to compilers etc. Zuckerberg also grew up hacking AIM/AOL, and started a social media site (Facebook). Steve Case confirmed it in a Reddit AMA (https://www.reddit.com/r/socialcitizens/comments/23oddi/im_s...).

snakedoctoron Honda claims it will launch the first Level 3 autonomous production car in March

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rimac_C_Two Rimac claims to have level 4 autonomous driving, and is a production car. Rimac also claims to have a 1.85s 0-60 compared to Tesla's roadster 1.9s 0-60.