@ludicity@mastodon.sprawl.club
Post #2319146
2026-05-10 01:42 UTC
Replies (19)
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@philip@mastodon.mallegolhansen.com 2026-05-10 01:45
@ludicity@mastodon.sprawl.club I’m shocked, shocked! Well, not that shocked.
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@dashdsrdash@tilde.zone 2026-05-10 02:03
@ludicity@mastodon.sprawl.club The average tech recruiter does not know the difference between Java and JavaScript, wouldn't understand if you (I) explain it to them, and does not think that this is a problem. Given that tech recruiters want 25-30% of a salary per position, any company that knows that it will hire 5 or more people this year should hire their own clever/ competent/polite person as a dedicated recruiter at an engineering salary. For some reason this rarely occurs to companies of that size -- finding good new employees is not a "core competency" so they outsource it badly instead.
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@tpfto@mathstodon.xyz 2026-05-10 02:06
@ludicity@mastodon.sprawl.club "I broke a thousand dollars an hour on tasks with measurable success metrics" accompanied with "this was all so easy that I’m going mad with boredom" sounds like a lovely problem to have. :)
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@Viss@mastodon.social 2026-05-10 02:08
@ludicity@mastodon.sprawl.club welcome back!
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@perkinsy@aus.social 2026-05-10 02:18
@ludicity@mastodon.sprawl.club Go for it! I was asked by internal HR to meet with a manager and explain to him why he needs a BA, not a technical writer. Lo and behold, the hiring manager knew what he was on about. He did need a tech writer, not a BA. I reported back and offered to explain why. I never heard from the internal recruiter again. Not a surprise that the recruiter was not interested in developing their skills and knowledge, or listening at all. And can we banish FOREVER, the requirement "must have x years experience in [specific role title]".
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@kgf@hachyderm.io 2026-05-10 02:28
@ludicity@mastodon.sprawl.club Finally a form of disruption I can get behind (namely, putting bad companies out of business by way of their own incompetence simply by doing a good job)
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@mdreid@mastodon.social 2026-05-10 02:32
@ludicity@mastodon.sprawl.club “I’m going to commit economic violence for the next forty years, and get so good at it that we can do that smashed out of our minds, teach other people how to do it, then die, and some of you will pick up the work where we left off.” 🍻
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@dkalintsev@infosec.exchange 2026-05-10 03:47
@ludicity@mastodon.sprawl.club (prompted by the mention of how low the bar is these days) ever considered something like "I know a guy.." service/website for people to share (with permission of course) contacts of folks who have done a banger job for them? I'm thinking plumbers/electricians, car mechanics, etc.
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@hananc@tooot.im 2026-05-10 05:39
@ludicity@mastodon.sprawl.club I once started a new job at an organization and the person I replaced told me he checks the info@ mailbox once a week. the first thing I did on the job was to set this mailbox to forward all incoming emails to me.
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@Roblugton@aus.social 2026-05-10 06:40
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@Sevoris@mastodon.social 2026-05-10 06:47
@ludicity@mastodon.sprawl.club I‘m definitely here at the sidelines cheering for you. > I’m going to commit economic violence for the next forty years, and get so good at it that we can do that smashed out of our minds, teach other people how to do it, then die, and some of you will pick up the work where we left off. o7 o7 o7 o7
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@draconacht@infosec.exchange 2026-05-10 06:57
@ludicity@mastodon.sprawl.club i see that i've found you at a very Faustian moment of your life. look forward to your next post about that deal with the devil thing.
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@autonomousapps@mstdn.social 2026-05-10 06:57
@ludicity@mastodon.sprawl.club my favorite part about you is you write this way and apparently still make money. I recently suffered the fortune of being laid off ("ai") with severance and hit the ground running with consulting and it's great. I do feel like I have too much free time though *knock on wood*
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@KatS@chaosfem.tw 2026-05-10 07:05
@ludicity@mastodon.sprawl.club Perversely, this is one of the most inspiring and encouraging things I've read.
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@jackeric@beige.party 2026-05-10 09:31
@ludicity@mastodon.sprawl.club Will your recruitment services extend internationally? Very keen to get to a more Ludic-aligned workplace while living in Scotland... or would I have to move to Australia? I'd do it 😄
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@joel@otter.garden 2026-05-10 14:54
@ludicity@mastodon.sprawl.club good to have you back
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@leo_pudu@mastodon.social 2026-05-11 00:41
@ludicity@mastodon.sprawl.club Hi, Nick. Great read, as always. I wanted to ask you what resources you used for your machine learning project. I have to make an applied thesis using natural language processing (with sensible data). I know they’re different, but maybe it will lead me to find other useful resources.
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@eqqn@infosec.exchange 2026-05-11 08:36
@ludicity@mastodon.sprawl.club Godspeed, I can't help but seeing recruiters as a joke in my experience. Anyone with a website can become "Cyber Security Recruiter"(or any other topic) and talk about salaries and insights out of their ass. When a job position opens in a tight market, you get 3 recruiters claim that they are working **closely** with THE SAME CUSTOMER. Just about every serious company says they do not want to receive unsolicited candidatures by agencies or individuals on behalf. They try to sell your competence they don't understand themselves for quick buck so they can spend another weekend in some beach. The good part is that there is enough competition that all of recruiter scene just becomes noise and a nuisance. Some may win big but every flawed system or lottery needs it's winners. I do not want this type of person representing me, at this point it would do me more bad than good.
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@firebreathingduck@social.vivaldi.net 2026-05-13 20:13
@huronbikes@cyberplace.social @ludicity@mastodon.sprawl.club I worked at a corporate giant (not FAANG) with nice people. My manager asked for a single additional testing VM to improve team productivity. She filed the request every few weeks for two years until we got it. That was ten years ago. I'm still wondering if the problem was a sysadmin who was too lazy to click three buttons (or the equivalent Infrastructure-as-Code action) or an accountant who was happy to waste a quarter of a million dollars on team productivity to save $1,000 in VMs.