Comments | pyesetz: A veiled attempt to enslave the proletariat with empty bourgeois promises

pyesetz

A veiled attempt to enslave the proletariat with empty bourgeois promises

Mar 11, 2010 17:46

The subject above is a surprisingly-popular answer for the poll at the bottom of this diary over at DailyKos. I had originally sent it to TorFur, but the initial response was rather poor (I had been warned that job postings to furry lists usually don't get much of a response), so I reposted it to DailyKos ( Read more... )

furry, 𝔾, job-search, computers, daily-life, dK

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dotter_can March 13 2010, 05:48:28 UTC

Hey, it sounds like a great job! I'm just not qualified in any way. I suspect there aren't that many coders among us is why.

pyesetz March 13 2010, 19:01:08 UTC

But you already have the Linux computer!

I guess my problem is that I think anyone can be a coder. All you need is a high frustration tolerance and a reason to keep working on building that skill-level.

When I was in high school, the "AV club" wasn't my bag, so I took Intro Programming, read the advanced programming manual, wrote some stuff, wrote some more stuff, and it was all so easy. I did some baby-sitting for a guy down the street who was a partner in a small programming shop, who gave me a summer job, and I turned it into a career. Apparently others' experience is different?

dotter_can March 13 2010, 20:39:28 UTC

I have to admit, I've been having some trouble with my computer lately which required me to re-install Karmic Koala (KDE version.) I backed-up my home folder to my second hard drive, but somehow my .mozilla-thunderbird folder ended up absent. So I no longer have your original post to the TorFur list ( ... )

pyesetz March 13 2010, 21:39:24 UTC

I'm still using Intrepid Ibex, but I suppose I should upgrade soon. But upgrading is such a chore!

How did you do the backup? A command like "cp * /target" will skip over files whose names begin with periods, such as ".mozilla".

you wanted candidates who already knew several packages

I would prefer that, since then the candidate could start working immediately. But as a "furry outreach" I can also talk to people who aren't ready to start working but would like to become ready.

I ended up with no video at all.

I see you are familiar with the "high frustration tolerance" issue. I've been there.

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