IT.

More specifically, networks.

I had been applying for any role I have done before and can go again, ranging from desktop support, technical support, network and server support as well as wireless surveys and design.

My contract role was network automation and I was just getting into the swing of it when we got the axe.

The bulk of my experience is wireless surveys, design and reporting work… but it is quite niche. Very few posts going for those roles. I did get some interviews for similar roles but one company wanted someone more involved in pre-sales and the other didn’t like the fact that I questioned travel (They said ha ha, UK for now but EU… maybe in the future). No mention of travel on the job description, the recruiter that contacted me also had not heard of it and it turns out the company got ‘burned’ once before after an engineer left because of the travel.

Yeah… I don’t see that as burned, I see that as they caused it themselves by not telling applicants about the travel any only let you know in the interview to cover themselves while luring people in.

The reason I was able to apply for so many roles is I cast I wide net, I applied for anything IT related in the city as well as my town and surrounding areas.

I almost landed a sweet, but strange role, where the pay was decent for the work, fully remote but a weird schedule which I was more than happy to do. Damn!

My previous employer cut all the contracts leaving me to find a new role.

I was not in that role long enough to gain enough experience to find a similar role and it was a career change.

I estimate I put in over 750 applications and got maybe 7 interviews out of it.

My CV basically matched the job description for a few roles but was told no.

It’s rough out there, I had to take the first offer as my bank account was basically gone. I’m now earning less than I did 10 years ago and of course rent and prices have gone up. Going to be a rough few years.

I hit a wall at some point, the difficulty seemed to have ramped up or I was super weak.

Probably my stats and bad weapon and skill choices and I had not picked up certain items and pictos.

I left the game for a few months and picked it up again, started over and I just finished it now, about 30 minutes ago.

I’ll admit I used some build guides and it helped me along, I wanted to finally finish the game without struggling as much as I did before.

This is what I got to see, and so do you now.

I saw some article mention that there has not been a Half-Life game in ages… completely forgetting about Alyx.

I’m just hoping for some good games moving forward that aren’t trying to milk us for everything we have with slop we don’t want.

Why Half-Life 3 can never be made.

XDefiant felt dirty with crossplay on.

A buddy of mine and I had problems playing against console players, the aim assist felt way too strong and I think there was mention of it somewhere.

So we turned crossplay off and we had a much better time instead of getting stomped on.

I thought this was a kiwi.

Bruh, I used to play Team Fortress Classic.

I think you mean CEO and his top HR executive were caught together at a Coldplay concert.

The CEO’s wife has been laying low after this, deactivated some social media and changed her surname back to her maiden name on Facebook I believe.

I’ve always got a mug of it out, 500ml stainless steel mug.

I would have assumed he’d want a glass of water to be left out overnight so that the chemicals in them would dissipate.

This coming from a man who likes to swim in known crap infested waters with the family.

That’s a Redbull Vodka with soda water.

Nah.

Someone added him to an existing meme.

But, if this was his code he would defend it and condescendingly tell you that he is correct, you are not knowledgeable enough to understand and let you know he worked at Blizzard for seven years.

Uh, glad I could help?

I run adblockers on all my devices as well as a Pi-Hole.

On my end the site looks clean. Cannot function these days without some form of blocker.

I remember seeing this a while back, so many people swooped in and added dremskiy as a friend to play matches with him.

Nice, his friend’s list is full.

https://www.gamesradar.com/games/third-person-shooter/meet-the-new-hero-of-helldivers-2-dremskiy-a-player-kicked-despite-insisting-im-frend-who-now-has-a-full-steam-friends-list-after-even-playstation-shared-the-love/

I never said I was trying to get into their underwear or pick them up or take them home.

It is not my goal, it is not my aim. I have never had a one night stand.

It’s usually girls I know through other people, friends of friends that I have been around and developed some interest in. I often feel that I only have a small window or a single chance to make a good impression otherwise someone else may catch their attention.

I was young, I was stupid and placed so much pressure on myself and end never ended well.

I’m a lot more calm and comfortable now, but I don’t head to pubs or bars to meet people. Not my thing.

Any interest I have now is the time I spend chatting to a match on a dating app and then meeting up in person.

I really like meeting that person where the conversation just flows naturally, you look at the time and it’s been hours since you first met and didn’t even notice it.

My ‘game’ issue is I kind of break down when I speak to a girl I am interested in.

I get so nervous and overthink that I stop functioning. I run out of things to say and the conversation just doesn’t flow. I put way too much pressure on myself and it is extremely difficult to break out of it.

But if I speak to girls I am not interested in, then I am more myself. No pressure, not trying hard.

I have zero game and no clue when it comes to signals.

I need this kind of woman, one that will be forward me.

My one used to do the same.

She’d get excited if I was walking in the direction of her bowl and jump up onto the table and wait for me to enter the room.

Then purr while eating but only when I walked right up to her.