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Previous: >>106169727

Why the fuck would I bother to work or to do anything when I wasn't even born female?
>yes, we assigned you the worst gender, but be grateful goy, now go and work for me

>>106197232
Razer or steelseries

>>106199070 (OP)
Something about ribbed fabric on women is so hot.

>>106199082
I only wish I had been born with better genetics for fitness.

>>106199106
Probably because they are like contour lines

>>106199082
what's stopping you from becoming a woman?

>>106199088
Thats a dude.

learn a trade

>>106199237
I wasn't born one, I can't actually become a standard woman

>>106199201
Like shimapan for boobs

>>106199082
Most execs are still men but somehow you're failing to women.

>>106199431
What do execs have anything to do with this, I have no desire to be male

It's weekend! Time to work hard(er)!

Went out with coworkers last night. Sending off one of your junior employees as he embarks to his mba.
>got super fucked
>showed my true power level
>office roastie there
>rolled her eyes the entire time
>talked about women being children
>told them how my Linux mint laptop at home is loaded with a Russian satellite feed
>the tea app shit
>cicada 3301
>collectively started talking shit about the office tranny
>gamergate
>night ended with me necking with the office roastie and I think I came inside of her

Yup, I am not showing up on Monday. Office roastie hasn’t returned my slack message

>>106199782
Fuck I meant to say our. I’m still drunk

>>106199782
I want to believe this happened.

The only certs you really need to get hired is sec+, ccna. That's it.

>>106199070 (OP)
what does the Gook look like without cosplay makeup and plastic surgeries?

>>106199944
Hot, would.

What should I do?
>Do contract work
>Get promised 12k
>Get the job done
>Delays after delays for payment
>Half a year passes
>Hey bro give me your bank account, I'll give you your 5K
There was no signed deal or paper. Should I just take the service down until I get the promised amount?

>>106200055
>There was no signed deal or paper.
Retard.

>Should I just take the service down until I get the promised amount?
Why would you keep the service up in the first place? You have no contract.

>>106199406

>>106200055
Is the service worth much to the business? Have you given them access to the source code?
The best move may be to reply with a service agreement where you provide them access to this platform and they pay a monthly fee for said access, say $1000 (payment for the NEXT month).
There is no big upfront payment for them, and you don't give up any code ownership while hopefully making enough many to make it worth hosting and maintaining.

>>106199088 >>106199242
... who is known to be on 4ch.

>>106200055
>Do contract work
>There was no signed deal or paper
what do you think a contract is?

>>106199070 (OP)
Best book to get into Enterprise Architecture Management?

>>106199070 (OP)
she is so hot i need to rape her

>>106200556
He probably doesn't think.

>>106201045
then he is not

>>106197796
>>106198665
why wouldn't i be crying?

>>106200046
you could probably just mail order a macaque online for similar quality and lower price

>>106199782
you did good anon, don't worry

Now that the cat is out of the bag how many months worth of income should i save up? How bad are the lay offs during a recession of any form?

>>106201190
I have 2 years of cash saved up (in checking/savings accounts), and I'm not sure it's enough

>>106201190
Twelve.

my manager caught me smoking a blunt during break and now he wont stop trying to sell me his boomer ditch weed he grows behind his house

>>106201071
If you live pure life you can be transported to PMD. But for frog posters and normies there's somewhere else if they don't have enough souls.
And regarding >>106199431
That's kind of a cool perspective. Suits are cool.

>>106199406
At work, the guy that does PHP also does C#. There may be some truth to that.

>>106201190
as much as you can. i'm moving back to my parent's place for a while. everything's expensive.

>>106201294
>i'm moving back to my parent's place for a while. everything's expensive.
I couldn't give up living alone unless I 100% had to.

>>106201294
>>106201190
Maybe you should have just learned to code?

>>106201190
Start applying before you get laid off
Alternatively if you're likeable and trusted you shouldn't be that worried

>>106199944
it's an AI gen, newfriend

>>106201649
And it's trained on plastic Gooks wearing cosplay make-up, retard.

>>106201833
irrelevant, cope harder

>>106199794
It did. She left me on read but to be fair she was working today.

>>106201102
I think so too. Mind you that I work in defense, cybersec schizo here. Most of my coworkers are glowies or vets. Office roastie is a former army captain so that should tell you everything. I am freaking out because I came inside of her, no condom and idk if she’s on the pill or not. We fucked in the back of her bronco and then afterwards we had a smoke and she left home. I drunk drive my way back to my apartment and now I’m reading Berserk in my underwear with her pussy juice still on my cock.

>>106201638
This dude knows what’s up. Get fucked nerd, should’ve move up to management or played office politics. Hopefully you have some certs and a few decent projects to back up your shit. If you haven’t transitioned to TSEs, DevSecOps or PM roles you’re fucked and you get everything that’s coming to you.

>>106201936
subhuman aka illiterate retard likely pinoy detected

>>106201190
These retards recomending job hopping to some "hot" new field during a recession are retarded. I'm hanging tight even though I think my job is giving me ass cancer but it could be worse. I don't want to be the new guy when shit hits fan.

Stay liquid for 6 months cash in high yield savings.

>>106202192
No need to be so hostile

>>106201833
What kind of women do you like? With cocks?

>>106199070 (OP)
Linda minita

any plans for the weekend, /twg/?

>>106200747

It's AI, you can't rape it.

>>106199070 (OP)
catbox/prompt?

>>106202174
was it worth it, bro? it never is...

>>106202174
>Office roastie is a former army captain
anon...

Does anyone use the app called Blind?

>>106203378
nah, i'm white

>>106203378
no, i'm latino

>>106203378
no, it's all redditors and soulless husks

>>106201190
>how many months worth of income should i save up?
480-500 months worth should do it

>>106203378
blind is literally 80% indians
some of the posts are funny but most are not

>>106202622
Gook females have manlet bodies, maybe that's why you're projecting your tranny love onto pthers?

>be at monthly happy hour
>loud and dense
>most teammates skipped except for me and a female coworker
>we are both introverted semi-spergs and know no one there
>we talk a bit, barely hearing each other
>at one point she signs me to reach my ear down so I could hear what she says
>she gets very close and says something
>I don't even remember whatever inane thing she said
>I literally melted inside
This is the most "intimate" I have been with a woman. I like how I'm good enough at pretending to be normal to the point she is comfortable enough to talk to me like that.

>>106205431

For the past 8 years I've been working my myself with zero female interaction so at least you have that on me.

There is a new female engineer added to the team but since I work from home now I barely interact with her

>>106201190
>Save 800 months of income
>Never have to work again
Experts hate this trick

>>106202174
you fucked up bigtime anon
never dip your pen in company ink
the nature of your job and her background make it even worse
A LOT worse
Just ignore her and pretend it never happened
It won't fix what has already occurred but will prevent it from getting worse at least

>>106205431
she cast a spell on you, you fool
you not remembering is part of the spell
you are doomed anon, I'm sorry

>People stop talking about politics for various reasons at work
Thank god i am tired of hearing stupid shit being said by both sides of the isle.

>>106202851
Yeah, she’s 4 11 and stacked. Complete fucking spinner so yeah it was worth it. She’s actually coming over tonight

>>106205546
Too late anon, she’s coming over tonight after work. I’m shaving my dick right now. I was out in my complex pool all day watching girls in bikinis. Got dinner ready, or rather ordered. We’re doing Thai. She’s coming for dinner and a few drinks and probably spending the night. We’re both single so who cares?

>>106205431
Bro she wants sex. That was your move

>>106202892
She’s short giant tits, tattoos, killer body and pussy was out of this world. Fuck it, I was a Sargent in the army. Infantry guy, I got two divorces and a child I haven’t seen in years because my baby momma went to rehab and then the grandparents took custody. So fuck it, im also 41 and the last woman I dated was a 45 year old grandmother that left me for some fucking loser Gen xr bro that paid for her and her fucking shit kids. If I can fuck this 25 year old army captain and possibly get her pregnant and have at least a slim chance of making life worth it, I’m going to do so. We’re both white so who fucking cares

>>106199070 (OP)

>>106205863
wow your life story is one good decision after another anon
I'm sure, once again, you are doing the right thing

all my coworkers are pasting GPTSlop into internal communications, and not even getting it to talk in another style or cleaning it up

>>106206451
This reminds me how me and my friends can't be fucked to talk to each other in voice chat so we just spam whatever is in the soundboard at each other.

>Internship as a data analyst
>Graduating in CS in a few months
>Enjoying what I do, but wanted to pursue cybersecurity first
>Already have a year of experience in data and will probably be offered a full time job as soon as I graduate
>Still think about cybersec
Wat do?

>>106207025
do the OSCP or some other cert and look for jobs in cybersec.
OSCP is the recommended for offensive (red teamer, pentester, ethical hacker) jobs.

>>106205431
you guys work with women that aren't married?
there are only like 4 girls in my office, all married, most over 30 (gross)

Gpt 5 has me scared for the first time, most of our web devs got laid off since AI can do it better, and if the guys they have left are training their replacements in India

>>106207132
>most of our web devs got laid off since AI can do it better
I know this is bait, but if AI took your job, you fucking suck as a developer.

>>106206531
saysounds have SOVL though, the funny part is how little they actually convey and how much you have to fill in yourself upon hearing it in the context

>>106201083
A macaque wouldn't speak japanese and be cute.

>>106207087
we got two qt 20year old interns
7/10 and I'm a very strict judge (8/10 is model tier only and they are too short for models)

I tried talking to one once, and the look of utter disgust would have sent me in a spiral of depression if I hadn't already lost all hope

>be me
>full remote life
>start dating a foreign girl
>she's swe too, but unemployed rn
>she basically moves into my hotel room
>i'm shoestring budget but sex like every day
>she starts getting bitchier and bitchier
>want to help because i'm a nice guy, and her rent is cheap, but i'm waiting on paycheck
>she starts insulting me

help me the fuck out because i'm seriously fucking ticked. like yeah sex was nice, and dignity and an empty sack is worth a sack, but it's my fucking sack.

>>106207228
neither would a chinese lady

>>106207742
lllllllloooooooooooooolllllllllllllllll

>>106207742
>she basically moves into my hotel room
>hotel room
nigga why the fuck you living in a hotel?

>>106207840
>nigga why the fuck you living in a hotel?
Where else are you supposed to live here? You're car?
Do you think unemployed people are signing up for 12 month $24k apartment leases?

>>106205863
I've heard a lot of people say that if you behave in a more retarded way you'll be more successful. So you've had multiple wives, at least one kid, and it sounds like you're going to do another.

I wish I could let go and just live like this. Of course I think tattoos look hideous so maybe I don't envy you as much as I think I do.

What's with indians asking for referrals on linkedin? Does that ever work for them?

>>106207932
i'm remote working, she's the one who's unemployed.

and i'm traveling europe right now. american ai swe, she's a java dev. tried teaching her ai because this shithole country (bird) is years behind the meta of swe. but the bpd is just getting to me.

>>106207932
americans really are stupid

>>106207932
you said you had a full remote job you idiot

>*nd*an incel powerhours
Time to to make use of our privilege and go touch the grass.

>>106207951
I've occasionally given them one. I'm not job hunting, but I have former coworkers who still are. I've given their LinkedIn urls if the job seems interesting

>>106207985
that's not me, but i'm not in america right now. banging europoor dev girl

>>106205431
Follow up with her you stupid bitch. This is next step of your life for a chance of anything good.

>>106208003
you about to find out why Swedes are the number 1 faggots and cucks
Get out

Gm sirs

>>106205931
Raise her arms

>>106201071

>>106208017
turks actually. and yeah holy fuck euro women man.

>>106207987
they probably beat the shit out of that dog

why do indians hate animals so much? i saw some jeet covered in corpo swag watching animal abuse videos on his phone on the bus the other day

>>106208205
As the bottom rung of humanity they have to feel better than SOMETHING

>>106208205
They hate everything with a passion. Let's leave them in this thread, they're "winning" by acting like incels and calling people cucks, online.

Imagine a whole subcontinent made so desolate and people so vile they get triggered by grass.

>>106196701
i watched crazy stupid love btw, it fucking sucked
i watched 500 days of summer before this one, and while that one was so-so, this one was definitely bad

you guys have sex and girlfriends?
I live in my moms shithole of a house and don't even have a car (or a license). I'm too ashamed of my situation to invite anyone here, and I'm too cheap to waste 10% of my wage to pay someone elses mortgage...
I want to buy a car but I have no clue how to buy a decent one, and I don't want to bother people around me to help me with that shit. I had a female friend that was going to help me with this bs, but I started to fall in love for her. she told me she only wanted to be friends, and instead of trying shit I just told her I wanted to break up after some stupid shit I did to her.
maybe I should just kms. I don't like this crappy society.

>>106208575
This is /twg/, not /teenagers/.

>>106208584
if I told you my age, you'd understand why I'm complaining.
btw, if you ever have kids, make sure not to mix autism, poverty and don't let them be victims of narcissistic single moms

>BUSINESS INSIDER SCOOP: UBER PAY SCALE EXPOSED
>ENGINEERS EARN ~$258K
>DIRECTORS OF ENGINEERING ~$360K
>DATA SCIENTISTS ~$199K

what the fuck man...

My manager is very excited about gpt 5
I think it might be over

>>106208675
every manager is excited by it. because they're morons.

>>106203378
I use it for my company's channel
it's mostly compensation ranting and shit talking the worldcasts

>>106208575
>I'm too ashamed of my situation to invite anyone here, and I'm too cheap to waste 10% of my wage to pay someone elses mortgage...
sorry buddy, but it looks like you're out of options
i'll just say, while money is obviously important, you'll only be your current age once in your entire lifetime
you know what i mean

im gonna kms

Things are looking good frens
Apply to jobs on Monday
The AI they're using is shit

yep

>>106208450
Crazy stupid love isan objectively well written romantic comedy.

how do i achieve mouse-less setup
My RSI and tendonitis refuses to go away no matter how often i stretch and lift weights
i won't give up on stretching and lift weights though

So I got shafted out of a position where I was supposed to be team lead and instead got put on a run of the mill project where all my tasks are just writing business logic into code, dealing with client tantrums and figuring out what the fuck they actually even want. I was told I'd be here for 3 weeks, it's now been 6 months and I'm regressing as a developer and getting burnt out.
Anyway I'm thinking switching jobs, any good materials you guys know for a mid level .NET developer to interview prep? Most of the positions I'm looking for are C# obviously. I haven't interviewed for almost 5 years now.

Companies I'm looking at are some military drone company, heard it pays worse, but more interesting project, another is some streaming service TV app, better conditions. No idea how to prep for either of these

>>106208234
>Imagine a whole subcontinent made so desolate and people so vile they get triggered by grass.
kek how do you know this

>>106205931
based fren

i just got this weird feeling and maybe its cope but i think AI is over for now.
it will retreat for a bit, stocks will crash, vibe coding services like cursor will further develop and enhance tech quietly but the general consensus around AI will be one of disinterest for a couple years until a real breakthrough

>>106210053
The general populace is already pretty tired of AI. AI is not leading to them getting better products. It's leading to them getting worse customer service and kids cheating at school.

>>106210053
Nothing stops you to get a security+ or CEH

>I heard about Kubernetes 2.0
>just as I got good with the current one.
>"no more yamls"
Is there even any point in continuing to learn k8s, right now, or is it another fud?
It's Sunday and I'm depressed.

>>106210227
I still see business owners falling for AI shit everyday. They're completely sold on the idea that it's all you need to run a business; programmers are optional. This is in a non-tech focused city, so things are a bit slow, though.

>>106211099
Kubernetes 2.0 is not real.

>used to be able to distinguish yourself by being a good coder
>now everybody has a premium LLM in their back pocket for code help
How do you differentiate yourself from other people in the AI age?

>>106209464
youre gonna win so much youre going to say mr trump... im tired of winning!

>>106199088
the wall is coming...

>>106211248
they love AI but they'll stop loving it when it stops delivering and the tide changes, just give it a few months

>>106211415
AI is getting better every month and its at the point now where it can outright replace lots of low level work.
Paying for an AI Agent is cheaper than paying 80k per year for some HR Payroll lady

>>106211403
Hush, nerd.

>>106211441
nobody is using an AI agent to work their HR though. and no AI agent is good enough to be an actual HR person

>>106211255
I want to believe you, but still sus.

>>106211368
I understand the code and can fix it.

>>106211461
if only she had bigger tits

>>106211461
and her face wasn't ugly

>Her

>>106209764
>retarded techbros prove yet again that they dont actually know anything about computers
touchscreen
trackball
thinkpad nipple
tab key
wii remote
voice activation
eye tracking
stylus
pencil

>>106208450
>>106209482
i prefer dancing crazy murder

>>106211441
>>106211501
all of hr's internal tasks are easy to automate, have been automated, and dont require some hallucenating AI that will inevitably fail to pay people and write up employees for shit that never happened

>>106211441
AI agent can't take responsibility for fucking up HR affairs.

>>106211924
Is that the list of objects you've shoved up your ass?

Why are "programmers"(codemonkeys) always so inept at actually using a computer?

hey /twg/, someone i know will pay me if i install cracked coreldraw in their machine, but i never used that at all
where should i get it?

FAANG 700k TC here

I got given a winblows computer to work on, how do I install linux on it?

>>106207025

>>106211957
Neither can women.

Seems really interesting to know. 4chan really gives you enough amount of time to think about your life

>Explain to us, in your own words, what a voxel is. Give us an example of a time you used voxels.
How do you answer this question in the tech job interview?

>it was take your dog to work day yesterday
>boss called my retriever a "little minx" and insisted he keep her for the weekend
i didnt want to agree but i didnt want to get fired either...

>>106211944
>all of hr's internal tasks are easy to automate
not really. HR has to deal with edge cases of human affairs, moral and ethical grey areas, etc. precisely not the things current LLMs can handle

>>106213297
>edge cases of human affairs, moral and ethical grey areas,
name even one time HR has done anything helpful to dissipate conflict between employees, or any "ethical or moral gray area" that isnt better handled by the actual lawyers on retainer

>>106213297
HR no longer does that stuff, it's the domain of lawyers and dedicated counsellors now. HR exists to hire, fire, and get people paid on time. And they already use AI to recruit, AI to determine who to PIP, and it's not like payment processing hasn't 99.99999 automated since the fucking 80s

>>106213281
he wanted to rape her
enjoy your defiled dog anon

what's the best way of calling codemonkeys at work stupid faggots without calling them stupid faggots?

>>106212845
Can you be more bitter?

>>106213396
>>106213414
okay so what is AI doing? calling a lawyer? there are so many human decisions made in hiring, promoting, etc. nobody is giving it up to an AI algo

Last night I told a guy to bypass his router because his ONT looked fine so he moved an all in one mac desktop then snagged the power cable and knocked it off the table and broke it into pieces.

>>106213281
He should do this with your gf too

>>106213484
https://recruiterflow.com/blog/ai-recruiting-tools/

>>106212974
It's a british maker of shitty cars like the astra. Owned by stellantis (fiat/chrysler). Previously owned by GM. Cars are just rebadged french cars usually.

>be local IT dustman, alternate
>a particular laptop has been giving the actual IT dustwoman trouble for ages
>say i'm bored and will take a look at it; we're returning other stuff and i've alrady gutted all of it anyway so there's finally spare hard drives and memory to go around if a part on it failed
>laptop's screws are stripped to fuck, say i'll bring my dremel to gently drill the screws out and replace them with some spares I have from home if she's comfortable
>she says "fuck it" and just tears the panel off, breaking it

well, at least it works now. turned out someone stole the hard drive. also someone broke the ethernet port on it badly enough it's missing traces, and the memory was in the wrong slot. explains why the screws were all fucked up in the first place

>>106213551
that's vauxhall and they are NOT shitty!!!

>>106199944
why would you choose hags if cunny is around?

>>106213632
They are fucking opels and peugeots. Nothing that stellantis makes should be purchased. They exclusively make cars that fall apart.

>>106213668
peugeots are acceptable because they made the 206 (forma de rally)

>>106213690
Only because subaru and mitsubishi have given up. Car brands worth buying are toyota, subaru, volvo, and honda. That is all.

>>106213718
>>106213690
>>106213632
Why don't you faggots just build your own car like a person with above room temperature IQ?

>>106213745
car insurance tends to not like that

>>106213745
>open source a car

>>106213789
If you had any real Courage and Gumption you would not even need (((insurance))), you would have your own rainy day fund.

>>106213882
'ou 'ot ah 'ouisense fer 'avin' no 'surance?

>>106208032

>>106213955
fix the weird objects in the background

is it ok to upload a cv in a resume field (they only ask for resumes) for a jr position?
I don't have a resume right now because I feel like there is nothing to put there with my current experience (haven't worked yet since graduating and my only professional experience is an internship)

>>106209767
>No idea how to prep for either of these
For each of the companies, read up on their home pages, press releases and financial statements. Check LinkedIn for how many leave, especially leave in a hurry.

>>106211461
Plugsuit, when? She has teh cup and the head interfaces already.

>>106213882
Courage and Gumption don't change it being a criminal violation of traffic law to drive without liability insurance

>>106214243
Laws don't apply to real code chads.

>>106214243
When you are in your car you are not DRIVING that is a commercial venture. If you are in your car simply to get from A to B or even just for leisure cruising you are merely TRAVELLING and do not have to follow the same laws commercial drivers do.

>>106214299
>>106214318
Stop shitposting in a Whites Only thread, nigger

>they think asian women are different

>>106208575
>I want to buy a car but I have no clue how to buy a decent one, and I don't want to bother people around me to help me with that shit
What do you want to know? Find a car in your budget with <100k miles on one of the car listing aggregate sites like cargurus. Get one from a dealership if you don't know what kind of issues to look for. If the interior looks good ask them to let you drive it to a shop for a pre-sale inspection which is probably around 80 USD. If the shop says no major issues you're good to go. Price negotiation is as difficult as you want it to be; at a bare minimum just look for a comparable listing at a lower price within 100 miles and ask them to match it. If you can't find anything cheaper then they're probably already offering you a reasonable price.

>>106214649
Give me one good reason we even needed 30,000 developers, even before AI.

>>106214767
salesforce hungers for souls

>>106214649
Tons of coverage already at ft.com

>>106214767
The state of software is still far from good.

>be junior dev
>only other dev I work with is a 'senior'
>he sucks though and just glues together API's
>it's a small company and the owner lied about using agile and having a devops team
>he made it sound as if there were lots of projects down the road to build, but he was either lying or just being a retard (probably both)
>I do nothing most days, got tired of begging for work
>everyone chooses to remain ignorant
>have resorted to processing invoices just to have something to do
>can't skill up or even fuck around at work because it's totally in-office
>have been applying like crazy for other jobs but I'm too experienced for junior roles and not experienced enough for mid-level roles so no one responds
>there's basically no jobs anyway

I never imagined my life getting worse when I finally landed a junior role. I'm tempted to quit tech in general and try something else entirely at this rate.

Thank you for reading my blog.

>>106199088
Anyone else met here there?

>>106215194
>The state of software is still far from good.
it was fine 30 years ago.

>>106215226
everyone wants a job until they get one

>>106214649
I'm gonna go play minecraft pvp

>>106215270
I preferred my retail job to this. At least I was actually working and doing the work I was supposed to be doing

>>106215231
No, it was not. You could bring down NT by loading a malformed Word file. Lotus Notes was a train wreck.

>>106215226
You're a pussy. If you seriously cared about skilling up you would do that even after work.

>>106215310
Just don't do that shit. Tech was fine when you had to respect the computer and people who couldn't rtfm (or navigate the error messages and dumps when the manual failed) were still using paper forms.

>>106215356
Word was garbage, Word Perfect better but at that time LaTeX was the only thing that looked good for large documents.

>>106208009
>she is over a decade younger (just graduated college and became fulltime)
>has a long term boyfriend
>I don't want to shit where I eat
It's not like I have a crush on her, I view her as a friend if even that. It's just that we can't really control our male brains sometimes, especially loners like me.

India is NOT spared:
>India’s IT services giants race to reinvent themselves for the AI age
https://archive.is/eXQdJ
>The country’s vast outsourcing sector has been struggling with tepid customer demand for its services in the US, its largest market, as a “Trump bump” from anticipated tax cuts and easing regulations has failed to materialise. Instead, the US president’s trade battles — including a 50 per cent tariff slapped on India that nevertheless excludes services — have delayed business decision-making and investment.
>Sector growth has been in the low single digits for the past two years, according to HSBC, which last month attributed the sluggishness to economic uncertainty, competition from corporate in-house global capability centres being set up rapidly across India, as well as “ambiguity” over the impact of generative AI.

>>106215493
>the scam country latches onto a scam
shocked pikachu face

>>106215493
Good, glad they are getting fucked sideways.

>>106215772
LEading experts had expected to move the help desk industry to East African countries (or former British colonies) for even lower salaries than in India. Well, this sure kills the crab.

>>106215493
>the real reason is that there's cheaper retards elsewhere but what we're gonna say is it's AI so you keep investing in AI

AI - Actually... Chads? Literally people from Chad?

>>106216008
yeah, instead of indian accents trying to recruit you for 20 per hour in for a help desk job in kansas, it will be a WHY R U GEH trying to mangle english on your phone.

Guys, Should I make a online battle client/fan game from an existing ip or my own original video game as part of my portfolio for job seeking or is that a waste of time? The online client is meant demonstrate my web and networking capabilities (if I want to work in web) and the video game for software engineering. I’m afraid neither would be useful and Corpos would look for actual experience rather than projects

I graduated with a CS degree from a decent college ranked T25 for CS in May 2024, have not been able to find a relevant job since then.

I'm planning to enlist in the United State Space Force in a Defensive Cyber Ops role because I can't find shit.

My goal is to do my 4 years, get out and use the top security clearance + relevant experience to work in government contracting or something similar. Maybe do a master's degree for free with the GI Bill too.

Thoughts on this plan, will this set me up for success in the future?

>>106216085
shut up homo

>>106216085
actual unironic realpost (that you do not deserve because your post is bait but hopefully a non-baiting but naive anon will read it)

I have seen many people join the military for return on resume or just to get the clearance or whatever, and they always wash out. they generally go on to greener pastures because they came in already with a half-done degree or something, but if you try to "use" the military that way you are going to get blown the fuck out.

it's a janky place and even in peace is not for the faint of heart, and there is basically no actual return-on-resume because it will take you longer than those initial 4 years to get properly trained in any way that is relevant to civilian employers. On top of that, militaries across NATO carefully curate their courses to never give you any actual certs and always leave you just out of reach of the skills employers want so that you are trapped in the force and have to re-up every time you try to get a job. And outside of a few specific countries' forces, the pay is really, really bad and you get nickel and dimed on shit like having to get your own equipment. Not like how I complain about not having fancy toys off of amphenol -- even in the USA, you have to buy your own uniforms past your first set, you have to get shit tailored, bases are always in the middle of nowhere so now your gas prices are up, the gas stations near work are conspicuously more expensive than the ones in town, money gets taken off your pay for barracks or rations even if you don't use them, etc.

If you're truly down on your luck, sure, join the military as a stopgap and stay in if you end up liking it, but it shouldn't form the basis of any real plans. At the very least, just be a reservist/national guard/etc. for slightly less pay but much more flexibility and similar post-service benefits instead.

>>106216171
My post is not bait in the slightest, to be clear.

I get the feeling you're European based on your post. In the US Air Force and Space Force it's extremely common to get free specialized training and certs, and the job I'm referring to is entirely a desk job. If I wash out of this job I was never fit for white collar work in the first place.

reserve/national guard don't get nearly as many benefits and have a longer time commitment, plus I need REAL full time job experience, not something I just do on the weekends. I appreciate your advice though.

>>106216060
You're a grifting retard. If you have the skills to make your own game, why wouldn't that be your job?

>>106216281
I am canuckistani and from my limited contact with US servicemembers they have largely the same complaints -- their training is over-specialized and getting a civilian job doing whatever it is they do in the military is basically impossible without going to a proper school anyway, and then you're just another fresh grad with a 4 year gap.

Generally the double pensioners do it by being officers and thus just having a degree anyway and the service not really constituting a gap (and officers all being an old boi's club) or by staying in the force a long enough time to make a higher NCO rank and getting into some kind of administrative role (similarly enabled by NCOs being an old boi's club)

>>106216326
You're the same weirdo complaining furfag that still is a bum even after a year.

>>106216085
>z5yqhbwxdy7f1.png
It really is all about personality. I'm 5'10 which isn't really short but it's not tall either and I get girls all the time. idk how to explain what you have to do but it's sort of like just decide how things are going to be and then realize it.

Or if you can't do that you probably don't deserve casual sex anyway I guess.

>>106209183
It's crazy how Lain stops being attractive after somewhere around episode 2. I guess that's why most anime MCs are ditsy retards.

>>106205639
I love not talking about politics at work. If you just sort of politely nod your head and say things like "yeah <thing> is pretty crazy" people assume you agree with them and treat you super nicely.

>Finance department hired a b2b integrations consultant for some simple integrations for business workflows
>Now we're in charge of maintaining this undocumented bloated boomi shitware thats already falling apart
Yes their team was all made of up of them.

>>106216281
Go active for 4 years, coast guard or space force if you want to be mostly state side for your postings. Airforce, Navy if you want more bases but fuck working on a boat. Army and Marines if you like the idea of being in the middle of fucking nowhere with bullshit cleaning duties taking up more time then actual work.

Going active gives you the best benefits overall but more importantly if you retire out of the military you get even better benefits https://militarypay.defense.gov/Pay/Retirement/

The real question is what job are you going after anyways? (not accurate)
https://www.operationmilitarykids.org/air-force-jobs-list/


>>106216326
You have zero fucking clue how american contracting, government work, or military training actual is. The US military actually trains people, gives them good benefits, college money and endless training courses if your job demands it. If you do IT, programming or mechanic work you will likely do 1-2 years worth of training and 2 years of actual work to become proficient. You get enough training that i can say they shove at least an associates degrees worth of info into the militaries training course and give you enough college credits for that degree to materialize.

>>106216838
Where's your CAC nigga

>>106216849
Its in your wifes VAG - Virtual Access Gateway :P

>>106216008
>Literally people from Chad?
No. That was a former French colony, so they don't count.

>>106216453
>when i say bum when i say bum when i say bum when i say b
i still have my job and am in the black financially so im not really a bum. im worried i wont get this new job but even if i dont i got options

>>106216889
>the shitty mag stripe reader thingies at the gate have 3g now
GAH DOOD

>>106216838
I'm definetly going active Space Force or Air Force anon. Ideally 1B4 (USAF) or 5C (Space Force). They're essentially the same job but different branches.

I prefer Space Force though because they can guarantee I get that specific job unlike USAF. Also, USSF just sounds cooler.

1B4/5C is by far the AFSC with the highest starting civilian pay when you get out, much higher than the vast majority of officers would get if they went civilian after 4 years.

>>106216838
>trains people, gives them good benefits, college money and endless training courses
so what other countries give their citizens for free? in america, you just gotta pledge allegiance to israel first

>>106211788
and she wasn't autistic

the agile manifesto predicted all of this.

>>106217016
European benefits are going away. You are getting drafted.

>military propaganda in /twg/ and /utwg/ of all places
lmao

>>106217275
Don't listen to the furtard zogbot, joining the military is the best thing you can do. You get a free clearance, free training, and you get free school when you're done your Service. They even feed and clothe and house you for all those years!

>>106217288
>Don't listen to the furtard zogbot, joining the military is the best thing you can do.
I'm to screenshot this.

>>106216985
Go 11B, it's better.

>me doing a dozen pull-ups in front of the marine recruiter then telling him I'm Canadian
tee hee

>>106217326
No thanks, I don't want incurable PTSD, even if it would guarantee me $4k a month untaxed in VA payments.

>>106217363
Bro you don't want that free school? Tax-free earnings? All the pussy you can handle? Driving sick ass hummers and chargers everywhere? 11B is GOATED bro and once you're done just settle into a comfy CS job with that free degree you got.

>>106217390
>All the pussy you can handle?
Don't some crazy high number of servicemen end up getting cucked?

>>106217318
>zogbot calls other people zogbots, furfaggot and whatever
funny shit

>>106217275
Nigger we're all just trying to pay rent and put food on our table, and guess what, if you want a white collar job the only way you're getting that is by being a 200x autist savant or Indian, and if you want a blue collar job you're only getting that by being the boss's son or Mexican, so you have to go with what's still hiring normal white guys.

>>106217425
Maybe he's posting ironically?
If that's unironic I really don't know what to say. It's too dry for us autists.

>>106217275
join the military. start a union. enroll in WGU.

>>106217447
I've seen military propaganda posted in 4chan for more than a decade. I've seen literal clone threads in multiple boards.
military bots won't convince me that their shilling is not that.

Any good bootcamp companies for IT? I got company money to burn.

>>106217491
I guess it's less crazy than many of the other things they've been caught doing here. It just seems kind of lame. I guess maybe that's what I'm surprised by.

It's like expecting to find some portal to hell underneath the whitehouse that they're throwing kids into to keep the eurodollar market going and you get there and it's just three old jews playing strip poker instead.

>>106217527
>bootcamp companies
The US Marines.

>>106217531
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9Fh3aIlq5E

>>106217491
It may be propaganda but it's also kind of true that it's one of the only career paths now.

Can't be any worse than any of the other millions of psyops that 4chan has been subject to over the past decade that have completely and utterly destroyed this site and its cultural influence and turned it into 4spic.

>>106217564
SHUT THE FUCK UP

>>106217578
>kind of true that it's one of the only career paths now.
Sure but what do you get out of a career anyway when everything else is also a scam? Like what are you expecting to spend the money on?

>>106217578
4chan influence has wanned to the point that despite making a good majority of the memes we are actually not even edgy when compared to more mainstream sites. At this point every non blue board is a blue board compared to other shitier websites. Newgrounds and other flash websites, likewise has completely lost to youtube when it tried competing.

>>106217601
Not dying for one?
I can't sleep on my dignity.

>>106217603
Moot and his singular Nazi admin that he only kept around because he was aware that the moderatorship was becoming a bunch of troon commies was the only thing that kept any balance in this site. Ever since Hiroshimoot has taken over it's just been psyops from random Discords and an ever decreasing quality of poster jumping in because they saw le epic meme screencap on r/4chan and saw that le 4chins wasn't as scary as they originally thought.

>>106217578
This place is where people on the spectrum end up, and the military has only small nices where autists will function. I was in one, and believe me, that nice is tiny. It would be insane and spectacularly cost inefficient for the military to shill jobs in this place.

>>106217649
niche, not nice. Though the place was nice too. I have to go to bed.

>>106217564
No one listen to this tarded shit joining the military is the best thing you can do.

>>106217643
>Not dying for one?
I don't know it sounds relaxing.

Im another clearance fag, I work for the DoD now but I never served lol.

>>106217649
a retarded guy that was in the military... you dont say

Recently discovered that Carnegie Mellon has a Master of Software Engineering program with a 57% acceptance rate, and it's in their CS department.

Is it worth shelling out tens of thousands of dollars to have their name on my resume? It's a 1.5 year program that also comes with a guaranteed internship.

To my understanding they're like one step below MIT/Stanford for CS and better than most Ivies right?

>>106217835
no, hr roasties would know them for music and assume your degree is fake

>>106217564
this video got the mil recruitment bots really mad lmao

>>106217835
sorry it's a 16 month program, not 1.5 years.

Also it would be in their San Francisco campus right next to Stanford in Silicon Valley. Seems like the perfect opportunity to start a company while being a student again too.

>>106217835
Go for it lmao

>>106217835
>Is it worth shelling out tens of thousands of dollars to have their name on my resume?
No one even reads your resume. It's hardly worth the 30 seconds it takes to update.

>>106217564
>oh no I'm in a hypermasculine environment!

Wrong. No one reads this (>>106217880 faggots resume. They read mine.

>>106217878
Might actually do it. Improve resume, get pussy, maybe meet some Stanford students and apply for y combinator.
>>106217880
I was under the impression HR roasties immediately put your resume at the top of the stack if they read an Ivy/MIT/Stanford/CMU?

>>106217904
Ooh did I hit a nerve? I'll bet those semiannual honors papers really paid off didn't they. Everyone really can tell you're something special.

>>106217564
>aieee i'm not allowed to be a tranny furfag, save me niggerman!!!!!

>>106217564
>furfag post posts furfag video trying to disparage the US Military
Just join the Space Force, it's literally free training. What's the worst that can happen? Just don't be a retard and do anything that would compromise your Security Clearance and you'll be fine, forever. Even once you get out you get free college schooling and any job you want because of your Security Clearance.

>>106217713
I'm not letting the world kill me because I drew the short end of the stick in every area of life. That's what society wants. And I certainly can't enact any kind of revenge on society if I'm dead.

>>106217963
You're planning on getting revenge on society by... voluntarily signing up for the military?

You're right you really did draw the short end of the stick.

>>106217920
Yes faggot, my recent acceptance letter fucks your bitch. Enjoy your SNAP bennies.

>>106217835
>57% acceptance rate
where'd you get that number? it's significantly lower.

>>106217986
You can't read reply chains much, or context, can you?

>>106217835
I know its been shilled here before but the OMSCS might be more worth it
Way less expensive with higher acceptance rate and Georgia Tech is a pretty good name itself
I've been doing a class a semester while working and its pretty doable

Or just get a clearance applying to any of the other government agencies. Namely DoJ, they also utilize contractors.

>>106218013
https://www.cs.cmu.edu/academics/masters/programs-comparison

Scroll down to software engineering and they had a 59% acceptance rate in 2023, kinda crazy, won't that damage their brand? Maybe enough people don't know about it so it doesn't matter?

>>106218293
LMAO they accept literally anyone!!! Not at all like the US Military, where you have to go through a rigorous Selection Process to ensure that you're the Best You You Can Be before shipping out.

>>106218400
What's wrong with this schizo?

>>106218400
>LMAO they accept literally anyone!!!
Most places these days "accept" anyone and then discriminate with scholarships.

That's why the student loan situation is so goofy. If you have to pay you already probably shouldn't be there but if you're dumb enough to borrow that way you to pay you really shouldn't be.

>>106218464
It's schizo to get the only job that will prepare you for the real world? Go 11B and you get to see the world, make tons of money, slay massive pussy, and you even get a free degree and Security Clearance at the end so you can make big TC when you get out.

>almost monday
please PLEASE don't do this to me

>>106218536
11B isn't even guaranteed a clearance, there are jobs that are guaranteed TS, stop sperging out retard, military path isn't as bad as you think. Are you fat or something?

>>106206033
To be fair, she just licked my ass and drained my balls this morning. Then cooked me dinner and just left my house. She also left her used underwear and scrunchy here, so I may have a gf after all

>>106207945
It’s not that I behave in a retarded way. I just take risks. That’s the problem with most men nowadays. You’re all afraid of taking risks and taking your chances at life. Yeah it’s annoying but as I posted above. That risk led me to potentially having a gf now. We work together but whatever, worst that can happen is it was just a weekend fling and that’s all there is to it. At the end of the day, I make 110k, got laid, have a few fuck trophies, a VA pension and an exciting life that leads me to experiences and character building. You’re never going to live life if you just sit idly not doing shit and being afraid of everything. Either way, I had a good weekend and now I’m reading manga and studying for a stupid Linux+ cert I agreed on doing. Anyone ever taken it? I took a few practice exams but shit is hard

>>106208575
Jesus fuck bro, go outside

>>106218557
They are, actually. Those 11Bs will see things you couldn't believe, and Uncle Sam pays them a lot of money to keep quiet. Money you can keep making if you keep your Clearance up to date after you get out. Why aren't you signing up today?

>>106208575
Wow you sound exactly like the girl I've been texting.
>but I have no clue how to buy a decent one
The word you're looking for is "used corolla."

you idiots with this military shit again...
join a federal law enforcement agency. if you go into intel they'll give you TS/SCI + FS Poly.
the military isn't desperate for people anymore. you're gonna get a shit job and be surrounded with antisocial/retarded kids

>>106218557
It’s a guarantee clearance depending on where you end up. I got a secret but I was leg in a mechanized unit that used crazy tech. Didn’t even work on it until I got out and wanted to embellish my resume, so I got the TM and learned all the tech shit on the side, then added it to my resume to make my 11B experience shine. Not gonna lie, employers don’t give a fuck if you passed ranger school and are tabbed (like my dumbass) but wi definitely be impressed if you tell them you secured hard drives for xxx system used in xxx vehicle and engaged in encrypted secure peer to peer communication using military satellites

where the FUCK did the weekend go

Tell me about ERP, SAP, and ABAP

>>106217835
>Ms in SE
You dumb fuck. If you’re gonna get a masters, just get an MBA and dab on retards. I’ll never understand why you CS dorks waste your time going further with that shit. Unless you’re getting into heavy research theory for teaching or working towards some PhD program, there’s absolutely no fucking reason why you’d get that. At this point, getting an IT degree with certs and an MbA is the key to a successful career
>but muh coding
Stop being a fucking monkey, after 5 years you should stop writing code and focus on management or DevOps director jobs.

>>106218702
Space Force and Army can guarantee you the job you want. Only an idiot is rolling the dice on Air Force. The only downside is you'll likely have to wait 6+ months to ship out for Space Force.

Law enforcement just doesn't look as good and you don't get all the lifetime military gibsmedat.

>>106218728
MBA's are useless in the tech world, better off getting a specialized engineering masters. People laugh at MBAs nowadays. MBA is for consultants and people interested in IB.

>>106218721 Why? That's almost more sales than tech.

I don't want to go to work tomorrow.

>>106218721
Just financial databases but a ui for a shit pile of business rules and modules depending on the industry. Surprised there hasn't been a startup aimed at revamping the bloated trash sap, oracle, and MS dynamics is considering the money they can charge but the issue is its next to impossible to get a company to switch ERP systems once they've chosen one.

>Tuesday morning
>There's nobody to care
>And everyone got replaced by indians and utwg and the office is empty as always

>>106218941
>Surprised there hasn't been a startup
Isn't that what Salesforce was? It's ERP but with a cool furry mascot.

>>106219055
If you go 11B you'll never be alone. Not only do you get Money, Fame, Power... You'll also have your Battle Buddies.

>>106219062
Nah salesforce is a customer relationship manager CRM built for sales people. Its pretty different but its also just a database with a bloated ui for normalfags and business rules.
ERPs are more for accounting systems and are catered for tracking an orgs use of money being able to spit out financial reports or drill down into how much stock of a bolt is in a specific where house across the globe.

>>106219068
In my case, that'd replace Indians with Senegalese descendants of Arsène Lupin or adapting diet to Kebab. Besides it'd mean a trip to eastern Europe some time soon. And there are reasons to disqualify me.

>>106219236
We don't accept furfaggots. You're not invited.

>>106217835
are you paying for it yourself?

>>106219354
Would be free through GI bill, apparently the cost of the degree is $120,000 if you had to pay out of pocket. Seems to exist to milk money out of internationals, but the brand name is undoubtably strong.

>>106219342
??? >>106219068
I'm omw to my office regardless of that.

>>106219424
Kill yourself. You will NEVER be a real Soldier and you will NEVER get that free Security Clearance.

>>106219380
i had a manager that i asked on day1 of onboarding if there was anything that stood out to him during the interview process, and he told me it was the school i went to compared to the other applicants.
brand name does have some weight in getting a job, but why CMU? are you already in California or you don't mind relocating? Georgia Tech MSCS has a remote option and is one of the cheapest MS to get but is well known

>>106219539
I have a few reasons:
It'd be free through the GI Bill so money is no issue, may as well do the most expensive program if it's the most reputable

CMU's SV campus is right next to Stanford and in the best environment to start a tech company

The military pays you a monthly stipend to do your degree based on the cost of living of the area. In SV I'd be paid $75k over 16 months just for attending classes.

Could do a side job during the degree or join a startup and apply to VCs for funding

I'm from the East Coast and have never been to the West before too.

>>106219583
BASED bro BASED! Know that this thread fully supports your decision to join the US Army!

Join the Army today, we will give you a free $20k bonus if you sign up during the next week!

>>106219628
>>106219641
>Schizo keeps posting the same shit without giving his real opinion
I'm not joining the army nigga, their QoL is shit. I'm going Space Force.

>>106219652
The Space Force will never take you, you're not high IQ enough for that. What's your ASVAB score? That's right. Too low. Just go 11B and you'll get all the pussy, cars, and guns you could want, that sweet sweet Security Clearance, and free school when you're out. Just sign on the dotted line. Total freedom, here for you. Just sign here...

>>106219583
it seems like you just want to do a start up or something. what would you even do between the time when you submit your application and know your application status?

>>106219676
I'd apply before I'm out of the military or work for 2 years after the military then apply. I wouldn't put my life and income on hold while waiting to hear back from the application.

Honestly not even sure what I want to do. I just want credentials, job experience, the prestige of knowing I attended a decently selective college, and to feel like an accomplished man. Stacking credentials like veteran, masters degree, CMU alum, etc.

I'm not one of those people who dreams of working for themselves. I understand the stress and hassle that comes with, but I do want to try to build something from the ground up for once in my life and this seems like the ideal opportunity.

>>106219652
I'm sorry, our indian bosses didn't give us the info about the branch of the US military to shill for.

>>106219714
>I'm not one of those people who dreams of working for themselves.
You're a shoe-in for 11B then!

>>106219714
in that case, i'd probably go for it but also look for another job on the side.
you'd get paid for attending school and go in tuition free. only thing i'd struggle with is living in Cali with a 56k salary unless you have some other form of income besides that internship you mentioned.
only thing i would do is reach out to alumni and see if there are any people at CMU who were in the military to get their opinion on your plan vs what they did

>>106219796
Makes sense anon. I doubt any veterans have gone through that program before as it seems to be a cashcow dead end master's for international students. But I'll find people who've done it and ask them about it.

Could I ask how prestigious you think the CMU name is?

Having a clearance sucks. I did it for like 11 years. I got to see some cool stuff and all, but it's a fucking hassle

>>106219863
Doesn't it make you near immune to offshoring H1B? Seems like a massive benefit.

Also, clearance jobs seem slower paced and more chill than big tech.

>>106219888
Checked, and yes it's immune to offshoring, though I did work with a few people who were 1st gen children of immigrants, which always struck me as a little odd. Are their loyalties truly to America...? I know they would have interviewed all of their family members and stuff, so I guess it all checked out. Their families all came from allied countries, not like Russia or China or anything, but still...
But unless you live a completely isolated existence, the reporting requirements can get annoying.
Make a friend who's foreign? Have to report that
Your family member starts dating someone who's foreign? Have to report that
Your girlfriend's college friend is visiting from out of town and bringing her foreign boyfriend? Have to report that
Meet your new neighbor who is foreign? Have to report that
Your sibling studies abroad for a semester? Have to report that
Open a new bank account? Have to report that
Get a loan for a car, or a credit card, or a mortgage? Have to report that
Go on vacation to Europe or Japan or even the fucking Caribbean? Have to report that
Win the lottery? Have to report that
Get contacted by a recruiter who sounds foreign? Have to report that
It just never fucking ends

>>106219841
everyone in tech knows CMU. i didn't go there, but i'd assume there would be dedicated recruiters from tech companies that have a pipeline for student to hire conversion. only reason why you can't leverage CMU name to get a job is because the job market is ass right now

>>106219953
>everyone in tech knows CMU. i didn't go there, but i'd assume there would be dedicated recruiters from tech companies that have a pipeline for student to hire conversion
Wasn't there some leaked list of "ok" universities from Meta recruiters?

>>106219926
That sounds pretty fucking annoying to be fair, I didn't know it was that strict.

Is the work environment at these types of jobs at least good? Is it like the type where people don't do shit and just collect a paycheck?

>>106219988
Tbf, I had a TS/SCI with full scope, or whatever the term is these days. The requirements aren't as bad for lesser clearances.
As for work environment, it's highly dependent on the situation. I worked contracts that were somewhat stressful, and I also had a job where for year I came in every morning, checked some system logs, and then read the news for 8 hours. You could have an extremely routine chill job and then suddenly your team gets pulled into an actual national security threat and your boss starts getting berated by 4 star generals (happened to my team). Or maybe you're working on some weapon system that's fucking years behind schedule and billions over budget and everyone is stressed and you have to fly to monthly review meetings to try and defend the project from getting cancelled (happened to my sister team).

>>106219982
found it
https://old.reddit.com/r/codingbootcamp/comments/1jhitoc/

>>106220013
I really appreciate all this advice mate. Hopefully my plan works out and I can break into this field after 4 years in Space Force defensive cyber ops.

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>>106220025
I haven't been reading the whole thread, so I don't know what your situation is, but good luck I guess?
I just saw clearances being discussed, and thought I'd share my experience.
Also the cafeterias in government buildings suck ass. They have awful vendors that serve shitty food for ridiculous prices. When I was there, the agency's OIG team actually looked into it and concluded "the government and its employees are getting ripped off", but they couldn't do anything about it. Now I work at a big tech company and eat delicious food every day. It's not free, but it's subsidized and cheap.

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Doesn't seem like it's a requirement that you have gone to one of those. I didn't, and I still got an interview with Meta last year. I fucked it up, but I got contacted and made it through the 1st round.