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   Pete Zaitcev (zaitcev@shitposter.world)'s status on Saturday, 22-Feb-2025 14:18:38 JST Pete Zaitcev
   A student at my dojo is falling down, enough to borrow $20 from me at this time.
   
   He used to be a webdev and made good money, but not good enough. So he moved and became an Uber driver (around 2018 or so). At the time, he was shoveling money. However, the gig crashed during the pandemic. Instead of latching on any job immediately, he procrastinated because he had savings.
   
   Today, he's got a huge gap in the resume, which really hampers his prospects. I don't think the technology has moved all that much. We still use Node and React. I'm in OS and filesystems, so I don't know, but I think the problem is more of getting a foot in the door again.
   
   What would you guys do if you were in this situation?
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     dilbert 1 (sun@shitposter.world)'s status on Saturday, 22-Feb-2025 14:18:49 JST dilbert 1

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     @zaitcev > Instead of latching on any job immediately, he procrastinated because he had savings.
     
     Literally what I am doing right now
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     iced depresso (icedquinn@blob.cat)'s status on Saturday, 22-Feb-2025 14:20:23 JST iced depresso

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     @zaitcev i dunno why anyone cares about gaps in resumes. it's not relevant to anything.
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     Pete Zaitcev (zaitcev@shitposter.world)'s status on Saturday, 22-Feb-2025 14:28:41 JST Pete Zaitcev

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     @sun At least you're not deluding yourself by driving for Uber, are you now? Also, aren't you only 2 months in? It's not even 12 months. Just make sure to spam resumes and pester friends.
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     dilbert 1 (sun@shitposter.world)'s status on Saturday, 22-Feb-2025 14:29:19 JST dilbert 1

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     @zaitcev I dropped some really good opportunities on the floor because I really really want to try to figure out how to work for myself. probably the worst time ever to try though admittedly
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     Pete Zaitcev (zaitcev@shitposter.world)'s status on Saturday, 22-Feb-2025 14:36:53 JST Pete Zaitcev

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     • dilbert 1
     @sun We only see successful cases of working for oneself. John Carmack, Ian McCollum. BTW, both of them received a significant support from their wives. But the only guy doing this, Michael Verhulst, ended sticking together with co-founders. Freelancing alone in computing is just too hard unless you're a superstar to begin with.
     (BTW, https://terminallabs.com/who-we-are/our-team/)
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     lainy (lain@lain.com)'s status on Saturday, 22-Feb-2025 14:45:33 JST lainy

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     @zaitcev
     
     1. use that $20 to pay a month of cursor
     2. write 4 copycat apps in a month to learn how to use it
     3. do upwork 5 times faster as everyone else
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     dilbert 1 (sun@shitposter.world)'s status on Saturday, 22-Feb-2025 14:48:00 JST dilbert 1

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     @lain @zaitcev my plan is to trick a gullible latin american national leader into promoting my Solana shitcoin
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     lainy (lain@lain.com)'s status on Saturday, 22-Feb-2025 14:48:34 JST lainy

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     @zaitcev freelance portal, https://www.upwork.com/
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     Pete Zaitcev (zaitcev@shitposter.world)'s status on Saturday, 22-Feb-2025 14:48:35 JST Pete Zaitcev

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     @lain What is "upwork"?
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     lainy (lain@lain.com)'s status on Saturday, 22-Feb-2025 14:54:59 JST lainy

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     @hakui @zaitcev
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     御園はくい (hakui@tuusin.misono-ya.info)'s status on Saturday, 22-Feb-2025 14:55:00 JST 御園はくい

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     • lainy
     @zaitcev @lain WASSAP!!!