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   Soatok Dreamseeker (soatok@furry.engineer)'s status on Monday, 22-Jun-2026 12:29:05 JST Soatok Dreamseeker

   In 2020, at the height of the pandemic, I wrote a series to help folks get remote tech jobs with no prior experience for as close to $0 as humanly possible.

   I'm not going to link to it, because, with how the job market looks in 2026, it feels useless. Utterly devalued. Not worth anyone's time to read.

   I'm still glad it helped a few people when it was written, but damn, today I associate it with a sense of shame more than anything.

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     Stefen Auris 🖖​ (stefenauris@furry.engineer)'s status on Monday, 22-Jun-2026 12:32:54 JST Stefen Auris 🖖​

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     @soatok there's nothing shameful about helping people

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     Tony 🌮 Bark (tonytins@furry.engineer)'s status on Monday, 22-Jun-2026 12:59:34 JST Tony 🌮 Bark

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     @soatok Don’t feel ashamed for doing that was really needed, at the time. You couldn’t have foresaw any of this.

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     Soatok Dreamseeker (soatok@furry.engineer)'s status on Monday, 22-Jun-2026 13:02:30 JST Soatok Dreamseeker

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     • Stefen Auris 🖖​

     @stefenauris I worry it will mislead someone into thinking the same will work today :(

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     Stefen Auris 🖖​ (stefenauris@furry.engineer)'s status on Monday, 22-Jun-2026 13:49:53 JST Stefen Auris 🖖​

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     @soatok can always add a blurb at the end I suppose

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     Soatok Dreamseeker (soatok@furry.engineer)'s status on Monday, 22-Jun-2026 23:50:47 JST Soatok Dreamseeker

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     If folks are curious, be forewarned that this might be insufficient in the 2026 job market. I'm sorry.

     https://soatok.blog/2020/06/08/furward-momentum-introduction/

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     Soatok Dreamseeker (soatok@furry.engineer)'s status on Tuesday, 23-Jun-2026 00:07:11 JST Soatok Dreamseeker

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     • raptop (𒀯 𒄷 𒄈𒀭𒁇)

     @Newpa_Hasai
     https://soatok.blog/2020/06/08/furward-momentum-introduction/

     Be forewarned that I don't know how to navigate today's market. I count myself very fortunate to have a job that doesn't suck right now.

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     raptop (𒀯 𒄷 𒄈𒀭𒁇) (newpa_hasai@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 23-Jun-2026 00:07:12 JST raptop (𒀯 𒄷 𒄈𒀭𒁇)

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     @soatok …I was reaching for the reply button to ask for a link or something for the first part of this post