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I know I'm kind of a constant state of stream-of-conciousness here due to what society collectively calls my mental impairments, but damn do I miss working professionally with Linux customer support.

If I can't find something by the end of the month, and if unemployment doesn't kick in in time, I'll have to start selling most of what I own, if not my condo.

Wish my country were a kinder place.
#lookingforwork #getmastohired #jobhunting #jobseekers #help #fedihelp #unemployed #usa #RemoteWork

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🌍 Work from home isn’t dying — it’s the new default for millions 🧑‍💻🧠

A massive global study led by Stanford economist Nicholas Bloom found:
📊 WFH levels have stabilized worldwide since 2023
🌐 Hybrid is most common in the U.S., UK, Canada, Australia, and other individualistic societies
💼 Companies benefit: a 35% drop in quit rates when employees can WFH 2 days/week
🧠 Productivity holds steady; retention and savings go up
🏢 Full in-office mandates? Increasingly out of sync with data

The key takeaway? Return-to-office mandates aren’t a comeback — they’re a cultural countertrend.

#WFH #HybridWork #FutureOfWork #RemoteWork #WorkplaceCulture
fastcompany.com/91333856/wfh-s

Fast Company · A massive Stanford WFH study reveals where the policy is popular—and why: Q&AWork from home is “the new norm” says Stanford economics professor and lead author Nicholas Bloom. But not everywhere.

🎓 Four years ago, I quietly completed Georgia Tech’s OMSCS (Masters in Computer Science) — 10 courses, 10 A’s, 4.0 GPA — while juggling a full-time job and multiple client projects.

I never posted about it. I just kept going.

Now, I’ve finally written the whole story:
💡 The lessons
🧠 The grind
🔥 The breakdowns
🙏 The growth

Read it here:
🔗 sanyamkhurana.com/blog/georgia

Sanyam Khurana · 🎓 My Georgia Tech OMSCS Journey: 10 A’s, Countless Lessons (and a Lot of Late Nights)My journey through Georgia Tech's OMSCS program, the challenges I faced, and the lessons I learned along the way.
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@zeitschlag ooh ooh another great idea I’ve used in the past: a Friday afternoon meeting *just for your tech stack team* (ex: iOS only) that I call Office Hours. No obligations for joining, cameras, talking, or full attendance. Just join as much as you want to.

Which is usually just people quietly typing. But then, here’s the good part, whenever you hit a problem or a decision point you can unmute to ask the room: “hey what do you think of…” and get a mini design/code review!
#RemoteWork

Several conclusions after doing a remote first aid course last week.

Personally:
- I feel barely prepared, and want to do more training
- I would like to do more practical training (cf. @Kels_316's “slow training” model) and simulation exercises

Necessary equipment:
- a good first aid kit suitable for remote use is hard to buy off the shelf, but most decent first aid kits will get you a long way there
- the mark up on first aid kits is enormous, but hopefully it's a one-off with occasional restock
- the extra bits you will want to put in it will cost you a chunk of cash, but be worth it if you actually spend time in remote places or have first responder (RFS/CFA, SES, VRA) responsibilities
- ARB's “Family" first aid kit contains about 95% of everything you will ever need and is *very* good (arb.com.au/general-accessories)
- kits from Survival First Aid are also very good (survivalfirstaidkits.net.au/)
- ideally, you will *never* have to use any of this stuff (much the same wish goes with your vehicle recovery gear)

#FirstAid #bushlife #remotework (not Teams)

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Congrats, You’ve “Earned” the Right to a Miserable Work-Life Balance!

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2hltMlV8cEAUatWjw9dFJS

While I was out on my walk this morning, I was listening to a business podcast where the host bemoaned young people complaining about the lack of freedom in the workspace.

Basically, they quickly got to the point of saying that you (as an employee) are not entitled to a four-day week or remote work until you’ve earned it, because businesses need structure and the business always comes first. It’s a perk for the elite, and if you don’t like it, you’re a whiny little bitch.

I’m not going to mention who the podcaster was, because I’m not getting into a pissing match with them, but needless to say, they’re wrong. Think “your weird uncle Greg having a sneaky shifty with the family hamster” levels of wrong.

Businesses need structure in order to operate efficiently and be profitable. Nobody would ever be daft enough to deny this.

But claiming that you can’t have a four-day week or work remotely, until you’ve proven that you’re better than everyone else and “earned it” assumes a number of disturbing things.

Firstly, it assumes that the business’s well-being should be the only priority in an employee’s life. Nope, followed by another massive dollop of nope.

The only people who should ever worry about the health of a business are the business owners.

When you hire someone, you agree to pay them X amount of money to do Y tasks for Z hours a week. All the employees should ever worry about is accomplishing the tasks for which they are paid. No more, no less.

As an employee, you know that if you don’t complete your allotted tasks, or aren’t available for the number of hours a week you’re paid, then you should and probably will be fired. That’s just common sense, and if you cannot act accordingly, to be responsible, and uphold your end of the contract, then maybe you need to find some other way to pay the bills.

I hear that OnlyFans and shilling for totalitarian regimes pay well. Maybe combine them?

Loyalty to a company is no longer a thing. It’s a relic of the past, from a time when companies knew they had a civic duty to their employees and communities, and not just a fiduciary one to their shareholders.

The vast majority of companies have proven that their loyalty to you ends at the next quarterly shareholders’ report. Let’s not kid ourselves into thinking that employees should be any different.

Employees shouldn’t have to worry about the rest of the business. That’s not their job. If they’re worrying about the state of your business, you’re failing as a business owner. You’re doing something wrong.

Secondly, the notion that businesses are entirely incapable of restructuring and changing their processes to accommodate a four-day week or remote work, absolutely terrifies me.

A business that cannot adapt to new ways of doing things, such as new working paradigms, that provide the means to be competitive when hiring and retaining quality employees, is ultimately doomed to fail.

This isn’t new thinking. It’s just not popular thinking among stagnant, controlling, micro-managing business owners and middle managers with trust issues.

Forward-thinking owners realize that the most productive employees are well-rested, have lives and hobbies outside of work (because they have time to), are engaged by their work, and ultimately happy to be working there.

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May 14 is Freelancers Day!
Freelance feels like freedom — but sometimes it's just being held hostage by disappearing clients who reappear with: “So, where are the edits?”
I’m a freelance journalist. A stringer. One of the invisible ones.
If you're writing news at 3 AM on autopilot — welcome to the club.
📎 Full story:
👉 t.me/AssToldByD/122
#FreelanceLife #RemoteWork #Journalism #MastoWriters #WorkFromHome #FreelancersDay

TelegramAs told by Denis#какиетоновости   Фриланс — это не свобода. Это ты, чай, дедлайн и два инсульта на фоне «клиент сказал переделать».   14 мая — День фрилансера. Ура, товарищи! Можно официально не выйти из дома и поработать в одних трусах с видом на родные стены. По традиции выдохнули, взяли ноут, открыли «табличку с задачами» и поняли, что опять ничего не успели. Зато сами себе начальник. И бухгалтер. И HR. И уборщица.   Кстати, этот праздник не с потолка взялся. В 2005 году в этот день в России открыли первую биржу фриланса. С тех пор все и завертелось — офисные рабы поняли, что можно страдать за ноутом и дома. Но по-настоящему все пиздануло в пандемию, когда выяснилось, что Zoom — новая реальность, а «удаленка» — не просто мечта интроверта, а суровая необходимость.   Фриланс сегодня — это когда ты вроде бы независим, а вроде бы в заложниках у клиентов, которые исчезают на три недели, а потом такие: «а где правки?». Это когда ты не болеешь, не устаешь, не орешь, просто сидишь и улыбаешься, потому что в этом месяце опять налоги, опять сроки, опять просрочка.   Я сам журналист-фрилансер, так что знаю, о чем говорю. Мы — те самые стрингеры, внештатники a.k.a. «напиши срочно еще один текст, денег пока нет, но ты держись». Первые фрилансеры, между прочим. Мы занимались фрилансом еще до того, как это стало мейнстримом. Нас нигде нет, но мы везде: в лентах новостей, в заголовках, в репортажах с мест, где все горит, взрывается или разваливается («мы работаем, люди в курсе»). Стрингер — это не профессия. Это диагноз. И если ты тоже гоняешь тексты на автопилоте в 3 ночи — добро пожаловать в клуб.   И все равно — это любовь. Потому что фриланс — это про свободу. Не в стиле «встал в 11, поработал часик», а в стиле «сам строишь свою жопу, сам и сидишь на ней». Работаешь, где хочешь. С кем хочешь. И иногда даже за деньги.   Так что поздравляю всех фрилансеров. Тех, кто из постели пишет тексты, мутит концептуальный дизайн для сайта, чинит код, монтирует рилсы, ведет клиентов, учит детей, пишет отчеты — и просто не сдается. Даже когда «еще один клиент попросил внести пару незначительных правок».

Canadian job opportunities, I'm not affiliated with any of these companies:

Vancouver International Airport is hiring a manager of digital channels. Office is in Vancouver, with a salary range of $102,880 to $154,320. Apply and learn more at careers.yvr.ca/job/vancouver/m.

MoveMobility is looking for a web developer based in Winnipeg. This is an in-person position, no salary listed. This was first posted on April 15th 2025 but seems to still be open, apply at movemobility.ca/jobs-vacancies.

Knak is hiring for: Senior Front End Developer, and Technical Lead (Software Development). Both of these positions are remote in Canada. The front end developer requires "Solid understanding of JavaScript frameworks such as VueJS/React/Angular and their ecosystem, build and deployment patterns.". No salary listed, for the job description and other positions that Knak are hiring for, see knak.com/careers/#current-open.

Unblocked is hiring a frontend engineer in Vancouver, British Columbia (and be in the office 4 days a week). No salary listed, Unblocked is also hiring for a number of other positions in Vancouver. All the details and how to apply are at getunblocked.com/careers/.

Raymond James Ltd is hiring a Engineer (IT Security) in Vancouver, British Columbia. Salary range is $120,000-140,000. Job details and how to apply are at raymondjames.taleo.net/careers.

Vancouver Airport
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