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(Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 20 2018, @05:20AM (7 children)
Number 5 is the highly educated engineer who volunteers to clean toilets at the soup kitchen. This is the guy who can't find a job because every job is taken by talentless bullshitters whose only skill is sucking dick. This is the guy who offers to do volunteer tech support for the soup kitchen, but is told, "We contract an Indian tech firm." This is the guy who offers to hook up the soup kitchen with cheaper internet, but is told, "We already have Comcast." This is the guy who is treated with suspicion at every attempt to apply any skills because, "You would have a job if you were any good." This is the guy who gets fired from a volunteer job at the soup kitchen because, "We can find someone more likeable to clean our toilets."
Always wear gloves when emptying the garbage in the women's restroom, because they throw tampons in the garbage.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Sunday January 21 2018, @03:38AM (6 children)
Yes, that is the problem with the story. It's not that hard to find a job.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 21 2018, @05:46PM (3 children)
Here's the problem with your assertion. You're lying.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Sunday January 21 2018, @06:21PM
Words have meaning. Lying means intentionally stating falsehoods. Truth is never a lie as a result.
(Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Thursday January 25 2018, @04:44PM (1 child)
Where exactly is your evidence that he believes his claim to be wrong? I certainly don't have that impression.
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 28 2018, @09:48AM
You're probably right. He's just a moron.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 28 2018, @10:03AM (1 child)
It depends. If you don't lie and claim you've used a certain technology for longer than it has actually existed, then it can be hard to find a job. If you don't seem "likable" (actual introverts not welcome), it can be hard to find a job. If you don't follow arbitrary dress codes, good luck finding a job. If you don't have a piece of paper but are more educated than the vast majority of people with said piece of paper (autodidacts don't exist), good luck finding a job. Essentially, you need to become a run-of-the-mill bullshitter and kiss the status quo's boots to increase your chances of finding a job. People with principles want no part in that. Have fun with your self-employment.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 30 2018, @01:27PM
Translation: no one wants to hire an asshole with no qualifications (but some skills). Anyone who isn't an asshole with no qualifications is a bootlicker.