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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday April 27 2018, @07:13PM (14 children)

    There are currently over five million jobs that employers can't find anyone to fill. Try again. Or do like I've been doing the past twenty years or so and create your own job.

    Mostly though, stop whining. You seem to be under the misapprehension that you're entitled to being hired by someone else. This is not the case. It is not anyone's obligation to meet your financial needs but your own. Not business owners', not the government's, and certainly not mine.

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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 29 2018, @02:39AM (13 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 29 2018, @02:39AM (#673215)

    There are currently over five million jobs that employers can't find anyone to fill. Try again.

    You mean there are millions of fake jobs that employers refuse to fill. Payroll is an unacceptable expenditure when billionaires are competing to see who can hoard the most money. And so millions of unemployed able and willing workers can't find work, and they are powerless to do anything about the situation.

    I've been trying again for years. Meanwhile I've been picking up open source projects, learning whatever language the project uses, and contributing code. I do this because I can, not for what it's worth, which is absolutely fucking nothing at all. Coding doesn't pay, despite the billionaire liars of the tech industry who want every child to learn to code and be jobless and poor.

    Or do like I've been doing the past twenty years or so and create your own job.

    Shoving fish up your ass and sucking your own dick counts as paid work, I suppose. There are some odd porn fetishists out there.

    Mostly though, stop whining.

    No.

    You seem to be under the misapprehension that you're entitled to being hired by someone else. This is not the case. It is not anyone's obligation to meet your financial needs but your own. Not business owners', not the government's, and certainly not mine.

    Certainly I am not entitled to be hired. But I expect much less fraud in the job market than I see on a daily basis. Out of thousands of jobs for which I meet or exceed the required qualifications, I expect at least one job to be real and not blatantly fake.

    • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 29 2018, @06:54AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 29 2018, @06:54AM (#673273)

      Certainly I am not entitled to be hired. But I expect much less fraud in the job market than I see on a daily basis. Out of thousands of jobs for which I meet or exceed the required qualifications, I expect at least one job to be real and not blatantly fake.

      Not to mention that a lot of the qualifications are total garbage. Lack a piece of paper but have the skill and experience to do the job? Are you extremely introverted and don't hide that fact? Good luck getting hired, except by yourself. You're not the right "fit," after all.

    • (Score: 1, Flamebait) by The Mighty Buzzard on Sunday April 29 2018, @11:35AM (9 children)

      You mean there are millions of fake jobs that employers refuse to fill.

      No, I mean there are millions of jobs you simply do not want to do. You seem to labor under the impression that the world owes you a job as a code monkey. This is not the case any more than it was for the buggy whip makers.

      If you can't understand that you can create your own job by finding something people either need or very much want and filling that need in exchange for money, you're probably doomed to be a wage slave for life. And one I wouldn't hire as you seem to lack the ability to think outside of very narrow windows. Me, I've been doing exactly what I just described for over twenty years. I did take a couple years off when I first moved out to TN but then I'd done well enough previously that I could. As further evidence that this is possible, I offer MDC's situation.

      Back to the wage slavery though... If you haven't been able to find a code monkey job for years it's either because you don't really want to, because you're not worth hiring as one, or because your prospective employers are able to suss out that you are in fact a whiny little bitch that they don't want to have to associate with regularly.

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      • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 29 2018, @04:05PM (8 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 29 2018, @04:05PM (#673419)

        Oi! No one here would WANT to work for you. The moment anyone opens their mouth about a problem or issue they automatically become "whiny little bitches" with no chance of getting a constructive response.

        Not everybody is in a position where they can magically "create their own job". That takes resources, contacts, luck, and being in just the right place at the right time. Those that manage to do that are quire privileged.

        In case you hadn't noticed, society expects every able bodied adult to have a job. So of course there is a little feeling of entitlement there. You seem to expect everyone who can't get a job to just kill themselves.

        Good luck to you when YOUR current gig is up. We'll be sure to keep our fingers in our ears so we can't hear YOU whining as you starve to death.

        • (Score: 1, Flamebait) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday April 30 2018, @11:12AM (6 children)

          The moment anyone opens their mouth about a problem or issue they automatically become "whiny little bitches" with no chance of getting a constructive response.

          The solution there should be obvious; do something other than whine when you open your mouth.

          Not everybody is in a position where they can magically "create their own job". That takes resources, contacts, luck, and being in just the right place at the right time. Those that manage to do that are quire privileged.

          Working your ass off and taking huge risks so that you're not stuck being a wage slave is privilege now? There is no luck in business except bad unless you're a moron. You look ahead, see that you're going to need $blah, and create a future where $blah == true. Now if you're an utter fool like you, you don't bother with all that, wonder why the world isn't handing you sacks of free money, go bankrupt, and blame "luck", yes.

          In case you hadn't noticed, society expects every able bodied adult to have a job. So of course there is a little feeling of entitlement there. You seem to expect everyone who can't get a job to just kill themselves.

          You have the logic backwards there. The expectation of you to work is an expectation of earning your own way in life. The expectation of someone handing you anything you don't deserve is antithetical to that.

          Good luck to you when YOUR current gig is up. We'll be sure to keep our fingers in our ears so we can't hear YOU whining as you starve to death.

          Luck has nothing to do with it. I'll have more work lined up before I get done with what I'm currently working on because I will do everything I have to to make certain that situation comes to be true.

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          • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 02 2018, @01:46AM (5 children)

            by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 02 2018, @01:46AM (#674397)

            Ya know, normal people do the work of three people at their job and don't have time to look for other work until it is too late.

            One lucky mother fucker indeed.

            • (Score: 3, Insightful) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday May 02 2018, @01:57AM (3 children)

              Ya know, normal people do the work of three people...

              You realize that's self-contradictory, yes? It's also false even in sentiment. Normal people work eight hours a day, sleep eight hours a day, and have eight left over to find time for job hunting. That's not even considering the two days off they get each week. Yes, situations do vary but that is normal.

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              • (Score: 4, Touché) by isostatic on Wednesday May 02 2018, @08:31PM

                by isostatic (365) on Wednesday May 02 2018, @08:31PM (#674746) Journal

                Normal people work eight hours a day

                LOL

                HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

                Oh wait, you're serious
                HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

              • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 03 2018, @09:54AM (1 child)

                by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 03 2018, @09:54AM (#674988)

                You're thinking of Europe.

            • (Score: 2) by Mykl on Wednesday May 02 2018, @02:06AM

              by Mykl (1112) on Wednesday May 02 2018, @02:06AM (#674406)

              The job situation is not that bad in all countries. Sure, there are those that are worse than the US (Spain, Greece), but others that are quite a bit better. You can also get other benefits: better food, more affordable health care, less violent crime, a police force you don't need to fear etc. On top of that you may get better working conditions, better annual leave and better wages.

              Perhaps (counterpoint to this poll) it's time to look at leaving the US and moving to another country?

        • (Score: 1, Flamebait) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday May 02 2018, @04:33PM

          by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday May 02 2018, @04:33PM (#674640) Journal

          https://bountify.co/ [bountify.co]

          Go get a job, you whiny bitch.

    • (Score: 2) by mhajicek on Monday April 30 2018, @07:23AM (1 child)

      by mhajicek (51) on Monday April 30 2018, @07:23AM (#673620)

      Oh there are jobs all right, and my company is hiring, but we have no use for coders. It sounds like your skill set is too common. Coders are a dime a dozen these days.

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      • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 30 2018, @07:43AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 30 2018, @07:43AM (#673627)

        Whereas good coders are almost nonexistent.