mbielski

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by mbielski 16d ago
We'd just go back to business as usual: Slow change on a stupidly old tech stack that we keep getting blocked from actually moving away from due to higher-ups getting a bee in their bonnet about the latest great idea they have. As long
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by mbielski 3y ago
Yep, laid off at the beginning of August after just over 2 months at the company. They staffed up to "totally redo the front end" and 2 months later cut us all loose, saying that they were not going to do the project after all. No
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by mbielski 4y ago
As an employee I found that the topics varied depending upon the current workload and stress level associated with it. If it was easy, quiet times we'd just shoot the breeze for a few and then call it good. If things were totally nuts
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by mbielski 5y ago
There are a few key points that you are missing that are worth pointing out: 1) Have your resume redone by a professional. You're obviously trainable and dedicated. A good resume will enhance these things. You don't need to pay hu
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by mbielski 5y ago
Ageism is real, and it is a real pain. I have an AS and 21 years in software and my last round of job searching (this time last year) was brutal.
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by mbielski 5y ago
Interesting, fun. Would be a good idea to put a Settings option in the Start menu so that we could change things like bank interest rate (4% is nuts, nearly everything in the US is .01%) and the currency type, among other things.
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by mbielski 6y ago
Location: Sacramento, CA USA Remote: Preferred Willing to relocate: No Technologies: ASP.Net, .Net Core, MS SQL Server, SQL, JavaScript Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelgbielski/ Email:
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by mbielski 6y ago
I'm doing roughly the same thing, but just starting out. The focus is on real estate and business ownership. How long did it take you to get to the RE point?
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by mbielski 6y ago
I have a rental house that does not cover the mortgage on it. Real estate investing is where I am focusing, but I also have two software projects that I am working on in addition to my regular job. Not a lot gets done on either one these da
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by mbielski 6y ago
I had to boil it down to the key indicators that mentally tell me that I am at work: shoes on and sitting at a separate computer. Therefore, each workday I get up at the regular time, shower, shave, etc. When I get dressed for work I make s
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by mbielski 6y ago
A good old fashioned "corporate re-structuring" will also suffice for #4. While you are at it, cut pay by some percentage that just barely keeps the workers at their job and force budget cuts that systematically strip people of th
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by mbielski 6y ago
Location: Sacramento, CA - US Remote: Yes (preferred) Willing to relocate: No Technologies: C#, .NetCore, SQL SO Profile: https://stackoverflow.com/story/michaelgbielski LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/michaelg
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by mbielski 8y ago
I am escaping at the end of this month when I move into the house that I grew up in, situated on 1.5 ac in Northern California. It's on a hilltop on a private road. The peace and quiet will be refreshing after years of living in the no
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by mbielski 8y ago
I played Mirkwood for several years before I moved on to other thing, but I still think of it now and then. Apparently it is still going strong: http://www.mudconnect.com/mud-bin/adv_search.cgi?Mode=MUD&mu... . Long
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by mbielski 9y ago
Yep, I completely agree about the accuracy. Last year it was neutral. This year it slipped down a notch.
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by mbielski 9y ago
The entire process is a complete waste of time for all involved as it is not linked to anything. Not raises, not promotions... nothing. It's like the people in the adminisphere were told that they needed to do them to be considered a &
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by mbielski 10y ago
I suspect that the ones you worked with were the exceptions rather than the norm, but it is good to know that there are exceptions to the norm.
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by mbielski 10y ago
This law is very politically touchy. Outrage happens all the time for many different things. Plenty of people are willing to stake their very lives, let alone their livelihoods, over issues they believe in. If anyone doesn't need more