Jon Randy (@jonrandy)

Thu, Oct 22

Anyone else finding it extremely difficult to find new roles? Most applications (out of 100s) don't even get a reply it seems. Also noticed that an ever increasing number of positions are short term contracts only. Companies reluctant to hire due to all the uncertainty with AI?

Anthony Beckett @anthonybeckett5d

It's horrendous right now. Companies also seem to be a lot more picky than they used to be. A couple of years ago I walked into a C# job while I had a background in PHP. When I've had a few horrible days and looked into the job market recently though I either hear nothing back or…

Alberto Arena @albertoarenaOct 22

It has become challenging. I think managers want to cut costs using more AI.

Dimash @DinmukhametOct 22

I think so too btw some of friends managed to find new roles by contacting CTO/CPO directly (not an advice though)

Jon Randy @jonrandyOct 229d131cc

Seriously... what madman decided that having a down motion on a trackpad should be changed to scroll UP by default instead of DOWN? Natural scrolling my arse. First setting I change on any new machine.

Tue, Oct 20

Jon Randy @jonrandyOct 20344d0a0

@tom I'm seeing mentions of an app? Where is it? Is it just a wrapped PWA?

David Ciulla @offskip-daveOct 20

@simonhamp @shanerbaner82 are working on a native mobile app!

Tom @tomOct 20

Yes, it's a PWA, not a separate native app store download. Install it from your browser: Chrome and Edge offer install, Safari has Add to Home Screen / Add to Dock. It opens in its own window with its own icon and shortcuts to Following, Latest and Notifications. No push…

Jon Randy @jonrandyOct 20027dc04

@tom are #hashtags a thing here? Can we follow topics?

Tom @tomOct 20

No hashtags. Following works on people, not topics. You can follow developers from their profile and their commits show up in your Following log. Sources: https://github.com/nunomaduro/dev-null.sh (features: Following developers and suggestions, Following, Latest, and Trending…