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submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by roux@hexbear.net to c/chat@hexbear.net

No seriously, I have an interview in about 3 hours. I lied on the screener and said I LOVE working with and helping people. It's a partial lie I guess because I like helping people but not in the "corpo" way since that isn't really helping people and it's all fake as fuck...

I am already daydreaming about having the job, where I have to mask hardcore and pretend I love talking to large groups of people but only after I hit a rockstar rail of coke off the toilet seat in the restroom beforehand. I've never done cocaine before... which nostril should I go with?

I sort of maybe would be ok if I got the job but like I really wanna get this freelance web dev thing off the ground instead.

I guess it wouldn't be horrible since it's a remote gig all done via Zoom meetings but like Idk... Every time I get going on programming a fucking job comes my way and screws it all up.

Sidenote but if anyone knows someone that wants a small business-esque static website that almost doesn't suck, hit me up. I need money to pay for things like food and weed.

Idk why I made this post really. How's everyone's week going?

E: so I got a "job offer" but did some googling and it's basically a cut-through insurance job sales position, I'd be working evenings so won't see my family. Probably won't take it. Sick of this tbh.

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[-] Kuori@hexbear.net 10 points 5 months ago

hit a rockstar rail of coke off the toilet seat

visible-disgust the tank, you're supposed to use the toilet tank

[-] The_Jewish_Cuban@hexbear.net 6 points 5 months ago

Yellow ~~snow~~ blow

[-] roux@hexbear.net 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I'm new to this industry. Also explains why the coke smells like shit.

[-] triplenadir@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 5 months ago

which nostril should I go with

alternate them, and make sure to wash thoroughly with sterile saline spray before you go to bed

[-] roux@hexbear.net 5 points 5 months ago

How'd I guess someone was gonna come along with an actual answer to that rofl hunter

[-] Diuretic_Materialism@hexbear.net 7 points 5 months ago

Honestly I just want a remote job, doesn't even have to pay that well. I'll go to so many damn zoom meeting I don't care.

[-] roux@hexbear.net 3 points 5 months ago

My last job was remote and it was legit.

I think this insurance thing is a MLM scam so probably won't bother. If I can get the freelance thing going though it would be super nice to work for myself and set my own hours.

[-] goose@hexbear.net 7 points 5 months ago

Hell yes, good luck. Having done both freelance and full-time web work, freelancing is cool and all, but having a steady paycheck where you don't have to figure out taxes or where the next gig is coming from is such a relief

What are you using to build static sites these days? I enjoyed working with Astro a while back

[-] roux@hexbear.net 5 points 5 months ago

Actually I'm using Astro and Tailwind lol. Back in the day when I was first learning and making small web sites it was all WordPress and Bootstrap and I kind of hated it. But I really like how Astro feels a bit more organized and modern. And Tailwind is just freaking great. The joke I made to a friend was that I was gonna go with Flowbite(Tailwind framework), AstroJS, ReactJS, and TypeScript as my stack just so I could call it the FART stack, and funny enough that's actually what all I am using for my current templates rofl. I'd rather do full-time web dev but can't land a job to save my life.

[-] MaoTheLawn@hexbear.net 1 points 5 months ago

What's up - do you have any examples of websites you've made?

I'm trying to create an online presence but I don't want to use Wix or GoDaddy or one of the preset builders with a subscription fee. I've been tempted to learn it myself but in terms of man hours I might just be better off paying someone to do it.

[-] roux@hexbear.net 1 points 5 months ago

Can you tell me what sort of online presence you are wanting? Because I know a guy that makes websites.

Um, so my own portfolio and my business site has personal info so I can probably dm you if you promise not to doxx me pretty please lol. I also have a crummy practice site that I ended up using just to work on figuring out hosting. But I don't have a whole lot more to show yet. I am working on the early stages of building a meta-template that I will be using based on my business site.

But my dev stack is:

  • AstroJS - a super lightweight fast static site framework with the ability to use other languages in line for dynamic stuff
  • TailwindCSS - it's a "utility first" CSS framework that let's you style inline instead of moving to a separate CSS file
  • TypeScript - for what could be called my "backend" code with is just a collection schema that acts at a database for blog stuff
  • DecapCMS - it's a no frills CMS that adds functionality for end-users to make blog posts without having to dig into code.
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