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Staff DevRel Engineer @ Square/Block I post about Python, APIs, dad jokes, 3D printing, airbrushing, and tech career/interview prep coaching. - Live stream coming back soon: https://736.fyi/live - Free career newsletters: https://736.fyi/newsletter
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I've been telling people about 3 YouTube channels that have improved my skills and tactics for being a better storyteller and interviewer: - Vinh Giang, youtube.com/@askvinh - Vanessa Van Edwards, www.youtube.com/results?sear... - Chris Voss, www.youtube.com/@Negotiation...

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Hey friends how do you dispute a cleaning charge from @lyft? Driver is claiming I spilled something that looks like milk, but I carried nothing that would make this mess, and my shoes are spotless. Lyft refuses to reverse the $80 fee.

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I wrote about 5 steps on how to respond to denied healthcare Our insurance company rejected the life saving medication our daughter needed for at least the 13th time, so we went public, and guess what happened next? www.qasimrashid.com/p/how-we-fou...

submitted 15 days ago • 11 comments

As someone who helps people with interview prep, and as a dad, HOLY CRAP Google with the Pixel ad this weekend. Who's cutting up a Costco-sized bag of onions up in here?? www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7e6...

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Me: I'm not paying more than $150 for a laptop backpack, that's ridiculous! And do I really need a 15th backpack?? Also Me: I could really use that smaller version of the Riut Backpack for quick travel days. www.riut.co.uk/collections/...

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If you're looking for a new job in 2025, I have a series of free newsletters to help with prep. They're geared to the tech industry, but the general/behavioral lists are helpful to everyone. 736.fyi/newsletters You can even set your own pace for delivery, with no ads/promos!

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This device doesn't have a tail ...

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Happy New Year! While the year has already started, my advice for 2025: make "10%" your goal, instead of big, lofty ideas. Save 10% more money than last year Lose 10% of your body weight Walk 10% farther on your walks every month Get 10% more sleep at night You get the idea.

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If Batman were Santa, how would he wear his hat?

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My resolution for 2025 is to stop being a "social vegan". That's right, I'm no longer avoiding meets.

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Geez, it's January 1st, and my neighbors already have their Christmas decorations up!

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Catching COVID was not the kind of impact I wanted to bring to the team on-site this week...

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When God created ducks, he said, "Hey, let's waterproof this chicken and give it a kazoo."

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What do you call an instagram star who has fallen ill? An influenza

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Introduce yourself with some jobs you have done apart from what you do now: - Mall retail clothing sales - worked every station at Wendy's (didn't eat the chili!!) - old school newspaper route, cutting lawns etc

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Near! QNX was my first job out of college! BlackBerry's QNX Seeks "Hobbyists and Makers" with Free Non-Commercial License, Raspberry Pi Image www.hackster.io/news/blackbe...

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Lmk what you think

submitted 117 days ago • 66 comments

I think tonight I'm going to eat my feelings about the election...

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Well at least we'll only need to deal with him for four more years, right? ... Right?

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Remember, you don’t have to limit yourself to stress eating. There’s also stress cleaning, stress drinking, stress hair braiding, stress dancing, stress demon summoning…

submitted 120 days ago • 38 comments

Please go vote today, if you haven't already done so!

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Me: my Lyft driver is showing up soon, he's driving a VW Passat Wife: I dated a guy in college who drove a Passat Me: ... That was ME Wife: ...

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I'm more confused and question why stores are also charging us 10 cents for PAPER bags. www.cpr.org/2024/11/04/c...

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Any of my developer friends using Coolify and a platform light Lightsail (or Azure/GCP equivalent)? I'm thinking about consolidating my many scattered projects under one virtual roof that I can manage and deploy myself.

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