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One thing is linked to the other.
More layoffs means the market of IT professionals is heated, so you can hire a seasoned person with lower cost, what affects young people trying to get their first job
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By on 2025-11-04 01:51:49 |
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By . on 2025-11-04 01:32:16 |
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I just watched a school Days Iceberg video.
Yeah, I dont think the story or the characters are sick.
It is their creators who need to go to jail
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I mean are you really in your early 20s as an FFXI player? Pretty much everyone here is 40 +/- a few years. Advice on career would be very different if 22+/-2 years, or 30 or 40 years old. I don't care if you're 22 or 23, that's missing the point.
"All information relevant" wouldn't be all info if you're older. For all we know you could be saying you've just gone and got x degree but there could be ten years before that which might be relevant to advising you.
I’m in my 20s In that case things are really tough right now. It's debateable whether or not AI is affecting graduate employment but most studies seem to imply it is.
On the surface, yes, companies are using this "AI Bubble" to justify layoffs and enact hiring freezes...but I only think their doing it to mask a recession. |
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I agree with everything you said Nynja, altough I'm not sure BCs are the best example here, it's one of the very few content where they actually give you the "skip cutscene" option lol
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I was able to get the everything working in Gearswap.
I did test the in game Marco for precast and it does appear to work correctly but I didn't spend too much time on it. Thanks all for the help and advice.
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By Senaki on 2025-11-03 23:30:25 |
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I loved RoV / the latest expansion’s stories. The other? Meh. I probably would have skipped if given a choice. Tbh it’s the stable of modern MMORPGs to let people skip stories.
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By Dathus on 2025-11-03 22:38:02 |
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Server: Valefor
Floor: NW 2
Location: West side approx. midway through
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Fenrir.Brimstonefox said: »I'll just make a quick generic response to all that. I've hit my out of pocket max several times, never once have I been able to write any of it off. I've been doing itemized forms for 25 years. You can decide if my coverage is that good or I just make too much money, but all that "feels" irrelevant to me. (i am sure it affects people, it just has not affected me) I've never once (again) in 25 years been asked about preexisting conditions in employer plans.
This is because you didn't do you taxes with those expenses, yes they are deductible, no the IRS doesn't make it easy to do. I provided the IRS guidelines, it's up to you to figure the rest out.
Having said that, HSA contributions just sidestep having to do all that paperwork or track everything throughout the year since the money going in was already pre-tax and consequently lowered your AGI.
Fenrir.Brimstonefox said: »Insurance companies (and/or providers) still find ways to deny coverage or make you fight for it, my insurance company for a period of time had no in-network anesthesiologists in my entire state. So every bill was a fight.
Prior to the ACA and it's restrictions on what insurance companies could do, they denied as a matter of policy. Didn't matter if it was covered or not, anything expense bigger then a cold got denied. This is because there are people who would either not fight it, or after fighting it would accept less then what the contract stipulated they should provide. All the lawsuits, settlements and fines were still less then the insurance companies were required to pay. It was such a one sided situation that it became a national issue that effected elections.
From some of the horror stories, you're better off trying to win the powerball in back to back draws than have an insurance company down there cover a band-aid, let alone an actual procedure of any kind.
Most of those stories are either pre-ACA, grossly exaggerated or missing very important details. Prior to the ACA, no matter what you had written in the policy (contract), insurance companies could just retroactively change it whenever they want, play insane games and your only legal recourse was to sue them in court and have them settle for the amount they owned you anyway, after you paid your own legal fees of course. It was very profitable for them to just sell a promise, then deny it after you had been paying your premiums. The ACA took almost all the tricks away from them and made it such that the government would sue them if they failed to honor their requirements as an "ACA Compliant" plan. Insurance companies are happy to fight consumers but absolutely do not want to fight the US Government.
I'm a very big fan of free market capitalism, but the private health insurance market was such a one sided scam that something had to be done. Free markets require both sides to enter into good faith enforceable contracts with some amount of information and decision making power. The only way I'd imagine going back to pre-ACA is if the government mandated a fine of $1 million USD per day per individual per event for any company found to be violating it's contractual obligations. |
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I mean, surely, there has to be at least one group of friends out there in the FFXI void that all started together fresh in 2025 with no prior knowledge of the game actually attempting to clear content in order...right? Deep down I feel like the answer is no, but I really want the answer to be yes.
I've heard of a couple examples, most notably the one Capuchin mentioned, but also...it doesn't need to be 6, it doesn't need to be in order, it doesn't need to be 100% together.
Just grab 1 friend and do ***together. Or send a message in your linkshell(s) and ask if anyone wants to work on Kamavacas. Or whatever. Don't let perfect be the enemy of good. I see lots of comments on here and reddit of people saying they can't do endgame because they can't commit to a static of 6 players going for 3 hours 7 days a week and I think that completely misses the point.
Other people think they need to get up to like 5 REMAs, ranked ody gear, and 5/5 of all their JSE+3 before they can start grouping up. *** that, group up from day 1. There are plenty of players in your situation who would love to group up with you, and you can also loop in a veteran player (or 2 or 3) too, if they're available and want to go with you. It really doesn't need to be such a SRS BSNS thing. |
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It's more naive to sink a pile of money into something that wants to actively *** you worse than a hooker.
From some of the horror stories, you're better off trying to win the powerball in back to back draws than have an insurance company down there cover a band-aid, let alone an actual procedure of any kind.
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By on 2025-11-03 18:33:19 |
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To say NO ONE ever read a cutscene once is a bit hyperbolic... Generally only mash thru them if I've already done them before
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I'll just make a quick generic response to all that. I've hit my out of pocket max several times, never once have I been able to write any of it off. I've been doing itemized forms for 25 years. You can decide if my coverage is that good or I just make too much money, but all that "feels" irrelevant to me. (i am sure it affects people, it just has not affected me) I've never once (again) in 25 years been asked about preexisting conditions in employer plans.
THe people I know who have to do more personalized shopping largely prefer pre-ACA. I mean "do this, everything will be worse" is typically a bad selling point.
Insurance companies (and/or providers) still find ways to deny coverage or make you fight for it, my insurance company for a period of time had no in-network anesthesiologists in my entire state. So every bill was a fight.
Its just naive to think people won't game a system and the more complex the system the easier it is to find unscrupulous ways to do things. Spaghetti legislation is just as bad as spaghetti code.
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By Senaki on 2025-11-03 16:13:01 |
I mean are you really in your early 20s as an FFXI player? Pretty much everyone here is 40 +/- a few years. Advice on career would be very different if 22+/-2 years, or 30 or 40 years old. I don't care if you're 22 or 23, that's missing the point.
"All information relevant" wouldn't be all info if you're older. For all we know you could be saying you've just gone and got x degree but there could be ten years before that which might be relevant to advising you.
I’m in my 20s |
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By Senaki on 2025-11-03 16:13:03 |
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Regarding potential augments, is it possible for Colada to have +10% enhancing duration?
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By . on 2025-11-03 15:24:39 |
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Ms Chatty!
You shouldnt like a post claiming Im unworthy!!!
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By Aspens on 2025-11-03 15:16:50 |
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if you post the set I can trouble shoot it?
get it? trouble shoot? rng thread...
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Have you been to any job fairs?
Talk to as many people as possible, try as many different things as possible, apply for as many jobs as possible. People I know that recruit will make note of anyone they talked to they liked at these sort of events.
Its definitely a numbers game.
I'm sure it might vary a bit depending on field/industry (and college vs. experienced) but last time I looked for a job I think I put out 50-100 resumes/applications (I don't remember) I got call backs on about 10-20% of those, i turned about half those into phone interviews and most of those into in person interviews and most of those into job offers. (and could have maybe done a bit better with the last couple but timing plays a role and you bow out or waiting for a company to full approve something or w/e)
If you know anyone who does something interesting (small business or w/e) poke your head in (ie ask them questions) invent a job. Data analytics is pretty broad in its applications show someone that you can be useful to them.
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The clearance is nice and all but defense contracting is not a very reliable long term career path due to how contracts are bid on and managed.
I started to get into this but it's worth expanding on IMO given his previous posts.
As a gov't contractor, like stated here, you are at the will of the contract. If your contract gets lost, then you pretty much just get laid off. I have a friend dealing with this now. It's entirely out of your control and usually comes down to budget. If there is a gov't shutdown and you are deemed non-essential, enjoy that unpaid vacation. You are also enslaved to a timecards, some people play this a little looser than others but I was hyper anxious about it because they put the fear of death into us about it, so I clocked out when I went to the bathroom or took a 15min break. Not everyone does this but still, you will need to account for every hour you work and that can be taxing at times with little flexibility. You will also be limited on remote work.
There also isn't a lot of vertical growth. If you enjoy what you do and are ok doing it for 30 years or until you retire, then it's not a bad option. You might get promoted to a tech lead position or something but you won't see a lot of upward growth as an engineer, which is what some want and some don't. If you love your work and are ok with the environment, then you can do it forever and not worry about being forcibly moved up. There is a lot of lateral movement available, though, especially with cleared jobs. You can change jobs pretty easy and often, a lot of gov't contractors don't stick around long and positions are open in a lot of places. Just don't expect huge jumps in pay or role.
I worked for one of the few that was actually good to work for. When the gov't shut down the PMs worked hard to get us work that paid us. When a contract was lost, they didn't just straight up fire everyone, they moved them onto other programs unless they sucked. They went to lengths to make it a stable, comfortable, productive environment, but it's a rarity and even they aren't like that anymore. I loved my time there and am grateful for everyone I worked with, but it was time for me to move on and I'm not sure I'd go back to it.
After doing defense contracting for about eight years I ended up going private for a better position and job growth. That eventually resulted in much better pay. It was a pretty risky thing to do cause it resulted in my clearance expiring, but overall I'm in a better place now. |
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Is it worth applying with cover letters? Doesn't seem to be making a difference at least as of yet lol.
No, not really, because they will be discarded. Resume's are now all scanned through OCR to do keyword analysis and score the resumes "strength", those with the highest scores are placed on top for HR to review. HR has even started using "AI" to try to grade your resume, with spectacularly bad results. People have countered by placing prompt instructions at the bottom of the resume in white characters.
There was another thread I gave advice on how to construct a resume that will pass that OCR stuff, it's about using action verb statements near the highlight how applicable you are to that position. Make sure those statements use the same terms as the the job posted as for qualifications. |
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Correct. RDM doesnt have so much TA that the DA becomes useless, but there's better raw TP earrings like sherida or the limbus ear if you can manage to max it out, or crep, dedition etc since STP wont get devalued as much imo
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By Asura. Vyre on 2025-11-03 14:38:29 |
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No can do, Panta. You are unworthy.
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By . on 2025-11-03 14:36:49 |
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Pics otherwise I cant evaluate it properly
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By Asura. Vyre on 2025-11-03 14:32:23 |
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My wife's booty is the best booty.
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I've been pondering on TP set for that same reason.
But being that in the Multiattack order DA comes after TA, wouldn't that mean that DA would happen only if TA doesn't?
This diminishes the "power" of DA, but it doesn't hurt TA because it gets calculated after, right?
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By Wotasu on 2025-11-03 14:01:02 |
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Asura - West 4 exit.
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By Seun on 2025-11-03 13:35:33 |
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Plague from SS also making sure TP is non-issue.
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