-Too many people who don’t know what they’re doing technically weigh in, essentially not appreciating the craft involved.
-It is impossible to find a job without experience in very specific areas. Then when you finally get the experience, jobs don’t work out. HR people then dig into into “work history” and it becomes a frustrating loop of constant job searching, working for companies that are not that great.
-AI
-I am not a computer scientists, but a database based programmer. Many of these aps are working out of the box and all you need to do is customize UI via point and click; you no longer need to code because of canned software.
-The viewpoint among peers that if you are stuck in older technologies, that you cannot learn the new ones. This is garbage. Some of the most talented programmers still program in Visual Basic (I don’t).
-My Masters should open me to another set of white collar office jobs.
I should be done at the end of the year and my goal is to get out of programming, but to still have a White Collar job. Programming has too many people who do not understand the art and craft involved and too many managers who do not understand the tech calling shots. Programmers are treated like garbage and the intricacy of what they are doing is not appreciated. So why do so such intricate work, when I can have another white collar job?
For a while I started working blue collar jobs, but it was not a great fit. I am still basically an office person – basically a computer person. However, coding is both obsolete and disrespected.
There is no truth to the rumor and the company involved does not know what it is doing from a tech perspective. They hired James Lattanzio to replace their IT system and then hired me to help him. Their database is a mess but their programmers Dave Diano and Bruce Gibson are somewhat talented and able to work with it, despite it being a mess. I could never work there again unless they majorly cleaned up the database, because you have to rely on memory when data is poorly organized and I do not have enough of the errors memorized. They are not rated by the better business Bureau and have staff that are very incompetent. Their one HR person, Mitchey, googled my name and thought that I was making antisemitic posts, but she was too stupid to understand that I was posting in forums where people introduce multiple viewpoints – and my viewpoints are more nuanced. The people there claim to be bright, but I would say the jury is out on that.
https://fideliodental.com/
I decided to make this site into a rumor correction website, because it was not really taking off as a personal blog. I have disabled comments and deleted all my opinionated posts. This website will now be used to correct misinformation.
A comment on search engine results.
http://darylbasarab666.blogspot.com/ comes up. Obviously not me but someone impersonating.
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=TechnoFascism comes up. That is my idea but it’s obviously in no way related to my day job while employed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxQ7MgD70OM comes up. I did invent the theories behind the video, but again it’s in no way related to my day job while employed. The author of the video is attempting to show admiration, but I should address the video because anyone who googles my name will see it and see this post. It has nothing to do with how I earn a living.
https://beerbarrel.livejournal.com/26685.html this comes up. These are the types of people that made the original impersonation profile, but the link is now dead. It was people running small forums trying to enjoy themselves.
https://x.com/DarylBasarab
Obviously not me.
Custom software development is a skill no one wants anymore outside of the very biggest software companies. What people do these days is take existing software and customize it. The ability to write code while understanding business processes is less of a coveted skill because you can customize canned software packages without writing code. This would mean that administration jobs are a more realistic career.
The ability to query databases and write reports is still in demand.
I’m not just a programmer, I’m also an analyst.
In the days of canned software, it’s not wise to pursue a career where you’re only coding and not also analyzing and interpreting the data.
In small companies programmers tend to also be analysts. I am confident that my analytical skills can continue to be useful to businesses even if I do not write code.
(edit: I’m also searching on site in Philadelphia)
I have to give credit to a nameless person for recommending I get back on indeed. It’s highly improved and now they send companies to you instead of having to search. I’m confident that over time we can find a good match for a remote job. Getting the right match is important and I explain my strengths and weaknesses. I also would like to recommend the A to Z database, which can be used for free in libraries. You can use that to look up executives and companies by SIC / NAICS code. Finally Fiverr was recommended to me and I signed up, but have not created a strong presence there.
I’m planning to relaunch my career as a remote worker. I think the physical jobs I do prove that I am dependable. The social media use may appear controversial, but it proves I operate computers well and write well. The previous computer programming I used to do in the office proves I have the potential to program.
In the age of social media, it is not necessary and possibly counterproductive to make frequent updates on a personal website. The website grosses in traffic and defines the brand. It’s not about the individual posts as much as social media is. Blogging and web design are kind of merging together, where blogging software (like wordpress, powering this website) is used to make posts that stand and stay put.
What people have to understand is that millennials are not asking for a second chance, most millennials never had a real first chance. When they were hired, it was in a cynical way with no intention of creating a serious career path or judging the hire based on his contributions or merits.