I tried one of these video screening interviews once. It's very unfriendly to the neuro-atypical. Gave up about halfway through, because I was on the verge of a stress-induced panic attack and figured the job wasn't worth it with this kind of hoop to apply.
sharkwellington
joined 8 months ago
I get a lot of “can you just make me a checklist I can follow.”
I'm teaching computer networking and this hits the nail on the head. My students are plenty willing to learn answers to multiple choice questions. However, it is like pulling teeth trying to give them anything even slightly open ended. Sorry, at your real job the boss isn't going to come up to you in a panic and say "the network went down, which of these 4 answers is the reason?"
Troubleshooting, researching, and having curiosity are all important in this field. I'm having difficulty getting them to see that, or care.
They can't do that, it's illegal!
Can he please hire someone to teach him how to smile? He's got the money for it.
I'm going to assume you don't have any form of insurance? Can't predict if you'll need it, after all.
I get that it's a comic but this doesn't feel like a conversation that would ever occur in real life. Granted I don't hang out with programmers or mathematicians so maybe it's more plausible than you would think.
The percentage of Americans in the prison system, prison system, has ~~doubled~~ nearly tripled since 1985.
Atomicrops is also worth checking out if you want more Gungeon than Vampire Survivors.
It's socially acceptable to talk about symptoms, just be sure not to bring up the underlying disease.