A few months ago I got a Sr. SWE an offer at a top 5 bank in NYC.
We pretty much got him everything he wanted:
• TC a couple thousand off his number, still the high end of his range
• 5 days in office down to 3x
• A line of business he actually wanted, finally moving into front office work at the level he was looking for
A week before his start date he tells me his current company countered.
They “magically” found the budget for a raise and a promotion he’d been pushing for over a year.
I told him counters usually don’t work out long term. They’re a bandaid so they don’t lose you this week.
He took it anyway.
He let me know today he got laid off.
When you take a counter, the trust is already gone. They weren’t planning to pay you that. They just needed time to figure out a longer term solution.
Lord Cthulhu is having fun, but here are some interesting notes:
ctrl+U / cmd+U shows source
alt+TI in FF brings up page info
hold L mouse, hold R mouse, release L, release R. the browser will treat it as a right click, but the JS sees it as a left click.
3. If a website blocks right-click, the page source cannot be accessed.
4. Holding your phone’s flashlight up to a laptop screen can reveal hidden watermarks embedded in screenshots.
Things are spinning up. First All Hands call happening tonight. Expect additional details soon, including room blocks, CFP, and more.
Save the dates: August 3rd, 4th, and 5th, 2026
Ask me if I’m worried about the future & I’ll say yes.
What I didn’t expect though was to feel happier than I have in such a long time!
Had such amazing conversations today & while no job yet I’m excited for what’s next!
So just celebrating that I’m sure better times are coming!
My backs out and I got hit with an eviction. If anybody could throw me a bone, I’d appreciate it. DM and I’ll send the link there because every time I post it I get over ran with bots.
Happy Holidays.
Keep aging myself... why not?
KBToys, B. Dalton, Kinney Shoes, RadioShack, Woolworth's, Zayre, Service Merchandise, Hickory Farms... I think there was a placed called Ames too, my mom liked it.
It takes two sides to have a disagreement, meaning both sides are to blame for the "shutdown" in general. Either side could end the shutdown tomorrow.
But, withholding SNAP benefits, that's purely Trump's decision.
I point this out because he's deliberately punishing SNAP recipients to pressure Democrats, and yet, he wants those suffering from this to believe it's the Democrats fault.
It's all him here.
I keep seeing posts about signal being down lol. When? I've been on it chatting all day because of AWS being down. Damn useful thing to have on the phone at the moment.
I’ll have the heavy metals and various other tests posted up on the site later today for our supplement lines. The study published showed organic being the most heavy in lead for other brands- check out our report. All of ours have the absolute minimum and well within and below the healthy limits.
Will have one for each of our products posted today.
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Look at both sides of the issue, see if there is some benefit to having it announced or not, and maybe you can see the motive behind whoever generated content (if that is the case) and build a story starting there.
This sucks.
There is a news story about a breach going around and I'm trying to verify, but the primary source is what appears to be an AI generated article.
Full with quotes from "researchers" with no name. I'm not ready to call bullshit yet but hate that this is the world now
Is the breach happening at a company? What did their coms people, or sources inside say? Is it something different? Where did it originate, and how did it spread?
This sucks.
There is a news story about a breach going around and I'm trying to verify, but the primary source is what appears to be an AI generated article.
Full with quotes from "researchers" with no name. I'm not ready to call bullshit yet but hate that this is the world now