With credit checks, it really depends on what they are looking for. I'm a landlord (which is different from an employer, although I guess I am also an employer), and when I pull credit on an applicant for a unit, I just want to know if the person has been lying to me or not. I don't even look at the score, except for grins and giggles.
If you tell me on your application that you are a perfect tenant, pay on time, just moving across town to a bigger apartment, great. But you'd be surprised how many times I pull credit and see the person is from out of state and moved because he's got 12 judgments against him from former landlords, and the local utility won't provide service to him 'cuz he owes them $5,000.00. I'm sorry, but where I live it gets cold, and if you don't pay your electric bill, my pipes are going to freeze and that's more damage than you can afford to pay for, buddy.
So, perhaps that is what employers are looking for. Validation that you aren't totally full of it. I've never heard of someone being denied employment because of a low credit score. I have heard of people being denied employment for lying on their resume or during their interview. "I see from your resume you attended Harvard. Tell me, why did you have electric service in your name in Mississippi and then in Alabama during those 4 years? Correspondence course?"
I've used my phone 1040 minutes so far this billing cycle, the last day of which is tomorrow. I don't even consider myself to be a heavy cellphone user, either.
If you're using less than 240 minutes monthly, then yeah, you definitely have no business on a monthly contract. If I were to do prepay, my bill would be over $100 for this last cycle. Instead, it's about $45 inclusive of taxes and junk fees.
It's time to take a vacation, get some rest, clear your head, and then decide which direction to point your life.
You've identified many good alternatives to your current situation, and I agree, you don't have any brain power left to muster up the will to just make a choice.
If I were your doctor, I'd prescribe the following:
Use 5 vacation/sick/whatever days and take off a Saturday to the following Sunday.
Go someplace you won't be disturbed
Spend the first few days getting your mind back. Unplug the phone, unplug the computer. Sleep as much as you can. Don't set an alarm. Do some yoga videos. Eat nutritious food.
After you feel human again, read the following book: ISBN: 1401359418. Yes, I'm serious. No, it's not hokey.
At this point, you should be sufficiently grounded and motivated to make the correct decision. You'll also realize that any of your alternatives is the correct decision as long as you make it be correct.
One can observe the effects in American society. Showing nipple at the superbowl generates huge controversy. A healthy adult seeing it will probably call it a cheap stunt. The social costs may be in the increased spread of STD's, though a zealot could whip out other factoids.
Did I read you correctly here? Did you actually just claim that Janet Jackson's nipple, that was in view for less than a second, increased the spread of STDs?
If so, I'd love to know how you reached that wild conclusion.
Pay me for 8 to 16 hours of work (significantly less than $14k), supply me with a couple good PC servers (may only need one) and I'll have your spam problem solved.
I think you may be underestimating just how much spam this guy is talking about. He said he was getting over 1,000,000 spams per day. That comes out to 12 spams per second. Now I'll admit that I haven't done any tuning to spamassassin, but it takes my commodity PC about 10 wallclock seconds per email to process in spamassassin. Of course, greylist processing takes only a few milliseconds, so that helps take off a lot of the load.
Now maybe you have experience setting up antispam solutions that can handle 1,000,000 spams per day, and your setup really can scan email at the rate of 12 spams per second. From reading your post, I get the feeling that you have not ever set up such a system and that you are underestimating the volume. Personally, I have set up a mailserver that serves my family and a few friends. It handles about 1500 emails per day, over 99% of which is spam. Obviously it has no trouble with the load, but I really doubt it could process any more than 100,000 emails per day (over 1 per second).
The configuration is Linux/qmail/greylisting/clamav/spamassassin. Its false negative rate is 0.006% and false positive rate is 0 (as in, I have never had a report of a false positive). Very effective. Not very resource-efficient.
I use greylisting on my home mailserver and I've noticed that a lot of spammers are beginning to retry. Not the majority, by any means (greylisting still blocks about 1000 spams per day on my little server, and that takes a tremendous load off of spamassassin).
The good news is I've set up the greylist script to continue rejecting email for 60 minutes (and I'm considering 90) if the sender's IP won't resolve or if the sender's IP is listed by one of the major RBLs. Usually, after the 60 minute delay, that particular spam and spammer are listed in enough RBLs, databases, etc. that spamassassin will catch those spams.
Anecdotally, I've seen the following results:
Spams blocked per day by greylisting: 1000 or so
Spams blocked per day by spamassassin: 75 or so
Spams per day delivered to my inbox: 5 or less
The upshot is that those 1000 getting rejected by the greylister are only using the resources of 2 or fewer efficient SQL queries to generate an SMTP session reject (not a bounce). Spamassassin takes about 5-7 wallclock seconds per email processed. Ouch.
Why should it bother me that Warren Buffet has more wealth than that of the entire slashdot readership combined? I can lead a perfectly happy life without that type of wealth.
What purpose does this jealousy serve?
Personally, I believe that if we, as a society, can make sure that each and every person has access to food, water, shelter, education, and medical care, then we are doing something right. Let those who wish to pursue wealth pursue it.
Studying CS to learn programming is like studying Economics when you want to go into business - economics and business are both about money, after all.
So that's what I've been doing wrong all these years. I doubled majored in CS and Econ and started 3 successful businesses, including one programming business.
Man, did I ever screw up.
Thanks for your insightful comments!
I've always wished that CS programs did more with numerical methods than symbolic math. I mean, what programmers, outside of employees of Wolfram Research, use trigonometric integration?
More linear algebra and numerical methods, please.
Where do you live and what types of positions are you applying for? With what types of companies? Who are you submitting your resume to?
You owned your own business, you have experience, you have a college degree, yet you can't even get an interview. Something does not add up here. I'm willing to help you get to the bottom of this if you want.
Speaking as a college CS/Network graduate whom, 2 years after graduating, is still working as a janitor, allow me to welcome you to this planet.
You've misused the word "whom" here. I suggest using "who" in cases where you are not sure. "Whom" is largely falling out of usage, and you'll sound like much less of a boor using "who" in place of "whom" than the reverse.
Normally, I am not a grammar Nazi but in this case, it's relevant:
Meanwhile, I can't even get an *interview* for entry level jobs that a highschool student could perform.
Most common reason for summarily tossing a resume in the trash: spelling or grammatical errors. I realize that an online forum post is an OK place to make errors, but you'd best get somebody to proof your resume.
In my case, it's not because I have inferior skills or training.
Or your modesty.
I don't want to sell anything
No wonder you're having such difficulty selling your own time, then.
Again, it's not them, it's you.
Fix your resume, polish your interviewing skills, and go sell yourself. Looking for work is hard, but I bet you have a pretty strong motivation: the desire to never wash another floor again for the rest of your life.
I'd think that very few people go to college for the "enjoyment" of it. They go there to learn, but for not for the sake of the process of learning. I'd think that if people could press a button and upload into their brains Matrix style all the information/skills they would have learned/acquired in college, by far the vast majority would choose that option.
Well, I think you went to the wrong college then. Every time I see my friends from college, we tell stories and reminisce about the fun we had in college. I met my wife in college. I traveled the world while in college (and after college too, of course). I got silly drunk and did thing that would exclude me from running for public office in college.
If you would have asked me before or after college if I would prefer or would have preferred to have my brain dumped upon Matrix-style, I would have laughed at you and asked if you were nuts. I had a great time in college and would not have given up that experience for 4 more years of being a working stiff.
Is it possible to start a lawsuit on behalf of another organization?
Of course it is possible. It's called "agency", and it is what allows an attorney to represent you in court. Of course, in order to act as an entity's agent, you must be a licensed to act in that capacity (as lawyers, real estate agents, etc. are), and you must have permission from that entity to be its agent.
So, as a practical matter, can you, Zebra_X, an unlicensed layperson file a lawsuit against Edgar Bronfman, on behalf of the RIAA without its permission? The answer, of course, is "absolutely not, but I'd pay money to see the expression on the judge's face when you try. It would also be amusing to watch you be prosecuted for violating licensure and agency law."
Don't forget the ultimate problem with pgsql: the users.
GP asked a simple question about what replication strategies are used by pg shops, and some asshole like you responds in a tone like yours.
You could have just answered the question. It wasn't necessary to be a dick about it.
Also, you might be interested to read a bit about MySQL Cluster which is different from their replication solution. Pretty neat stuff.
Also, I do agree with you that GP gave no indication that MySQL was failing to meet their needs. MySQL doesn't meet everybody's needs and neither does pgsql (or Oracle for that matter). But changing databases for "fun" is a horrible use of resources.
I'm having a hard time imagining what type of medical condition would require a parental response that can wait 20 minutes for you to get home, yet couldn't wait an hour.
But more importantly, I'm having a hard time imagining why you would want to be a bottleneck in case your son's medical condition flares up. My babysitter talk always includes, "If anything happens, call 911. The address and phone number here are on this refrigerator magnet."
You remind me a bit of my tenants when I explain the maintenance voicemail hotline. Many people ask, "What do I do if I need to get ahold of you if, say, the house is on fire?" My answer: "I don't have a firetruck, so don't waste time calling me. Get yourself out of the house to safety and then call 911."
Hopefully you can understand the difference between "Not installing expensive equipment that might help somebody make a cellphone call" and "Installing expensive equipment to specifically prevent someone from making a cellphone call, including a 911 call".
Not really. It's behavioral profiling - a lot more effective than skin-based profiling.
Only if your enemy is completely stupid. If you wanted to board a plane without arousing any suspicion, hopefully you'd know to buy your tickets using a credit card at least 21 days in advance. You know, to blend in.
If you're concerned enough that somebody's listening to employ countermeasures, why not just take the battery out of the phone while you're having your sooper-dooper-secret conversations? Or leave your phones in another room?
I pity anyone who tries to bug my phone like that. Most of my intentional calls sound like: "Blah blah blah <DROP> curse curse curse. <REDIAL> Blah blah blah <DROP> Fuck you, SprintPCS!!"
My friend is having a C-section today because her baby is breach. If you can explain to me how to deliver a breach baby without killing it, I'm all ears.
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If you tell me on your application that you are a perfect tenant, pay on time, just moving across town to a bigger apartment, great. But you'd be surprised how many times I pull credit and see the person is from out of state and moved because he's got 12 judgments against him from former landlords, and the local utility won't provide service to him 'cuz he owes them $5,000.00. I'm sorry, but where I live it gets cold, and if you don't pay your electric bill, my pipes are going to freeze and that's more damage than you can afford to pay for, buddy.
So, perhaps that is what employers are looking for. Validation that you aren't totally full of it. I've never heard of someone being denied employment because of a low credit score. I have heard of people being denied employment for lying on their resume or during their interview. "I see from your resume you attended Harvard. Tell me, why did you have electric service in your name in Mississippi and then in Alabama during those 4 years? Correspondence course?"
That's what I use credit checks for.
If you're using less than 240 minutes monthly, then yeah, you definitely have no business on a monthly contract. If I were to do prepay, my bill would be over $100 for this last cycle. Instead, it's about $45 inclusive of taxes and junk fees.
You've identified many good alternatives to your current situation, and I agree, you don't have any brain power left to muster up the will to just make a choice.
If I were your doctor, I'd prescribe the following:
- Use 5 vacation/sick/whatever days and take off a Saturday to the following Sunday.
- Go someplace you won't be disturbed
- Spend the first few days getting your mind back. Unplug the phone, unplug the computer. Sleep as much as you can. Don't set an alarm. Do some yoga videos. Eat nutritious food.
- After you feel human again, read the following book: ISBN: 1401359418. Yes, I'm serious. No, it's not hokey.
- At this point, you should be sufficiently grounded and motivated to make the correct decision. You'll also realize that any of your alternatives is the correct decision as long as you make it be correct.
Good luck. (no pun intended)Also, you left education off your list.
And for what it's worth, you sound a little stressed. I'm just sayin'.
If so, I'd love to know how you reached that wild conclusion.
Now maybe you have experience setting up antispam solutions that can handle 1,000,000 spams per day, and your setup really can scan email at the rate of 12 spams per second. From reading your post, I get the feeling that you have not ever set up such a system and that you are underestimating the volume. Personally, I have set up a mailserver that serves my family and a few friends. It handles about 1500 emails per day, over 99% of which is spam. Obviously it has no trouble with the load, but I really doubt it could process any more than 100,000 emails per day (over 1 per second). The configuration is Linux/qmail/greylisting/clamav/spamassassin. Its false negative rate is 0.006% and false positive rate is 0 (as in, I have never had a report of a false positive). Very effective. Not very resource-efficient.
The good news is I've set up the greylist script to continue rejecting email for 60 minutes (and I'm considering 90) if the sender's IP won't resolve or if the sender's IP is listed by one of the major RBLs. Usually, after the 60 minute delay, that particular spam and spammer are listed in enough RBLs, databases, etc. that spamassassin will catch those spams.
Anecdotally, I've seen the following results:
- Spams blocked per day by greylisting: 1000 or so
- Spams blocked per day by spamassassin: 75 or so
- Spams per day delivered to my inbox: 5 or less
The upshot is that those 1000 getting rejected by the greylister are only using the resources of 2 or fewer efficient SQL queries to generate an SMTP session reject (not a bounce). Spamassassin takes about 5-7 wallclock seconds per email processed. Ouch.But, yeah, some spammers are retrying.
What purpose does this jealousy serve?
Personally, I believe that if we, as a society, can make sure that each and every person has access to food, water, shelter, education, and medical care, then we are doing something right. Let those who wish to pursue wealth pursue it.
Man, did I ever screw up. Thanks for your insightful comments!
More linear algebra and numerical methods, please.
Don't go through HR. Their job is to filter, and they don't know what is important or what is on the hiring manager's mind.
You owned your own business, you have experience, you have a college degree, yet you can't even get an interview. Something does not add up here. I'm willing to help you get to the bottom of this if you want.
Normally, I am not a grammar Nazi but in this case, it's relevant:
Most common reason for summarily tossing a resume in the trash: spelling or grammatical errors. I realize that an online forum post is an OK place to make errors, but you'd best get somebody to proof your resume.Or your modesty.No wonder you're having such difficulty selling your own time, then.Again, it's not them, it's you.
Fix your resume, polish your interviewing skills, and go sell yourself. Looking for work is hard, but I bet you have a pretty strong motivation: the desire to never wash another floor again for the rest of your life.
Good luck!
If you would have asked me before or after college if I would prefer or would have preferred to have my brain dumped upon Matrix-style, I would have laughed at you and asked if you were nuts. I had a great time in college and would not have given up that experience for 4 more years of being a working stiff.
So, as a practical matter, can you, Zebra_X, an unlicensed layperson file a lawsuit against Edgar Bronfman, on behalf of the RIAA without its permission? The answer, of course, is "absolutely not, but I'd pay money to see the expression on the judge's face when you try. It would also be amusing to watch you be prosecuted for violating licensure and agency law."
GP asked a simple question about what replication strategies are used by pg shops, and some asshole like you responds in a tone like yours.
You could have just answered the question. It wasn't necessary to be a dick about it.
Also, you might be interested to read a bit about MySQL Cluster which is different from their replication solution. Pretty neat stuff.
Also, I do agree with you that GP gave no indication that MySQL was failing to meet their needs. MySQL doesn't meet everybody's needs and neither does pgsql (or Oracle for that matter). But changing databases for "fun" is a horrible use of resources.
You drove unsafely. You even knew at the time you were driving unsafely. Why do you think you are entitled to sympathy?
Next time you have to choose between getting rear-ended and driving off a cliff, choose more wisely.
But more importantly, I'm having a hard time imagining why you would want to be a bottleneck in case your son's medical condition flares up. My babysitter talk always includes, "If anything happens, call 911. The address and phone number here are on this refrigerator magnet."
You remind me a bit of my tenants when I explain the maintenance voicemail hotline. Many people ask, "What do I do if I need to get ahold of you if, say, the house is on fire?" My answer: "I don't have a firetruck, so don't waste time calling me. Get yourself out of the house to safety and then call 911."
Hopefully you can understand the difference between "Not installing expensive equipment that might help somebody make a cellphone call" and "Installing expensive equipment to specifically prevent someone from making a cellphone call, including a 911 call".
I pity anyone who tries to bug my phone like that. Most of my intentional calls sound like: "Blah blah blah <DROP> curse curse curse. <REDIAL> Blah blah blah <DROP> Fuck you, SprintPCS!!"
My friend is having a C-section today because her baby is breach. If you can explain to me how to deliver a breach baby without killing it, I'm all ears.
How is a fraternity like a job? I'm afraid I missed that part of it. In any rate, it's not coming up in any of the various online dictionaries.