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[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 187 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Oh wow, did they maybe search for someone with skills of a "server" and the Indeed algorithm soup got that mixed together with skills in server technologies...?

[–] Kekzkrieger 111 points 2 weeks ago

Peak AI moment

[–] Shadow@lemmy.ca 30 points 2 weeks ago

Exactly. I've gotten this too, indeed is a joke.

[–] Midnitte@beehaw.org 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If only Asimov were around to write a story about a Little Lost AI.

Sometimes you'll get stuff without any obvious mixup - I'm a chemist and I've gotten emails about forklift jobs....

[–] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 7 points 2 weeks ago

"We noticed you're good at solutions when things are mixed up - so we'd like to offer you a job in a warehouse."

[–] superkret 90 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

My local bar is tended by a software engineer. It's only open on Saturday evening cause he does it besides his day job.
But it's great cause he does it for the love of mixing cocktails, and introducing people to great drinks from all around the world.

And he obviously doesn't really need the money, cause when you show an interest, most drinks are on the house.
He uses a pencil, paper and a mechanical calculator to tally up the bill, which I absolutely understand when your career is in IT.

[–] kameecoding@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That sounds like the tits, I should open a bar

[–] lennivelkant@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

He uses a pencil, paper and a mechanical calculator to tally up the bill, which I absolutely understand when your career is in IT.

When the alternative is either having to search, evaluate, compare, select and configure an application for that purpose that you're never quite happy with, or to scope, design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, eternally find things you wish you'd done better, refactor, realise you're spending your free time on doing more of your job, regret your life choices, resolve to only make this last improvement and then call it good enough, renege on that promise to yourself a week later, burn out, curse that damn app for ruining your hobby...

...yeah, using the most trivial low-tech solution possible does look rather sensible.

[–] superkret 10 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Yeah the alternative would be to rely on POS software, which must be insanely frustrating to a dev.

[–] lennivelkant@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 2 weeks ago

I'm thankful I don't do software dev (I did two years as a working student, that was enough), but working in Data Engineering / Analytics* doesn't make things better. I'll overengineer the database, ETL and reporting, define a dozen measures I'll never use, prepare a dozen ways to slice and view the data I'll never look at and build a whole data warehouse I'll never look at.

Eventually I remember that it exists, realise that I've answered all my questions by directly querying the database, except for "What am I running out of?", which I answer by looking in the cabinet because I never update my inventory anyway.

*I don't even know where the line is anymore and how much of my responsibilities is on either side of it

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 2 weeks ago

The acronym works both ways.

[–] turbowafflz@lemmy.world 52 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

One of my friends with a similar list of skills on indeed got an email from them asking him to apply to be a bikini model

[–] CaptainBlagbird@lemmy.world 39 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Skills in resumee: LaTeX documentation, Master-Slave communication, C String manipulation

What kind of "bikini model" were they looking for? 😏

[–] BlueMagma@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 weeks ago

I wouldn't call it a model, more like a "design pattern"

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 weeks ago

let's not forget GIMP expert

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 22 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] superkret 26 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

barely covered private expenses.

[–] AnnaFrankfurter@lemmy.ml 19 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Well that could be because they saw their photo on resume

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 week ago

wizards monthly

[–] Rozauhtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 weeks ago

So, did he?

[–] Floon@lemmy.ml 42 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

SQL does pair well with getting drunk....

[–] flashgnash@lemm.ee 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Itssss fine it's only the dev database I can drop this table

[–] superkret 6 points 2 weeks ago

At my first and only job involving SQL, the dev database was also the (only) backup.
The company was so cheap, only 2 people could log onto the server at a time, yet there were 5 admins that needed access.
(so they saved a few thousand on licenses, at the expense of half the employees sitting idle at any time, and getting frustrated.

[–] superkret 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

But don't use JavaScript to add up the bill.

[–] lennivelkant@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

"6 for the beer, 9 for the longdrink, 4.20 for the water.... That's a total of 694.20 please."

[–] superkret 3 points 2 weeks ago

Actually, he gives out (cooled, sparkling) water for free cause he says that's a human right.

[–] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 4 points 2 weeks ago

Pour a cup of java and write it down in javascript.

[–] chahk@beehaw.org 4 points 2 weeks ago

As a SQL deleloper, can cornfirm.

[–] smb@lemmy.ml 22 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

this indeed is humor.

this is indeed humor.

😁

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This humor indeed is.

Is humor indeed this.

[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Humour is indeed this.
Is indeed this humour.

[–] smb@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

This is indeed Indeed.

Is this humor humor?

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 19 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

All of my skills are devops or sysadmin related.

It's been a while, but I used to regularly get emails inviting me to apply to be a Wendy's manager. I doubt I would have been good at that.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 14 points 2 weeks ago

Wendy's managers are generally pretty bad at being Wendy's managers.

Anyone good at the job would never do it for what they're willing to pay.

[–] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Of course not. Sysadmin skills are good for pouring the drinks, not managing the restaurant.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

You know, I'm not sure whether to be insulted or flattered ... But I don't disagree.

[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

For all the memes about programmers quitting and wanting to take up a simple life? Yea, I can see this working out

(Caveat: Life as a bartender is only simple if you don't need to worry about money, like ex-programmers)

[–] proper@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

It seems like you tend a bar. How hard could that be?

[–] EmilieEvans@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 weeks ago

SELECT

'Tequila' AS Ingredient0,

'Lime Juice' AS Ingredient1,

'Cointreau' AS Ingredient2,

'Crushed Ice' AS Ingredient 3

FROM

liquor_cabinet
[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

This is fully better than "go be a farmer", at least. Not because nobody wants to be a farmer, but because software developers actually grasp what's involved in bartending, and not just a fictional themepark version.

[–] deltreed@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

They are just getting an early start on possible bartenders for the next round of tech layoffs and outsourcing.

[–] dragnucs@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 weeks ago

They now he is sick of it and wants to switch career completely.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

yeah shit sign me up.

[–] d_DD_ash12_2@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

haha this is funny!