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Got a random email from a supposed Amazon recruiter for a SDE position (which is not at all a fit). The email is amazon.com domain and there are no red flags in the body but it doesn't feel like an Amazon recruiter due to the tacky signature, etc. Has anyone seen this kind of cold-calling from FAANG recruiter?
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Why does my bed feel extra warm right now?
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I’d say the world has felt off since 2015, not 2019
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No thanks, too expensive like everything else
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My theory is that Covid took us all out and we’re all now in purgatory 😵💫
I love that
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I really do understand how you feel but I’m 64 and haven’t seen seen so much more over the years. It is tough now but it has always moved in waves. The biggest issue that’s different today is social media since 2012 or so. That has really damaged society and the way people relate to each other. I promise you, however, the US and the world has been MUCH worse place in the past than it is now.
My hope is that a group legislators will find a way to get things back on track politically, and a presidential candidate (likely coming from the Democratic Party - I am a moderate Republican) will step up that focuses on solving problems rather than fringe ideology.
Try to stay off social media for anything news related. It’s strictly entertainment and there is always an agenda - on both sides. I read the WSJ and NYT and listen to various radio news including BBC.
Also watch out for the big swings of societal pendulums. The MeToo and BLM and LGBT+ movements were very important but morphed into something else that caused (word choice intentional) what you see now. It’s hard to find balance - hence my comment above.
There’s a way out of this and I see glimmers of it recently. There is a way forward but it will require smart, strong leaders.
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I also frequently think about how everything got weird after 2017-2019 and wonder if anybody else realizes this. Im 37 and feel like people under ~30 definitely don’t seem to get this but even people my age seem oblivious or don’t seem to care. Guess I’m just not coping well with the “new normal”.
As a consultant who traveled EVERY week for work (don’t know why) before 2019, spending time with family and friends during evenings now vs sitting in hotel room makes lot more sense to me personally
The pandemic definitely made it feel like we jumped forward a few years because for a long stretch, most of our lives became mundane and contained to our living areas. And certainly feels like the political climate is worse than it ever has been because of how extreme viewpoints have gotten.
But feeling like your past normal is gone and feeling like time moves faster when you get older are normal things that happen as you age.
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2015
Feeling this
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2015 in the US.
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As a Brit, the Brexit vote in 2016 was when we entered the wrong timeline
The AI madness, the pace of change: trying to put AI on every process and expecting everyone to do twice as much while increasing performance expectations is being really crazy for me since 2024
Not me graduating college summer 2019 🙃
Nearly all my friends were laid off/furloughed when I got to the job market
Since September 11, 2001 it feels like we’ve been living in the matrix.