I’m still on the job hunt. So far I’ve applied to nine jobs. Starting tomorrow I’ll be spending an hour daily on the search, up from 30 minutes.
I’ve also updated my resume generator skill to create resumes with two pages instead of one. The first page remains the part tailored to the job I’m applying for, meant for a human to read. The second page is a list of every technology, tool, and practice I’ve touched, as comprehensive as I can manage. That’s for the screening robots to read, so that I’m less likely to get filtered out because I failed to list something that a company configured their automated systems to look for.
So far I’ve had no positive results, just a few form replies saying they’re moving forward with other candidates.
I started the search on June 22, roughly 15 days ago. That means so far I’ve submitted 0.6 resumes per day on average. Naively, that means my move to spending an hour a day on the search should get me to submitting one application every day. All this ignoring that these goals have weekends off, so theoretically I’ll be above one application per day on average.
I intend to keep ramping up my efforts over time. So once I prove that an application a day is doable, I’ll think about upping the rates on my Beeminder goals again.
I’ve replace my cell phone. I’ve been using a Samsung Galaxy A52. I decided it was time to replace it since it’s no longer receiving software updates, Duolingo stopped working on it, the screen is cracked, and—the last straw—the glue holding the plastic backing of the phone on started coming loose.
I purchased a used Pixel 8a, and it arrived in the mail yesterday. Transferring my data from the Samsung was relatively painless, as was transferring my two phone numbers to the phone (I switched from physical SIMs to eSIMs in the process).
My brother’s an iPhone user. He’s been talking about wanting an Android device so that he can get Android apps published to the play store. I factory reset the Samsung and passed it on to him. Most of its issues shouldn’t be a problem as a development devices, though I suppose at some point the lack of software updates may.
My brother and I are in the early stages of exploring some new side hustles, too—reselling LEGOs on Bricklink, and perhaps other items with resale value we can find.
I’d explored the idea in the past. LEGO was my favorite toy growing up, so it’s always sounded fun to somehow make money with something I’m nostalgic for.
However to now it’s never quite made sense to try. Competition is high, it can involve a lot of driving, and the hourly rate you’re likely to make is low.
Right now, though, those things aren’t a problem—my brother has a car and enjoys driving, we have plenty of time to spend on it that wouldn’t otherwise be bringing in money, and we can afford to start slow. So that’s the plan.
Turns out first thing you have to do in order to become a reseller on Bricklink is to get a positive rating from an existing reseller on the platform. I purchased set 6487 from 1997. It hasn’t arrived yet. Plan is I’ll leave the seller a good review and hopefully they will reciprocate.
