Hi.  

I'm a professional computer geek in the Bay Area. I've been a sysadmin, designed and built networks, been a penetration tester, done security research, and incident response. I'm flexible enough to work as in aerospace engineering as well as computational pharmacology.

I'm still #unemployed.

I'm searching for a job, on-site or remote. If you're hiring, please DM me, or at least send me a link or two? Please?

#GetFediHired

TIL these exist...

The world would be a better place if we squeezed a little beauty into even the most mundane of products.

Got laid off today!  

I'm officially available for freelance and contract work — web dev, Python, automation, photography, illustration, fiber art, zines, and the strange spaces in between.

If you know someone who needs help with a project, send them my way. Shares appreciated! 

Not sure how many of you will see this, or if this post will go anywhere.

But I’m looking for a job. Have been for a while. I have a good career as an iOS developer and would like to keep making apps. If anyone out there is interested please DM me, look at my linked in, boost this post, etc. Thanks all.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rhett-rogers-5100911a8

#iOSDeveloper #FediHire #USA #Oregon

“It was the undead bar, although it tolerated anyone who wasn't too normal.” — Terry Pratchett, Thud

Basically a summary of The #Fediverse

“Hi, my name’s David, I’m one of the repair techs here, I’v been looking after your broken soldering iron today.”

“How’s he doing.”

“Take a seat.”

“Oh no.”

“Unfortunately, and there is no easy way to say this, we looked at your Iron, and, well, we found something.”

“Please, just give it to me straight.”

“Ok, well we found, and I’m so sorry, we found, firmware.”

“It has firmware?”

“Yes.”

“But it’s a soldering iron?”

“Yes.”

“So there is nothing you can do for it?”

“Unfortunately, when a tool has firmware, it’s always fatal. There is nothing we can do. I am very sorry.”

“But, it’s so young. I only got it like a month or so ago?”

“Sadly, we often see firmware on younger tools.”

“But it was fine yesterday, like totally fine?!”

“With any kind of firmware, it can just, you know, stop working.”

“What am I gonna tell the kids?!”

“Obviously you know your kids better than me, but as a general rule, I always tell people that kids appreciate honesty, and are more resilient than you might think. Be honest.”

“But how?”

“Just tell them, you were drawn in by the features, rather than just a functional thing, so that’s why you got it.”

“Ah man this is going to be rough.”

“Would you like to see him?”

“Not like this.”

#microfiction

“Rule #1: Believe the autocrat. He means what he says. Whenever you find yourself thinking, or hear others claiming, that he is exaggerating, that is our innate tendency to reach for a rationalization. This will happen often: Humans seem to have evolved to practice denial when confronted publicly with the unacceptable.”

—Masha Gessen, Autocracy: Rules for Survival