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A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.

Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.

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  1. Your post must be a screen capture of a microblog-type post that includes the UI of the site it came from, preferably also including the avatar and username of the original poster. Including relevant comments made to the original post is encouraged.
  2. Your post, included comments, or your title/comment should include some kind of commentary or remark on the subject of the screen capture. Your title must include at least one word relevant to your post.
  3. You are encouraged to provide a link back to the source of your screen capture in the body of your post.
  4. Current politics and news are allowed, but discouraged. There MUST be some kind of human commentary/reaction included (either by the original poster or you). Just news articles or headlines will be deleted.
  5. Doctored posts/images and AI are allowed, but discouraged. You MUST indicate this in your post (even if you didn't originally know). If an image is found to be fabricated or edited in any way and it is not properly labeled, it will be deleted.
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[–] Eq0@literature.cafe 16 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Not tech but academia. I estimate I send out some 60-80 resumes over a two year period (there are some 100 jobs in my field in Europe every year, at best). I got some 6 interviews, one job (only because all the other 4 candidates got other jobs). Plus most applications require roughly a 10-20 pages of tailored essay. It was a horrible grind, and I know quite some people that applied even more than me. Potentially the number one reason to drop out of academia. The other one being constantly decreasing funding.

Edit: yes, it sucks. It should not require so much to get a job. (In case if looked like I was supporting the system because I made it though)

[–] trolske@feddit.org 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I assume that's for assistant professor and higher, right? Because I've never encountered a postdoc application where you would have needed the long essay, just one page cover letter, CV, letters of recommendation, and diplomas.

[–] Eq0@literature.cafe 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

At postdoc levels I was applying for grants, they could be even longer… got a position through one.

[–] trolske@feddit.org 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Well ok, if you count a research plan for a grant , I agree.
But I would see a grant application as separate from the job application, even though jobs then can be conditional on the grant.
I've at least never encountered an academic job, where there was only a grant application, and not also the standard job application process.

[–] Eq0@literature.cafe 1 points 4 months ago

I got a professor interested in me (through being second place in an interview, fml), he had no funding for me, so there was no job, only a grant application. (Actually the grant applications and only one went through)