Most social media is ridiculous, but LinkedIn is really next-level ridiculous.
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Chris Wiegman
@chris@mastodon.chriswiegman.com
mastodon 4.7.2Tech leader, mentor, blogger, and open-source advocate with over 20 years of experience building humane, privacy-focused teams and technology.
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Perhaps it's all the AI slop, perhaps it's something else, but my interest in anything tech related, including writing on my own site, is at an all-time low.
Given tech is my hobby and my work, this means my desire to do much of anything lately is pretty much non-existent and it... sucks.
I do sometimes look back and wonder if my career trajectory in tech would have been different had most of the places I’ve worked for had titles beyond “Senior [Developer/Engineer].” In some cases that was the _only_ title for folks.
I can’t believe it’s 2026 and I have to defend not automating some of my daily processes. Things like my morning routine allow me to both plan ahead and look back at yesterday’s work. If I was to automate that I would miss so many things. When I’ve had conversations about that, people literally think I’m crazy not to automate it anyway. It’s so weird.
I've worked in a lot of different tech stacks over the years. So far the worst to get started with is Apple Dev (Swift/SwiftUI/etc). Looking for _accurate_ documentation is like looking for a needle in a haystack. It's so frustrating.
Happy Birthday Willie Nelson!
Tonight’s adventure: front-row seats to Brendan Hunt’s (Coach Beard in Ted Lasso) new show at the Steppenwolf. I can’t wait!
Summary of a convo yesterday:
Them: “Why don’t you want to be a tech exec again?”
Me: “Because I value my humanity.”
Them (dumbfounded): “But don’t you want to be rich????”
Me: *facepalm
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@johnefrancis@cosocial.ca Yikes! In Chicago now and feeling it. This reminds me too much of when I lived in Florida!
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@anderseknert It's the only way I can tolerate LI. The only problem is you cannot use it on mobile unless you use the app (can be a downside when you're looking for work like I was last year).
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@aral@mastodon.ar.al I just wish they could try it on medical or student debt. @dtgeek@mastodon.social
It was a good weekend. We went to a Chicago Fire game yesterday (they won 5-0) and visited a friend in the hospital today.
Tomorrow we go back to work but it will be my first short week since getting back from Rome on 14 Feb. I really need the break.
I’ve been playing Valheim a bit but I inevitably quit when I get past the first biome as the game mechanics seem to just grind to a halt at that point.
I regret sharing my open roles on my LinkedIn profile. In the 3-or-so weeks since I started my account back up from my reset, and where I shared an open role, I’ve had over 4,000 DMs and connection requests.
I get it’s bad out there, but I couldn’t act on these if I wanted to (in that time our recruiting has booked me exactly 1 interview).
I really, really fucking hate this timeline.
So it took 3 hours at my SIL’s house for me to develop a migraine. It happens only there but every single time we’re there. I hate it.
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@ramsey@phpc.social Oof. At least you know what it is. Does she at least turn them off when you visit?
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@ramsey Ugh. For us her family just won’t go anywhere else. Unless it’s their mother or the SIL whose house makes me sick, no one else is really considered.
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@travislopes It’s amazing to me, but I guess it shouldn’t be unsurprising given how bad hustle culture is getting again, that people don’t get this.
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@hydrian I think it probably is in my case. For her though… OMG! That sounds horrible!
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@johnefrancis@cosocial.ca Chicago hot dogs would like to have a word. @adamshostack@infosec.exchange
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@ramsey@phpc.social I really don’t know, probably a little of everything. There other sister says she gets the same, but not every time. For me I’m miserable every time we go.
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@ramsey@phpc.social That’s fair. My first dev job was 2012 and I was immediately given a senior title. I don’t think that was great.
On the flip side, I’ve been to places where “Senior” is also the highest (or in one case only) title for devs. That’s been limiting in entirely different ways.