Agreed, but like @chickenf622@sh.itjust.works said… Next quarter’s numbers must go up!

This post does not answer your question but maybe will make you manage your expectations differently in the future.

When it comes to work, no company has your best interests in minds unless they align with theirs.

Never believe promises of future improvement. Whether that is a promotion, relocation you want or don’t want and they don’t want or want you to, change to a more interesting position, anything.

If you believe the “maybe one day”, they’ll milk you as long as they can until you decide they’re not doing anything about it. It’s not profitable.

It’s not profitable to keep employees happy. It’s easier to keep them for as long as they can as cheap as they can and replace them when needed. The time it takes a manager to allocate you to another project or location is better spent recruiting 3 new people for said location.

You should not be loyal to any company. It’s a transaction. They pay you for your time. Don’t give them time they are not paying for. Don’t be loyal. If a company wants to fire you, they won’t hesitate. Be friend with coworkers if you want, person to person. Not to the company.

HR is there to protect the company, not you.

Exceptions are rare. And probably all of said exceptions are in small companies, and with someone above you who cares about you and has some decision power. But it’s rare.

Just keep in mind: no matter how good a company is, when they want to fire you, they won’t hesitate. Even if you just lost your marriage, house, and a relative perished the day before. That’s not their problem.

So, when things are always behind schedule and asking overtime is the norm: “Your lack of planning does not constitute an emergency on my part”. You pay with your time.

I’m sorry for the grim point of view.

Is it a crime to pirate books anything? For you yes, not for AI companies.

Is it a crime to install a keylogger on someone else’s device? For you yes, not for AI companies.

Is it a crime to take a product away that a consumer bought? For you yes, not for AI companies.

I think they forgot to fix that one.

Hopefully they don’t accidentally create a bug to make it harder to sideload apps in Android.

Duckduckgo for everything.

At first, after the switch years ago, I’d occasionally fallback to Google to search for solutions or explanations of technical errors but I guess Duckduckgo got better and/or Google got worse and I no longer use any other.

A few days ago I tried Qwant briefly with the idea to try to change to non-US services, don’t remember what for, and was not satisfied with the results. I did not try it for long enough to say it’s not a good choice though.

Since you like roguelikes, I’ll have to propose Tales of Maj’Eyal.

I wrote a post about it not long ago here where you can read abit more info.

Guess I need a down vote then!

And also, I need to return to the game.

I sucked at it when I played so now I need to relearn everything… 😅

My favorite classes were Arcane Blade and Temporal Warden. Which from what I remember, at least the second, was quite easier to play than many others.

Tales of Maj’Eyal is a roguelike with a lot of classes and races, which in my opinion offers a lot of replay value, even with no DLCs.

It’s actually free and open source.

I had the impression that buying it on steam and linking your account in the official website to steam gives you enough points in the official website to purchase the Ashes of Urh’Rok DLC but I am not sure about that anymore. Direct link to FAQ for more info if anyone is interested.

Edit: Oh wow so many downvotes. Glad to know so many know about this!