Gregory's ServerI saw a meme on tumblr earlier that said the best response to “Can you explain this gap in your resume” is “No I signed an NDA”
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@ADHDefy I guess you never know, and technically that gives you the clear to refuse to answer follow up questions @dramypsyd Absolutely! I know I'll be using this line in my next interview. We'll see how it goes. Haha @ADHDefy @dramypsyd it doesn't need to be a lie, just sign a NDA with a friend, your spouse or parents 😇  Assuming you're going non-defense it'll probably work as long as the skillset makes sense. Reminder, offsite locations like 'Oil and Gas' installations are often small cities with lots of infrastructure including tech support, laundry, trucking, etc. Just you know... a reminder anonymously...I've never even worked in that industry for decades. Be prepared to know your stuff though.   @dramypsyd also if you write an NDA for yourself and sign it, you're not lying! @dramypsyd @iam hmmm actually a lot of their work is precisely structured enough... @daisy @dramypsyd I found one more site 🙃 https://www.replacedbyrobot.info 👈🏼this one seems to include more job titles  @dramypsyd “Pretty sure you don’t have the necessary security clearance for that information. Let’s just move on to your next question, shall we?”  From the main position you can get rid of the right side pawns & just simply line up your bishop with things...from here things tend to escalate frighteningly rather steeply...this move will finally nail the alarm into full panic loudness with the enemy...it's already been flustered but it thought you were stupid...you must find a way to preserve your ignorance making you appear harmless by constantly checking the king & each move call back from your reserves to advance. @dramypsyd “why is your github basically empty?” “are your repos private?”
@dramypsyd I've legitimately used this. It didn't go smoothly. They asked for more detail and I told them "I was working as a consultant on a project." , which was followed by "well anyone can call themselves a consultant, it doesn't explain what you were actually doing." and I closed it down with "if you really need more information I can make a call, but you'll need to sign an NDA."   @dramypsyd Not so brilliant. The response will be: "Ah. I understand. Thank you for coming in."    @dramypsyd In Pharma research, saying that for a period of unemployment during the pandemic would save so many butts and also stoke rumors about what the NDA is about specifically hahaha @dramypsyd I once had a company ask if I'd already signed an NDA with them, I told them that I couldn't tell them.  feel free to use it wherever you like, but be aware that it's a lesson with caveats… 😛 i *still* often feel the overriding urge to be able to do everything all the time because humanity at large doesn't seem especially inclined to get its shit together in regards to the most pressing problems it is facing – while we *can* do more together, that doesn't mean we will. prime example: kafkaesque bureaucracies that get exponentially less efficient the more people are involved. 🐛  Interesting grammar point. A NDA is correct because it's a non-disclosure etc But we want to say "an en dee ay" because of the vowel _sound_. C.f. A European Union citizen, an Eeee you citizen. (Also vowel _sounds_ A yooniversity. An uhmbrella. An X (ecks) Ray.) Hope that helps! @Homebrewandhacking Huh, isn't the sound in pronunciation what decides whether 'a' or 'an' is used? I was always under the impression that this is an optimization to make it easier to both pronounce and understand… I believed that was the gist of what I wrote. Apologies for the lack of clarity.  @dramypsyd an oldie: @dramypsyd It depends on your field, though.   @dramypsyd |
@dramypsyd This might actually be genius. Probably would raise an eyebrow if you're in like retail or the service industry, but pretty brilliant. lol