I am very impressed with the current image generators out there, 4o / Leonardo / etc., but I cannot wait until they include some step to actually "check their work". Ask it to produce a watch with the time of 6:37. It fails every time, because almost all watch photos out there are set to a specific time, and seems like something an initial "did I do this right" check could confirm. The time example is trivial but a general "does this output actually make sense considering what the user asked" checked would be tremendously valuable.
First time I've ever seen this. Came to the comments to see if anyone else experienced that. I don't see openra in the blocklist but perhaps I need to look again.
LinkedIn's easy apply helps mitigate how tedious and soul crushing item three can be.
Set up an alert for new jobs that meet your requirements and be consistent. Set a goal of applying for five a day. If you apply to more then great but meet your goal. I'll add each application to a log that has the company, when I applied, the position, and something I found interesting about the posting. Helps remind me in a month when I hear something back.
Just remember, you have zero information on where the company is in on the hiring process for this position. They could still be in the 'collecting applications' phase and won't really take a look at the applicants for days or weeks.
In my experience, very few companies look at applications as they come in. They have a target date where they do a first cut and then move onto the next. This creates those situations where you hear back from an application weeks and months later. This also creates that soul crushing feeling of "I've applied to 20 positions this week and haven't heard ANYTHING."
Apply to a few each day and move on. The companies are doing everything they can to maximize their efficiency with this process, including bad behavior's like ghosting / posting jobs just to meet regulations when they already have who they are going to hire / etc., so there is nothing wrong with you maximizing your efficiency where it makes sense. Apply and move on.
Side note, don't forget item one above, personal network. It feels great to me to get a job offer from some company where my personal network wasn't involved in any way, but the reality is that most jobs are filled by someone already aligned in some way, aka personal network was involved.
I'm just one person but in my experience the quality of open positions on LinkedIn has been exactly 0 for quite awhile. I was looking for a job in 2020 and LinkedIn was full of open positions with my skillset. I received almost 0 replies from any of my applications.
Again, this is just my opinion, but I would argue that it's best to spend that time researching companies and their open positions and try to find ways to apply through some alternative channels.
None that I could find just yet. Have been loving the Bluesky API the past few days and had high hopes something would be ready for threads from the start.
