Comparative Reality

We're back from Hawaii, which was pretty damn nice. Although the big island is much, much nicer than Oahu. Honolulu/Waikiki is just too damned crowded, and not really the sort of place I enjoy vacationing. More on that later.

I also accepted a job offer, with some reservations (due to the commute). I felt a bit pushed into it, not by any person, but by circumstance: Talking to former coworkers, now at different companies, I heard multiple stories of mass layoffs, department cuts, and hungry bands of tech writers roaming the streets of Silicon Valley.

I only sent out a few resumes while I was on vacation, but I didn't receive any response about those, or about dozens of others that I sent out before I left. Well, except for a couple of messages from game company recruiters saying that they don't have any tech writer positions open, and those, at least, were polite. I filled out a long application form for one company, then never heard back from them. I would at least appreciate a "you don't fit our current requirements" note, but most recruiters just can't seem to be bothered. Or they're just flooded with resumes. Or they've been replaced by computers.