Comment on Unappreciated in my own lifetime

TheFogan@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• jol@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Nothing boosts your impression on people like making them feel stupid. RIP

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  • captcha@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I wouldn’t expect this joke to make someone feel stupid if they know what UDP is, so it feels like it was a safe bet

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    • yakko@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Interviewing is (ideally) quite a structured type of conversation, when is a job interview. A lot of people have to lock in pretty hard to deal with how unnatural it is, and they might not have the spare bandwidth to catch a joke.

      Especially not someone from HR, they’re fucking troglodytes.

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      • TheBrideWoreCrimson@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I completely agree with your first paragraph.
        But TheFogan was probably not explaining UDP to an HR person in this scenario.

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      • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

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  • hessenjunge@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Yeah, but that’s not what this was.

    Interview asked about thing then does not get joke about most basic property of thing. Either the interviewer is incredibly incompetent or incapable of getting a joke.

    It’s a weird situation even for a job interview.

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    • TheFogan@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I mean I think he got it after a few seconds, he did laugh, and then comment how everything was so serious before then and it took him a bit to get it. I don’t think that was why I didn’t get the job.

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    • jol@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Humour is not universal, and cracking jokes in an interview is high risk no reward. I’ve rejected candidates that made inappropriate jokes before. Intentions don’t really matter, there’s 10 more candidates.

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      • hessenjunge@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Why do you keep moving the goal posts? We’re not talking about inappropriate jokes or someone being an ass during an interview. Honestly, if an interviewer wastes my time like this I’m ending the interview. Good luck finding just one more guy matching my talents.

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      • Nollij@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Interviews are also (if not primarily) a measure of cultural fit. Making tasteful jokes is absolutely appropriate, but depends on the culture. I wouldn’t want to work at a place that is too uptight for some humor.

        The UDP joke isn’t one that I’d probably use, but doesn’t feel out of place in the context of detailing the protocol.

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  • PhoenixDog@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Hey man, it’s not my fault other people are stupid.

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    • jol@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      What was that Marge meme? It’s true, but he shouldn’t say it :P

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  • RamenJunkie@midwest.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I mean, you would think most people would be used to that feeling by now.

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• Gremour@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I will also tell you a joke about TCP, and if you don’t get it, I will repeat.

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• Alfredolin@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  This is fucking funny.

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• zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I asked someone this that same question in an interview, not so much that it was important, but to see if they had general basic networking knowledge like they claimed to on their resume. Their highly confident explanation was “TCP is for sending, UDP is for receiving” They did not get the job, though not just because of that.

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  • teslekova@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Technically correct! Just leaving out a few details.

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• whosepoopisonmybuttocks@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Did you say, oh well, the way I remember it is Unsolicited Dick Pics versus Tasteful Consentual Penis

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