monkey26

We currently have a list of open job positions that are not open. The idea is to keep some resumes coming in as we might find a diamond. But showing these positions as open doesn't sit well with me.

What's a good way, or a good example to encourage people to apply if they think they'd be an asset to our team even if we have no real open positions that fit them?

I've created a new server that is showing some promise but will need to manager users, and even subscriptions to move forward. Currently its just a Rust backend and an Angular frontend, no logins, etc.

Is there anything off the shelf that can help, 1) user management and 2) subscriptions? I'd rather not get too bogged down in these details myself.

I know there are services like Auth0 to help with the authentication (social signon and 2fa are a must), and Stripe for payments, but anything a little more integrated from the start?

It would be OK if I had to run something like a Python application beside mine for user management.

Thanks.

I know I'm not alone here, I work (ie: contract, but full time) for a US entity and get paid a fixed US rate, but with the dollar weakening I'm at a reasonable loss from when I started 2 years ago.

How are others dealing with this? Either from their side as the work, or even from the company side.

In social situations, as soon as we deviate from the tech I get lost, and often start to feel dumb. After 20 years of being a developer, my role has evolved to a point where I often have to talk to people who aren't as into the tech I am, and more about the business. And this often means dinners and such were other topics always come up.

This is very hard to describe, but I can't be the only geek faced with this. Any pointers to being more grown up in adult conversions given I'm already grown up (pro developer for 20 years, you do the math).

Thanks!

Due to a new contract, I now have to actively manage 2 computers during my day. One for the new contract, and another for my existing open source work which requires me to keep in touch, etc, and I'm having trouble figuring out how to ergonomically handle this.

Currently I use 2 or 3 24" monitors where the center one is directly in front of me, for simple ergonomics. I use one or 2 side monitors for other stuff, chat, youtube video, music or reference material. This has always worked great, as I can have my code on the center monitor where my focus is.

But now I'll be about 1/2 time on one computer, and 1/2 time on the other, but would still like to keep tabs on the other thing. Of course multiple monitors allow this. But what is the best way to have the center monitor contain what I'm trying to focus on at that time.

Right now I'm thinking of how to use a KVM to toggle the input of the center monitor. And then use the wing monitors for email/chat notifications of the different scopes.

I'm used to context switching in my head like this, so I'm not worried about the cognitive load. I've just never been forced to use a dedicated computer for a specific contract. This is more about ergonomics for me.

Thanks.