Darrik Moberg

Hi all! 👋 I was laid off and am looking for my next senior front end developer role.

I have 19+ years of experience working with small agencies and Fortune 500 companies and focus on writing clean, accessible HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

Resume: aubreysambor.com/resume/

Leads/reposts appreciated!

An infographic titled "How BIG are the BLACK HOLES we find with GRAVITATIONAL WAVES?" by @astronerdika. The graphic displays a range of black hole masses detected via gravitational waves, categorized by their size in solar masses (mass of the Sun) and represented with playful cat-like black hole illustrations. The categories from left to right are: 1. "<5 times the mass of the Sun" - Labeled "smol" - Very small black hole illustration represented by a curled up black cat - Arrow pointing left: "THIS WAY TO NEUTRON STARS" - Example: "Big component of GW230529 (~3.6 times the mass of the Sun)" 2. "~10 times the mass of the Sun" - Labeled "basic" - Slightly larger black hole cat illustration - Caption: "LOTS OF BLACK HOLES" 3. "~35–45 times the mass of the Sun" - Labeled "hefty" - Bigger black hole cat illustration - Continues the idea of a populated range 4. ">60 times the mass of the Sun" - Labeled "chonky" - Large black hole cat illustration - Caption: "FORBIDDEN TERRITORY? (can these even be made from the collapse of star cores?!)" - Example: "Components of GW190521 (~85 + ~66 times the mass of the Sun)" 5. ">100 times the mass of the Sun" - Labeled "oh lawd" - Very large, curled-up black hole cat illustration - Arrow pointing right: "THIS WAY TO INTERMEDIATE MASS BLACK HOLES" - Example: "Components of GW231123 (~137 + ~103 times the mass of the Sun)" Below the categories is a stylized black curve representing the inferred population of black holes detected by LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA. It rises sharply in the "basic" range and falls off toward the "hefty" and "chonky" ranges, with a note reading: "this curve is an artistic representation of the black hole population inferred by LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA." This infographic draws from the “Chonky Cat” meme.

Heard the latest news from the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA collaboration? We detected the collision of the most massive pair of black holes so far: #GW231123 weighing in at ~137 + ~103 times the mass of the Sun!

So to celebrate, here’s a handy chart ✨

Just how chonky are these black holes? 🤔

Yay! Congrats

I've got ~8 years of experience ranging from internal apps, dev tools, CMS/e-commerce sites, and accessibility audits. I'm a framework + language generalist too.

I know a few other oregon-based devs with front end/back end experience looking for work too.

In an unfortunate turn of events, I got hit by another non-performance based layoff exactly a year after the last one. Looking for a new front end, full stack, or accessibility role ASAP. I've mostly done remote, but would be open to Seattle or Portland based roles. Reposts appreciated.

Hey folks, I'm still looking

🙏🖤

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For sure! I'll definitely reach out if I have success (or not!). Good luck on your interviews!

Thank you! I had similar experiences only getting referrals the last layoff but most of the places I know people aren't hiring at the moment.

I've been skeptical of the cold-messaging strangers strategy because I haven't known anyone who had tried it directly. But it's good to know it can work!

Congrats!

Could I ask what your job search strategy is? I feel like you've had more interviews scheduled than most people I've seen and I'd love to adjust my strategy a bit since I've had very little luck over the past month.

LindaKat Codes The online home of all my code, thoughts, and more.

As good a time as any to share that I'm looking for a job as a software engineer!

- 2+ yrs. exp. in web dev, lots more in retail
- Paid work in React & Angular, personal in Astro & Vue
- Looking for a product team doing good in the world

Find case studies, blogs, & more on my site: lindakat.com

Okay gang, those who sling HTML, CSS, JS, which _Firefox_ bugs are blocking you? Which features do you think need improving? What new features would you like to see? What work would you prioritise? Big or small, bonus points for linking to a bug (even more for filing bugs then linking them)!

Thanks! Doesn't look like y'all can hire in Washington (State) or Oregon, so I'm probably not eligible. I may know some people I can pass this along to.

I've got ~8 years of experience ranging from internal apps, dev tools, CMS/e-commerce sites, and accessibility audits. I'm a framework + language generalist too.

I know a few other oregon-based devs with front end/back end experience looking for work too.

In an unfortunate turn of events, I got hit by another non-performance based layoff exactly a year after the last one. Looking for a new front end, full stack, or accessibility role ASAP. I've mostly done remote, but would be open to Seattle or Portland based roles. Reposts appreciated.

I can't DM you here, but would love to chat about the role.

Shell Little Senior Accessibility Specialist, Inclusive Design Leader, and international keynote speaker.

Excited to announce I've begun the process of building out my first set of courses: 'WCAG for Designers'. If you're interested in learning how to understand and apply the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines as a designer, feel free to drop a follow or sign up for updates at shellelittle.com

Happy #TransDayOfVisibility!

If you’re a dev who’s ever done web stuff and used NPM, and especially if you enjoyed NPM catching up to Yarn ca. ~2018.

If you’re a Rust dev who’s used miette, big-brain, cacache.

If you like KDL.

Then you’ve benefited from the work of a trans person.

There's not enough good nonbinary jokes out there so I wrote one:

What kind of sandwich can you make with two slices of nonbinary bread?
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Depends on what's enby-tween them!

#nonbinary #enby #jokes #IfYouKnowYouKnow #LGBTQJokes #NonbinaryJokes

(My kids are < 7)
They like:
- outfoxed
- animal upon animal
- candyland
- Rhino Hero
- Wild Kratts
- Orchard game (we have the "my first" version)

Our kids love board games.

Cooperative board games are also a great intro, because then everyone wins or loses together vs one person winning over everyone else.

Modeling good winning + losing behavior helps too. Some of the emotions around losing are socialized.

If you're using it as an SMS app to text people not in signal, very likely. We replaced our text convos + video calls with signal chats.

I'd start with moving people from telegram/what's app/Facebook messenger chats to signal. Or maybe if you have a group text with both iPhone & Android users.

It's also a non-profit so there's no incentive for them to share your data to 3rd parties.

There are layers to the privacy though. If you choose fisappearing messages, when the chat is gone, it's gone. Choosing an anonymous username makes it harder for someone to connect the chat to you

Disclaimer: in tech, but not a security expert by any means.

So it's private in that only the devices in the chats have access to the messages due to the encryption. Unlike other apps, every chat is encrypted. It's part of why journalists and others recommend it for talking off the record.

We moved our household group chat to signal from another messaging app.

On some level it is "just" a messaging app. On the other hand, most of the comparable messaging apps are ethically dubious and don't have the same privacy commitments.

Happy to answer any specific q's if that would be helpful

When the ban first happened my friend asked "what app am I going to use for pebbling now" and that was the most accurate depiction of my feelings and how I use the app that I've heard.

I started seeing tik toks for this recently. And I'm hoping they figure it out.

www.oregon.gov/dcbs/uhpgb/P...

Washington also has a resolution for a state-wide plan.

Congrats!

Thank you so much!

I'd definitely love to hear your Portland recs. I know very few people in Portland so am definitely open to whatever.

I worked for a startup that integrated with it and we built demo sites with it. It's been a bit but happy to chat if it's helpful.

One of the people I follow for this kind of info broke down contact effectiveness the other day as "phone calls during business hours" > voice mails > emails + automated services.