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I’m sorry to hear that. I hope you’re able to pinpoint and address the causes.

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Companies when I spend an hour writing a customized cover letter, spend 30 minutes to find keywords in the job post, another 2 hours carefully tailoring my CV with those keywords, and another 30 minutes to input it all again into their third-party application portal:

The job hunt wasn’t a flop so to speak, but it sucks losing PTO for nothing, essentially. Of the 4 job offers, 2 really low-balled the salary (below my current) and the other 2 were great but disappeared through restructuring or dissolving. At least they were kind enough to hold on hiring me prior.

Sorry for the rant on your feeds.
Feeling the weight of a lot of unmet goals this year.

I had really hoped to make strides in my professional life this year and it just seems like the universe, economy and industry just said “Nah”.

It’s getting obvious that I’m burned out. 8 people at work this week have expressed concern over how exhausted I look.

I’ve averaged 5 hours of sleep per day for the year, used all my PTO on my kids’ sick days and an unsuccessful job hunt, and am paid peanuts to do the work of 3 people.

Just found my 2 year old’s xylophone stick in a carton of milk. How’s your evening shaping up, everyone?

The crinkling of hundreds of empty packets when you’re done only serves to amplify the “Ah shit, did I pack away that many?” guilt.

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Softbank and Nvidia news like:

I JUMPED thinking the conbini stocked Nanaimo Bars for a hot second

Also low-key Jelly for that Playdate

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Huh. Didn’t know I’d want a figure shelf.

(Looks great! Love the set ups!)

Being a dad means accepting that whatever follows the Tarzan bellow your 2 year old lets out at 7am is going to take the most of your time before work.

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No way, Toby. That is heartbreaking. I have no idea the internal politics or direction being made, but I hope they can see the value you and your team bring.

I have found Google maps to be massively unreliable in the last several months. I’ve also found that it changes my usual route or gives me arbitrary routes for no reason.

With practice, you’ll also find yourself needing to think less between really common phrases or structures as you develop a bit of verbal muscle memory.

At least, that was my takeaway from my experience.

Compared to 15 years ago, our smartphones generally have larger storage and better recording quality.
Throw on some headphones, read along out loud with the conversations and record your speech.
You’ll be surprised where your pitch doesn’t match, and notice when you give participles too much oomph.

One method of Japanese study that I would recommend everyone: Shadowing.
My prep course for university here included a class specifically on shadowing where we recorded ourselves.
Hearing yourself and hearing your mistakes is really key to understanding pitch accent.

That’s remarkable! Congrats to you and the team!

Incredible! Congratulations!

Hrmos, man…
3 companies I applied to use it, but each time I had to fill out a form with the same info on my resume.
Despite all 3 using the same platform, it doesn’t have a login. So instead of applying a template and adjusting details applicable to the job, I need to re-enter ｅｖｅｒｙ　ｄｅｔａｉｌ.

Living out near the mountains can be cold as hell around winter, but I do enjoy stepping outside to the smell of all the houses nearby using their wood stoves and fireplaces.

I could go for a scalding bowl of Ramen right about now

I get the whole “invest in yourself” to move up in your career, but who in this economy has the financial freedom to drop $1.5k for courses and a certificate? IF you pass the exam?

You’re alright, Tokyo

It’s been a hot minute since Tokyo Station. Nearly 4 years ago I came through to hear the Emperor’s New Year address.

The games business is about games. If you’re in the games business, and somehow (as often happens) your company somehow is now focused on something else (AI, XR, “IP,” acquisitions, etc.) you’re in for a period of struggle. Everyone will wonder what’s wrong. But you know. It’s about games. Gameplay.

The Nintendo Today! App has a Halloween image for whatever theme you have set. It’s pretty grand.

And what feels like overnight, the leaves have changed.