The phone screener said they've received 350 applications so far.

Jee-zus.

While I can totally understand getting confused about it, this is frustrating.

I work on product A and get a bug about it. Turns out the problem is in product B that product A uses. So I transfer the bug and say that the problem is in product B. Now I'm getting back an e-mail saying, hey I can't reproduce this in product C therefore the problem must be in A. Dude probably just doesn't know about the relationship between A and B, but it's still frustrating.

The phone screener said they've received 350 applications so far.

That reminds me of getting my first job out of college. It was '91 and pretty much everyplace was like that. At the job I got, they said they had 300 applicants. I ended up being the third choice, but one guy got a different job and the other only lasted a week or so. I got a rejection letter before getting an offer.

sara - incoming.

I seriously feel bad for kids graduating right now and trying to go out and get jobs. The job market was total shit in '91, but it's probably worse now.

I seriously feel bad for kids graduating right now and trying to go out and get jobs. The job market was total shit in '91, but it's probably worse now.

The difference I see now is that many companies are choosing to replace older, experienced (read: expensive) employees with new hires fresh out of college (read: cheap), whereas in the early 90s that was not so much the case. So in some cases it may be easier for a recent college grad to get a job, but they're probably going to be paid in Amazon gift cards.

We got in three of the four soccer games this weekend. My daughter's team got trounced. It's kinda tough for them, they only had a couple of their experienced players and their all girl team was playing a team that was mostly boys that look like they had experience. I think Emaryn is probably the best first time player on the team, a couple of others act like they are afraid of the ball.

Leif's team got in two games. They don't keep score at that age, or really in my daughter's league either, but Leif's team just destroyed the other teams. In the second game their coach told them to only use their left foot when shoot goals, to try to slow them down. I felt bad for the teams they were playing.

So in some cases it may be easier for a recent college grad to get a job, but they're probably going to be paid in Amazon gift cards.

Heh.

I have a whole rant about the 90s "slacker" stereotype for Gen X related to that -- some of us were graduating from college into a recession, and some of us were still in college!

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Continuing the fine tradition of cute tech currently infecting the industry, Lanchiya has unleashed its digital pig device called the MIP. The white orb is actually a multi-media car speaker designed to look like a pig.

The equally cute controls allow you to touch the pig's right ear to raise the volume and its left ear to lower the volume. Featuring a docking cradle on top of its head for iPod devices, the MIP also comes in pink, yellow and black and is available for just $119 here.