I wouldn’t count on it. Been getting those letters for a good 10 years.
That industry is rife with exploitation; I’ve collected pages and pages of resume builders, entry level, junior, blah blah blah. Budgets are low because work and experience isn’t valued. If you do make it work, congratulations, you’re the rare example.
I switched careers from video/film because I didn’t want to live out of a car and other jobs paid better.
While I like to agree with that vision of decentralized social media, even here on lemmy we have our own pitfalls. Echo chambers are unchecked and defederation (even justified) happens.
I don’t assume everyone here is a real person. There was a article recently that AI was training “persuasiveness” using reddit subreddits. I have to believe a similar trial exists on the fediverse least I be caught off guard.
Plus, there are a lot of folks here (it seems like a majority sometimes in my personal experience) that are quick to advocate violence/sabotage in lieu of negotiation and debate. That reaks of puppeteering; there can’t be that many arseholes here, right?
I know I have some strong biases that lean towards peace, and I’m confused sometimes why a comment of mine in the fediverse gathers double digit upvotes steadily only to plummet to the negatives overnight. I get old reddit botnet vibes on some topics.
I suppose I want to like lemmy, the freedom, these communities, but it is still polarizing and influenceable by [insert tech/political/financial interests]. I don’t trust this enough to recommend to friends and family, but my presence here makes it a fraction more what I want to be.
Grr! That smug-arse thumbnail. Such a punchable face. I have no idea why it gives me such anxiety… That shade of lifelessness and pale eyes.
I hear the blog is well written. It’s just that thumbnail!
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