Speed and coordination (related to job search)

[SDRSpark]

I agree, but I'm not in the employer's shoes when they determine this, even after three days...

I suspect that this is a case of "you dodged a bullet" as much as anything else. Clearly, the employer has expectations that are unreasonable, at the very least, it's unreasonable to place those expectations on YOU. I'm guessing it's unreasonable for anyone, but some people are better at handling that particular type of abuse than others, and that's the people that the employer wants.

It's not a good thing that they have those expectations. It probably IS a good thing that you couldn't hack it well enough that you got out of their clutches.

 

[Judge]

I suspect that this is a case of "you dodged a bullet" as much as anything else. Clearly, the employer has expectations that are unreasonable, at the very least, it's unreasonable to place those expectations on YOU. I'm guessing it's unreasonable for anyone, but some people are better at handling that particular type of abuse than others, and that's the people that the employer wants.

I suspect the pandemic has brought on such unreasonable expectations on the part of employers. Who are hellbent on passing along all the unreasonable expectations government and health authorities placed upon them. All in pursuit of recouping financial losses that in most cases cannot ever be fully recovered.

Job-hunters may want to seriously evaluate prospective employers, avoiding those profoundly hurt in the pandemic. Regardless of one's work history, it may be advisable for the foreseeable future to avoid those businesses altogether if possible.

Where work reflecting elastic demand may be rough for most any new employee. The end of the pandemic itself will not be the end of struggle and hardship for many.

 

[The Pandector]

Some explanation --
I supervised the operation, maintenance and repair for a computer complex. With $millions per minute at stake and people in harm's way, my frontline workers had to be system-savvy but also people-oriented, but not necessarily the guy actually approaching the hardware rationally when something goes wrong at the worst time. Who may be the most skilled technician on the floor, but not the person you would use to oversee less-skilled technicians in daily test-repair-mop-up operations. Then there were the general system operators and technicians. Lastly there was me, who managed this operation (times three shifts) and played technical consultant to customer and user groups.

My point being that there are places in that world for many different kinds of people. Each of them had to be technically competent in the field. Yet so much variation, just in the field of techies! And techies are a breed unto themselves. There was the oft-present programming staff, another infamously unique culture of wildly divergent types.

That was just my tiny corner of a huge economy. Pinpoint a job you can do, qualify yourself for it and go after it. Don't take me to say it's at all easy, but consider that it isn't easy for employers either. So, when you come across a qualified individual who is focused on a particular position, asking good questions and articulating some type of passion... that goes a looong way. We autists can be very passionate, and can harness that. At the right job.

 

[SDRSpark]

I suspect the pandemic has brought on such unreasonable expectations on the part of employers. Who are hellbent on passing along all the unreasonable expectations government and health authorities placed upon them. All in pursuit of recouping financial losses that in most cases cannot ever be fully recovered.

This is true...my company is currently trying to do this, I think, and as a result we're hemorrhaging employees (some of them are walking out the door with critical knowledge/experience that cannot be replaced) and it's getting worse by the day. I've been here 10 years and it wasn't like this for 9 of them.

 

[Judge]

This is true...my company is currently trying to do this, I think, and as a result we're hemorrhaging employees (some of them are walking out the door with critical knowledge/experience that cannot be replaced) and it's getting worse by the day. I've been here 10 years and it wasn't like this for 9 of them.

Good point. Just another example of how the pandemic has roiled the entire job market, creating so much collateral damage beyond Covid-19 itself.

 

[Sherlock77]

This most recent job (a small store) has always run a one person receiving department, according to what the owner told me, and the store has been around for at least 20 years and well respected... Although I did get some sense that the store seems to be buying almost too many items lately, and that there is hardly anywhere to put anything that comes in - depending on the item...

 

[Judge]

This most recent job (a small store) has always run a one person receiving department, according to what the owner told me, and the store has been around for at least 20 years and well respected... Although I did get some sense that the store seems to be buying almost too many items lately, and that there is hardly anywhere to put anything that comes in - depending on the item...

For what it's worth, it appears at least here locally that the digital camera market is putting up quite a strong resistance against the smartphone market. I know many times I've heard people in retail (like my brother) who confidently expected the smartphone market's continued enhancement of digital camera functions to eventually overtake the more conventional digital camera market.

In essence, now I'm not so sure that may happen. Looks pretty damn competitive at the moment. Though I also see more serious photographers sticking with conventional digital cameras for any number of reasons, despite ever more functional smartphone cameras.

 

[Sherlock77]

Leaving job search behind for a moment... I would much rather use a physical camera (ie. one with camera body and different lenses), there is something tactile about handling a camera itself... But I do sense what you mean, as smart phone camera get better all the time...

 

[Judge]

Leaving job search behind for a moment... I would much rather use a physical camera (ie. one with camera body and different lenses), there is something tactile about handling a camera itself... But I do sense what you mean, as smart phone camera get better all the time...

My cousin is an avid smartphone user. But she has the same comments when it comes to having to awkwardly hold a smartphone as opposed to a digital SLR. Though I don't ever see a smartphone being able to go toe-to-toe with a high quality lens either.

It's nice to have a device that can execute so many sophisticated functions. However for those of us who are single-minded about the image we want, there are no substitutes for a digital camera.

 

[Sherlock77]

My cousin is an avid smartphone user. But she has the same comments when it comes to having to awkwardly hold a smartphone as opposed to a digital SLR. Though I don't ever see a smartphone being able to go toe-to-toe with a high quality lens either.

You mean the $1,400 I spent on a wide angle lens last week? I did have the money for it (thanks to a large tax refund)

 

[Judge]

You mean the $1,400 I spent on a wide angle lens last week? I did have the money for it (thanks to a large tax refund)

Yeah, I don't see a cellphone with any such equivalent. That's where they get off this train...

Digital interpolation can go a long way, but lens quality is the ultimate benchmark in such comparisons. Though if you don't plan on printing anything beyond 8.5 x 11 inches, it may not matter to most folks.

 

[Sherlock77]

Yeah, I don't see a cellphone with any such equivalent. That's where they get off this train...

I will say that I see pro photographers who are using a high quality camera phone as part of their work flow, but they also usually have a physical camera they use as well

 

[Judge]

I will say that I see pro photographers who are using a high quality camera phone as part of their work flow, but they also usually have a physical camera they use as well

Yep. Just in case. To be in the right place at the right time, even if you aren't loaded down with so much traditional equipment. That's where the cellphone camera can come in handy. Though at the moment I get the impression that HD video is all the rage. Especially with image stabilization. Quite evident on platforms like YouTube.

While carrying a cellphone as a camera may be conspicuous in itself, it's still less so compared to someone holding a DSLR. Amusing to see various videos of people on the streets unaware or oblivious to those holding up their cellphones.

 

[SDRSpark]

I will say that I see pro photographers who are using a high quality camera phone as part of their work flow, but they also usually have a physical camera they use as well

I'm not a pro photographer by any means, but I will say that I've largely stopped using my DSLR since I got my newest smart phone. It does very easily many of the things which I can do with the DSLR but which take more effort.

There are some things that the phone camera just can't do though. For those I need the DSLR. However, that's not 90% of the photos that I take on a regular basis.

 

[Judge]

There are some things that the phone camera just can't do though. For those I need the DSLR. However, that's not 90% of the photos that I take on a regular basis.

I think that was the marketing intent within the cellphone market- snapshots/selfies rather than serious photography. Offering special effects without having to resort to using complex software like Photoshop. Though Adobe has managed to dumb down such functions seen with programs like Photo Elements.

But the issue of serious video is clearly within the range of the more expensive cellphones offering 4x and 8x video with image stabilization. Impressive...

 

[Sherlock77]

Alright folks... Heading out for a walk now into the 5 Celcius day (spring in Alberta ), since I now have the day off, more "testing" of that new 10-24 lens in some landscape settings... @SDRSpark I now use digital mirrorless, which I think is where much of the dSLR market is headed to, if they aren't going to camera phones... One street photo from last weekend with the 10-24 wide angle lens on my Fuji X-T1

 

[Sherlock77]

And talking about cellphone cameras, I have experimented using the night mode one feature I enjoy, I took this one on my Google Pixel 4a phone last summer

 

[SDRSpark]

Alright folks... Heading out for a walk now into the 5 Celcius day (spring in Alberta ), since I now have the day off, more "testing" of that new 10-24 lens in some landscape settings... @SDRSpark I now use digital mirrorless, which I think is where much of the dSLR market is headed to, if they aren't going to camera phones... One street photo from last weekend with the 10-24 wide angle lens on my Fuji X-T1

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I've never heard of digital mirrorless...I'll have to look that up. That is an incredible photograph!!!

 

[Judge]

Alright folks... Heading out for a walk now into the 5 Celcius day (spring in Alberta ), since I now have the day off, more "testing" of that new 10-24 lens in some landscape settings... @SDRSpark I now use digital mirrorless, which I think is where much of the dSLR market is headed to, if they aren't going to camera phones... One street photo from last weekend with the 10-24 wide angle lens on my Fuji X-T1

Sounds fun. Wondering what can be done at 10mm. 18mm is as low as my zoom lens goes. Enjoy.

 

[VernalSole1355]

Someone else told me that once many years ago, problem is I'm not all that drawn to video games, really have no interest in them and never have had interest... I can type properly, that's something I've always been able to do since high school

Video games were a MAJOR factor in my development. It helped me gain arm strength, and increased my motor skills. As a gamer and an Aspie, I would say that video games can be a benefit to us. If you'd like to try one, I'd recommend a simple game, such as Super Mario Bros, Mario Kart, or Minecraft. Minecraft especially can really be played at any pace by anyone due to it's accessibility. It's on almost every major console (including PC), and on the past generation of consoles (Xbox 360, PS3, etc.)

 

[Sherlock77]

I've never heard of digital mirrorless...I'll have to look that up. That is an incredible photograph!!!

dSLR, or a film SLR, has a mirror that flips back and forth to create the image, effectively it needs physical space to do that... Mirrorless (or film equivalent Rangefinder cameras), obviously don't have a mirror, they are much smaller to the equivalent dSLR, and are gaining in popularity...