▲ 790 ▼ Best profile picture rule (gregtech.eu) submitted 2 years ago* by lena@gregtech.eu to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone 78 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] pipe01@programming.dev 88 points 2 years ago (1 child) Kinda based ngl permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NickwithaC@lemmy.world 54 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children) Based will come when corporate finally pulls their heads out of their arses and accepts that to hire good IT people you need to go to the cat girls. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 40 points 2 years ago (2 children) They know, they just don't want other companies to know. They might steal the cat girls permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Sergio@slrpnk.net 12 points 2 years ago (2 children) "OK, here's my elevator pitch. You know Operation Paperclip, after World War 2 where us and the Russians grabbed all the German rocket scientists we could? Well this is Operation Catgirl, and it's the future, and the US and EU have collapsed, and Russia and China are going through this post-apocalyptic wasteland trying to grab all the furries they can. It's like Mad Max meets Oppenheimer meets fandom. Whatdayasay?" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] NickwithaC@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I'd watch that! permalink fedilink source parent [–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Great but who will star? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Sergio@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Hmmm... I'm thinking Jack Black as a Russian officer and Simu Liu as Chinese officer... I dunno about the furries and catgirls... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Anarki_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 2 years ago :3 permalink fedilink source parent [–] python@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (2 children) So you're saying we all should be wearing cat ears in our Linkedin pictures to have better chances to be hired? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 years ago I know better than to tell any kind of cat what to do. permalink fedilink source parent [–] AeonFelis@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Stage 3 of the Signaling Cycle already? permalink fedilink source parent [–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 2 years ago Once Upon a Time, This Tech Company Actively Recruited Furries (Vice.com) Months earlier, recruiter Cindy Lee Smith noticed a trend in the resumes coming across her desk at Taos. Why were many job candidates listing “anthropomorphism” under their hobbies? As Christine Hyung-Oak Lee tells it—recalling her time as a junior recruiter under Smith—hitting upon the tech-talent goldmine of furrydom was something like an epiphany. “I remember her running out of her office into my cubicle, and she said, ‘Christine, we gotta get on these furries.’” And this was way back in 1996. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NickwithaC@lemmy.world 54 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children) Based will come when corporate finally pulls their heads out of their arses and accepts that to hire good IT people you need to go to the cat girls. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 40 points 2 years ago (2 children) They know, they just don't want other companies to know. They might steal the cat girls permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Sergio@slrpnk.net 12 points 2 years ago (2 children) "OK, here's my elevator pitch. You know Operation Paperclip, after World War 2 where us and the Russians grabbed all the German rocket scientists we could? Well this is Operation Catgirl, and it's the future, and the US and EU have collapsed, and Russia and China are going through this post-apocalyptic wasteland trying to grab all the furries they can. It's like Mad Max meets Oppenheimer meets fandom. Whatdayasay?" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] NickwithaC@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I'd watch that! permalink fedilink source parent [–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Great but who will star? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Sergio@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Hmmm... I'm thinking Jack Black as a Russian officer and Simu Liu as Chinese officer... I dunno about the furries and catgirls... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Anarki_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 2 years ago :3 permalink fedilink source parent [–] python@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (2 children) So you're saying we all should be wearing cat ears in our Linkedin pictures to have better chances to be hired? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 years ago I know better than to tell any kind of cat what to do. permalink fedilink source parent [–] AeonFelis@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Stage 3 of the Signaling Cycle already? permalink fedilink source parent [–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 2 years ago Once Upon a Time, This Tech Company Actively Recruited Furries (Vice.com) Months earlier, recruiter Cindy Lee Smith noticed a trend in the resumes coming across her desk at Taos. Why were many job candidates listing “anthropomorphism” under their hobbies? As Christine Hyung-Oak Lee tells it—recalling her time as a junior recruiter under Smith—hitting upon the tech-talent goldmine of furrydom was something like an epiphany. “I remember her running out of her office into my cubicle, and she said, ‘Christine, we gotta get on these furries.’” And this was way back in 1996. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 40 points 2 years ago (2 children) They know, they just don't want other companies to know. They might steal the cat girls permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Sergio@slrpnk.net 12 points 2 years ago (2 children) "OK, here's my elevator pitch. You know Operation Paperclip, after World War 2 where us and the Russians grabbed all the German rocket scientists we could? Well this is Operation Catgirl, and it's the future, and the US and EU have collapsed, and Russia and China are going through this post-apocalyptic wasteland trying to grab all the furries they can. It's like Mad Max meets Oppenheimer meets fandom. Whatdayasay?" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] NickwithaC@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I'd watch that! permalink fedilink source parent [–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Great but who will star? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Sergio@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Hmmm... I'm thinking Jack Black as a Russian officer and Simu Liu as Chinese officer... I dunno about the furries and catgirls... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Anarki_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 2 years ago :3 permalink fedilink source parent [–] python@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (2 children) So you're saying we all should be wearing cat ears in our Linkedin pictures to have better chances to be hired? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 years ago I know better than to tell any kind of cat what to do. permalink fedilink source parent [–] AeonFelis@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Stage 3 of the Signaling Cycle already? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sergio@slrpnk.net 12 points 2 years ago (2 children) "OK, here's my elevator pitch. You know Operation Paperclip, after World War 2 where us and the Russians grabbed all the German rocket scientists we could? Well this is Operation Catgirl, and it's the future, and the US and EU have collapsed, and Russia and China are going through this post-apocalyptic wasteland trying to grab all the furries they can. It's like Mad Max meets Oppenheimer meets fandom. Whatdayasay?" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] NickwithaC@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I'd watch that! permalink fedilink source parent [–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Great but who will star? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Sergio@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Hmmm... I'm thinking Jack Black as a Russian officer and Simu Liu as Chinese officer... I dunno about the furries and catgirls... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Anarki_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 2 years ago :3 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Great but who will star? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Sergio@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Hmmm... I'm thinking Jack Black as a Russian officer and Simu Liu as Chinese officer... I dunno about the furries and catgirls... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Anarki_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 2 years ago :3 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sergio@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Hmmm... I'm thinking Jack Black as a Russian officer and Simu Liu as Chinese officer... I dunno about the furries and catgirls... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Anarki_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 2 years ago :3 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] python@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (2 children) So you're saying we all should be wearing cat ears in our Linkedin pictures to have better chances to be hired? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 years ago I know better than to tell any kind of cat what to do. permalink fedilink source parent [–] AeonFelis@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Stage 3 of the Signaling Cycle already? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 years ago I know better than to tell any kind of cat what to do. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AeonFelis@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Stage 3 of the Signaling Cycle already? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 2 years ago Once Upon a Time, This Tech Company Actively Recruited Furries (Vice.com) Months earlier, recruiter Cindy Lee Smith noticed a trend in the resumes coming across her desk at Taos. Why were many job candidates listing “anthropomorphism” under their hobbies? As Christine Hyung-Oak Lee tells it—recalling her time as a junior recruiter under Smith—hitting upon the tech-talent goldmine of furrydom was something like an epiphany. “I remember her running out of her office into my cubicle, and she said, ‘Christine, we gotta get on these furries.’” And this was way back in 1996. permalink fedilink source parent
