Invictus Castigated

Today I was laid off from the IT field after 30 years at the same job. I started part time in 96' when I was a junior in high school, just doing basic troubleshooting and fixing computers. I worked through college and then full time after. What did I get for my 30 years of service? Almost nothing. I got 3 weeks vacation, which was supposed to be accrued only (which would have been 1.5 weeks) but after I complained it was changed to the full 3 weeks and paid medical for a few months. No severance. No cushion. Nothing. 😒 Why was I laid off? - Dwindling client base - The number was cut in half in recent years; several closed and some found other IT vendors. Splitting time between a smaller number of clients obviously is not sustainable. - AI automation - gone are the days of needing to run around to every computer to apply updates, basic things can be fixed remotely, and AI makes reporting that took days take hours. Instead of asking IT for help, clients just ask AI which walks them through fixing many things - Instead of needing an expert, AI can do it all for you. - Less need for IT support - back in the day, late 90's - 2010's, people had no idea how to do basic computing, hooking up computer, printers, ect. The modern workforce is able to do most of this stuff themselves and are much more computer savvy. What will I do now? Not sure. Since I have done this for 30 years, I'm unsure of the direction I want to go. I could get into another IT job probably, but we will see where the wind takes me. Without X, I would be sunk - the cost of living is so high in MA, all of my regular income went to cover the essentials. Most of the money that I have earned on X has been saved so I have that to fall back on but I never intended for it to be my full time thing. The direction X is going I sadly dont know if its viable to do full time and that's pretty sad for an account this size. At one point it seemed like a possibility, but the way things are looking now, it seems like they dont want to pay anyone for anything any more. In the meantime, I will be trying to improve my X game and possibly doing more spaces, articles, research, ect - but at the end of the day, even if I do those things, I have no idea if it will be worth it or viable the way things are looking. 'Make your living on X' Elon once said - it seems like a pipe dream at this point but here's to hoping for the future. 🥂

@AmyKremer I voted early.

Georgia Voters… Have you voted early for the GA Primary next Tuesday, May 19th? If not, do you plan to vote early? Why or why not? I’ll go first….👇🏼

“The biggest mistake we make in life is thinking we have time” - Kobe Bryant

It was never a conspiracy theory. It was an official UN report.

@NancyMace No

Do you support a one-year moratorium on data centers in South Carolina?

🚨 The Chinese Communists have just TICKETED the Fox News crew, using their abundance of surveillance cameras placed around Beijing! BRET BAIER: "There are literally cameras everywhere...they see everything...our driver parked illegally for 2 MINUTES and got a ticket for $40!" "Because they saw it, on the camera." This is Communism! It's what the Democrats want.

@HumbleFlow Civics. Pre 1980s.

Subjects that should be mandatory in schools: - Philosophy - Critical thinking - Problem-solving What would you add?

@stelzner_n1150 Mea culpa 😂🤣

Old Gen X is just as bad as boomers. It’s the 55+ crowd that’s a problem.

William Tyndale was burned at the stake in 1536 for translating the Bible into English. His last prayer was that God would open the eyes of the King of England. Your Bible exists because a man let them light him on fire so you could read it. You have not opened it in eight days.

13.1% of credit card balances in the US are now 90+ days delinquent, the highest since 2011. 10.3% of student loan balances are now 90+ days delinquent, the highest since 2020. 5.6% of auto loan balances are now 90+ days delinquent, the highest level on record.

@catturd2 @for_viv @grok who is Randy Jackson?

Please tell me this isn’t real.

@wsbtv Man hiding at Wendy’s arrested for causing crash with garbage truck which snarled traffic for hours.

@wsbtv Please - learn to write headlines. Please. Pretty please. (Was the crash found at Wendy’s? Was he arrested in the garbage truck crash?)

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This is THE reason people don’t take MARTA in Atlanta

JUST IN: 59,000-year-old tooth found in Siberian cave suggests Neanderthals performed dental surgery.

@omgsidewalks “Card” no. “Account number” yes.

How many people actually have library cards as adults? 🥸

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Unpopular Fact: The bottom 1% are a bigger problem than the top 1%.

Just a reminder that Joe Biden gave Zelensky $8 BILLION DOLLARS on the same day that Hurricane Helene hit the United States. Read that again.

Appeals court has blocked $83 million to E. Jean Carroll.