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Profile pic and banner credits: sharkaeopteryx art by @superkiak! eggbug by eggbug! Mash-up by me!
[Alt-text for pfp: a cute sharkaeopteryx sat on the ground with legs out, wings down, jaw ajar, and hed empty, looking at eggbug and eggbug's enigmatic smile.]
[Alt-text for banner: a Spirit Halloween banner with eggbug and the sharkaeopteryx that Superkiak drew for me looking at it with inscrutable expressions]


I'm a Vietnamese cis woman born and currently living in the U.S. You may know me from Sandwich, from Twitter or Mastodon (same username), or on Twitch as Sharkaeopteryx. I do not have a Discord or Bluesky account.

Ask me about language learning/teaching, cooking/eating food, late diagnosis ADHD, and volunteer small business mentoring. Or don't, I'm not the boss of you.


I think people deserve to be young, make mistakes, and grow without being held to standards they don't know about yet and are still learning. So, if you are under 22, please don't try to strike up a friendship or get involved in discussions on my posts.


Please don't automatically assume I follow/know/co-sign someone just because I reposted something from them—sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. Also, if you think being removed as a follower when we're not mutuals is a cardinal sin, please do not follow me.


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anactualdinosaur
@anactualdinosaur

This gal. 😎
I never really expected the job to be a long term thing but it sucks because I liked that job and needed a bit more time to recover financially and emotionally than uhh 6 months. It's also obviously unexpected.

We had a team of ~50 and they cut 11 people from a specialized subteam in February. A bunch of people freaked out and they were like "we're making intentionally deep and conservative cuts to avoid having to do this again anytime soon."
And that came alongside a "numbers-driven" VP stepping in over our team (a compliance team), and when I asked her "ok we have soft skills that don't provide numbers. How do you expect us as a team prove numerical value to you?" and she said "Do more interviews."
Fast forward literally less than 30 days and they cut the team down to 8 people.

Gonna list some professional stuff below the break.
I've intentionally worded a lot of this casually for ease, and I can easily provide copy for business-sonas.
Shares greatly appreciated.



manalabyrinth
@manalabyrinth

TTRPGs for Palestine is still looking for some TTRPGs to join them until April 11th. It's a charity TTRPG bundle where all proceeds are going to the PCRF, and goes live from April 12th - 30th.

They're shooting for at least 150 submissions - as of writing they're at 130. If you're a TTRPG creator and want to get involved, here's their submission form.

Dislcaimer: I'm not involved in this at all! However, I've been following the bundle organiser for a while and to my knowledge they don't have a cohost, so I thought I'd share.