Timothy James
@geekitarian.bsky.social
I have helped 1000s of engineers sharpen their skills and find jobs.
Full-time Engineering VP and part-time computer science instructor. Always mentoring & always learning. Disgruntled but optimistic. I like photography & music & photography & ampersands.
Full-time Engineering VP and part-time computer science instructor. Always mentoring & always learning. Disgruntled but optimistic. I like photography & music & photography & ampersands.
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Timothy James
@geekitarian.bsky.social
· Feb 12
Careers
tripleup.com
We're hiring at Triple! If you live in or near Pittsburgh, come join our team and help millions of people save money. tripleup.com/careers
We're hiring at Triple! If you live in or near Pittsburgh, come join our team and help millions of people save money. tripleup.com/careers
Careers
tripleup.com
February 12, 2025 at 8:24 PM
We're hiring at Triple! If you live in or near Pittsburgh, come join our team and help millions of people save money. tripleup.com/careers
they say a messy desk is a sign of genius
I might be the smartest person alive
I might be the smartest person alive
February 8, 2025 at 8:08 PM
they say a messy desk is a sign of genius
I might be the smartest person alive
I might be the smartest person alive
It's truly shocking how much less compulsive your phone use becomes when you configure it to be B&W / grayscale.
February 2, 2025 at 9:39 PM
It's truly shocking how much less compulsive your phone use becomes when you configure it to be B&W / grayscale.
The quantity and variety of ads that I get for prescription drugs while watching Amazon Prime is INSANE.
January 26, 2025 at 7:56 PM
The quantity and variety of ads that I get for prescription drugs while watching Amazon Prime is INSANE.
I just watched a video titled "Funny moments from The Starving Games" and let me tell you that description was NOT accurate.
January 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I just watched a video titled "Funny moments from The Starving Games" and let me tell you that description was NOT accurate.
watching How I Met Your Mother for the first time right now
it's set in 2005
which weirdly makes it kind of like watching the Wonder Years depicting 1968 when it premiered in 1988
it's set in 2005
which weirdly makes it kind of like watching the Wonder Years depicting 1968 when it premiered in 1988
January 24, 2025 at 1:37 AM
watching How I Met Your Mother for the first time right now
it's set in 2005
which weirdly makes it kind of like watching the Wonder Years depicting 1968 when it premiered in 1988
it's set in 2005
which weirdly makes it kind of like watching the Wonder Years depicting 1968 when it premiered in 1988
glad to hear TikTok is back online, I don't know what people would have done without their daily dose of mediocre dance videos and tiring "comedy" skits
January 20, 2025 at 7:01 PM
glad to hear TikTok is back online, I don't know what people would have done without their daily dose of mediocre dance videos and tiring "comedy" skits
I don't think that people _almost_ recognizing Tony Hawk will ever get old
January 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I don't think that people _almost_ recognizing Tony Hawk will ever get old
really glad that I'm getting a dozen emails every day from financial institutions telling me that someday this year I'll get tax documents from them, it's really important information that I was really concerned about and I wasn't just going to go chase down at the last minute anyway
January 17, 2025 at 12:48 AM
really glad that I'm getting a dozen emails every day from financial institutions telling me that someday this year I'll get tax documents from them, it's really important information that I was really concerned about and I wasn't just going to go chase down at the last minute anyway
you can only call them alliances if they're formed in the Alliance, OH area... otherwise they're
January 16, 2025 at 1:38 PM
you can only call them alliances if they're formed in the Alliance, OH area... otherwise they're
most of the time when somebody asks you for an opinion on a decision what they really want is for you to just tell them what they were going to do anyway
January 16, 2025 at 1:11 PM
most of the time when somebody asks you for an opinion on a decision what they really want is for you to just tell them what they were going to do anyway
my son takes music lessons and every couple of months the school has a recital. it's pretty much just kids between ages 6 and 16. except Tony. Tony is a middle aged dad learning the bass and he goes out there and plays his best Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.
stay gold, Tony.
stay gold, Tony.
January 16, 2025 at 1:34 AM
my son takes music lessons and every couple of months the school has a recital. it's pretty much just kids between ages 6 and 16. except Tony. Tony is a middle aged dad learning the bass and he goes out there and plays his best Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.
stay gold, Tony.
stay gold, Tony.
I can't believe the absolute absurdity that non alcoholic white claw exists
January 12, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I can't believe the absolute absurdity that non alcoholic white claw exists
it's 2025 and there's still not a way to tell websites that you visit that you never, ever want to install their stupid app
January 9, 2025 at 7:41 PM
it's 2025 and there's still not a way to tell websites that you visit that you never, ever want to install their stupid app
the thing I love about Facebook now is how it shows me ads for things I don't care about and also shows me suggested posts that I do not want to see and very occasionally interrupts suggested posts and ads with personal updates from my network
January 9, 2025 at 2:18 AM
the thing I love about Facebook now is how it shows me ads for things I don't care about and also shows me suggested posts that I do not want to see and very occasionally interrupts suggested posts and ads with personal updates from my network
I just ate a lot of cookies and pizza before midnight so I can certainly say I’m living my best life
January 1, 2025 at 4:09 AM
I just ate a lot of cookies and pizza before midnight so I can certainly say I’m living my best life
remember 20 years ago when Geico introduced the caveman and it was sort of almost funny then?
good thing they realized they beat all of the humor out of that idea a decade ago, it’d be awful to see those commercials over and over again today
good thing they realized they beat all of the humor out of that idea a decade ago, it’d be awful to see those commercials over and over again today
December 26, 2024 at 7:24 PM
remember 20 years ago when Geico introduced the caveman and it was sort of almost funny then?
good thing they realized they beat all of the humor out of that idea a decade ago, it’d be awful to see those commercials over and over again today
good thing they realized they beat all of the humor out of that idea a decade ago, it’d be awful to see those commercials over and over again today
hiring is probably the most important thing to get right in a company, and choosing the right company is probably the most important thing for the candidate... so it absolutely blows my mind that I see people on LinkedIn complaining about having to do more than two interviews for a position
December 20, 2024 at 10:23 PM
hiring is probably the most important thing to get right in a company, and choosing the right company is probably the most important thing for the candidate... so it absolutely blows my mind that I see people on LinkedIn complaining about having to do more than two interviews for a position
not a big Hugh Grant fan or anything but I appreciate how much mundane stuff he absolutely hates
m.youtube.com/shorts/bmfVI...
m.youtube.com/shorts/bmfVI...
Hugh Grant HATING THINGS
YouTube video by Outstanding Screenplays
m.youtube.com
December 14, 2024 at 3:18 AM
not a big Hugh Grant fan or anything but I appreciate how much mundane stuff he absolutely hates
m.youtube.com/shorts/bmfVI...
m.youtube.com/shorts/bmfVI...
my Grinch trait is that I absolutely can't stand that "Wonderful Christmastime" song. Like I really really hate it. If I have to hear it once, I am not simply having a wonderful Christmastime.
December 12, 2024 at 3:36 AM
my Grinch trait is that I absolutely can't stand that "Wonderful Christmastime" song. Like I really really hate it. If I have to hear it once, I am not simply having a wonderful Christmastime.
since joining Bluesky I have received six chat messages from real people, 19 seemingly automated requests to subscribe to a newsletter, four offers to join the Illuminati (?), and approximately one hundred messages from bots in a variety of flavors
December 8, 2024 at 11:25 PM
since joining Bluesky I have received six chat messages from real people, 19 seemingly automated requests to subscribe to a newsletter, four offers to join the Illuminati (?), and approximately one hundred messages from bots in a variety of flavors
I think my problem with Bluesky so far is that 98% of the accounts I follow are in tech and 98% of the posts I see are complaints about Trump or Musk. Delivered content isn’t proportional to desired content.
December 7, 2024 at 2:27 PM
I think my problem with Bluesky so far is that 98% of the accounts I follow are in tech and 98% of the posts I see are complaints about Trump or Musk. Delivered content isn’t proportional to desired content.
a scam we’ve all totally bought into is giant ice cubes in cocktails. they seriously put half as much booze in these and charge $3 more and we all love it.
we’ve lost our way as a country
we’ve lost our way as a country
December 7, 2024 at 12:48 AM
a scam we’ve all totally bought into is giant ice cubes in cocktails. they seriously put half as much booze in these and charge $3 more and we all love it.
we’ve lost our way as a country
we’ve lost our way as a country
a thing I wish companies would stop doing is making the delivery tracking number link in shipping notification emails go to their website instead of the delivery tracking website. I don’t know why I need to go to eBay to get less information than what FedEx tells me
December 6, 2024 at 6:38 PM
a thing I wish companies would stop doing is making the delivery tracking number link in shipping notification emails go to their website instead of the delivery tracking website. I don’t know why I need to go to eBay to get less information than what FedEx tells me