A reporter at the Verge just had a hands on with it and confirmed that you do, unfortunately, have to lift it up.
there’s no way to reach the power button, which is on the underside of the computer, without lifting it up.
Mac Mini's are cool, and I appreciate that Apple has some of the most experienced and talented designers in the world... But they put the power switch on the bottom. You have to lift it up and turn it over to turn it on and off.
I'll believe it when I see it. Seems every candidate has promised this for as long as I've been following American politics and no one actually manages it.
It definitively feels like AI is in my way in many ways. There's clearly a lot of recruiters using it to sort through applications (I've gotten more than a few rejections that start with "Sure! Here's a polite but firm letter rejecting a job candidate."), but also the expectation that AI can do what I'd be doing as a junior, so why bother hiring juniors?
I get the point about publishing everything and I've been doing that. Even my janky early Python is on my Github. It's just frustrating that I'm not even getting the chance to discuss it with an interviewer.
I'll look into some of those channels and such as well, thank you.
I've posted in other communities (like on Reddit) and largely gotten vague, very poor, or aggressive responses. My hope with a dedicated mentor is that I'd get someone I can work with over a few months to figure out what the issues are in my search. Although it's not bonkers expensive, it does cost a decent chunk of change.
I'm mostly interested in webdev right now - my main skill set is in React and Node but I'm much more comfortable in frontend work. I've been working on learning C#/.NET since many jobs in my city want it and I find it a bit more intuitive, but it's been slow going learning a whole new language and framework while working full time at a non-dev job. A longer term goal for me is to move into game dev but I've put that on hold because of the hard times that industry is going through, of course.
I've had a very tough time finding my first position as a junior dev and have been looking into getting a paid mentor to help me out. Someone who can give me a specific, clear idea of what skills I might need to have, refine, etc, as well as some looser guidance and direction after losing my confidence.
Do any of you have experience with services like this? Somewhere like Mentor Cruise or something similar?
Edit: to be clear, I'm looking for my first role as a web developer, ideally frontend with React (which is what I feel most confident in). I've been at this for over a year and a half - I do have a portfolio, Github, etc with projects in JS and some basic Python. I'm aware of how to look for a job, but actually getting anyone to look at me has been the hard part, as I've only had two interviews that went nowhere. The handful of people who've seen my portfolio seemed fine with it and the impression I have is that it is enough to demonstrate my skill level, but I'm still getting very little back.