cloudedcordial

Curious to know about the pilot program!

I wonder what kind of vetting process the couple went through in the US as well. The story may over-simplify the process.

In Canada, my family knew a couple who tried to adopt a child in the decades ago because of infertility. The vetting process and the paperwork from the government agency was "audacious". They said the amount of red tape was so much to the point that the fertile couples would not adopt locally.

Back in the day, adopting a child from China and Romania was easier than adopting locally.

Plenty of adopted folks have been curious about birth parents as teens and adults. Not sure elsewhere around the world. In Canada, the adoption records used to be closed but have been gradually. There have been cases that the birth parents did not reply.

The car-dependent culture create a problem that you can't even go to work if you cannot afford a car.

Agree! The metric, even if it's an intelligent guess, justify why you did such tasks. It helps to bring a coherent story about your professional work. The tasks are not for vanity.

Yes, please ignore the cynical and negative folks. They are not doing you any good.

Like what a few other folks in this thread pointed out, your resume and your portfolio looks outdated and fragmented on my first glance. Most recruiters and hiring managers spend 5 seconds max during the first pass, so first impressions matter.

Here are the things you can do to bring your resume up-to-date: * "Key achievements" does not include numbers to describe impact. For example, "pre-screen and match thousands of patients a day" could be rewritten as "pre-screen n patients per day and match them to m healthcare provider with 99.99% uptime" sounds impactful. * Self-rating of your skills is not necessary. Nowadays your description of your impact is implicit on how you learn and work. In addition, "expert" for one person may not be the same for others.

On your portfolio: * Listing your education is no longer necessary after the first job. Putting this in your portfolio site makes you look inexperienced. (Leave education in the resume, however.) * The screenshots for Nike and LG look outdated, which contradicts "cutting-edge internet experiences".

> Typically Americans have a very naive understanding of how the world works because American imperialism made it easy for them.

Do you have specifics on how Americans adults could be naive on the world?

I never put my real headshot on LinkedIn even before it was scrapped for AI training. LinkedIn still bugs me to put a picture to "increase engagement".

Putting headshot in resumes is not expected and even cringe in my country, but some countries expect headshots and other highly personal info. No thanks.

> Startups are a terrible way to make money.

...for most people. Even if the company got sold or had an IPO, only the very early employees made life-changing money. There's no guarantee if the company will be at those stages.

The news bias towards people who made life-changing money, but does not tend to report the "invisible force".

On news: I'd say read from high-quality, responsible news sources. Lots of outlets create click bait, even if the stories are true, to direct readers to their sites.

Sumit B forever has a story to tell at dinner parties.

Username checks out haha!

I was in the area around 2010 working for someone else. Adding to your bullet points:

- The pool business near the single-digit RIM buildings had more business than they could do. Many folks wanted swimming pools at their homes.

- Various eateries such as the sandwich shop mentioned in the article made decent money during the height of Blackberry.

- People skipped starter homes and bought single houses as their first homes. Some real estate agents waited outside of some buildings during bonus was announced.