{"id":2150,"date":"2023-01-20T09:39:52","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T17:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/angryweasel.com\/blog\/?p=2150"},"modified":"2023-01-20T09:39:54","modified_gmt":"2023-01-20T17:39:54","slug":"five-for-friday-january-20-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/angryweasel.com\/blog\/five-for-friday-january-20-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Five for Friday &#8211; January 20, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This was&#8230;not one of my favorite weeks. Other than a few long walks with the dog, I&#8217;m taking a light weekend to see if I can get my head back on straight. Here are a few things I read this week you may find interesting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I probably linked to this book last summer when I first read it, but fuck it &#8211; I&#8217;m going to share it again.  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/6798551-healing-the-wounds\">Healing the Wounds: Overcoming the Trauma of Layoffs and Revitalizing Downsized Organizations.<\/a> It&#8217;s a fantastic read for people who have been laid off &#8211; and people who were <em>not<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In what I think is a first for me, I&#8217;m going to link to a LinkedIn post. Amir Satvat has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/amirsatvat_jobs-community-gamedev-activity-7021546039916564481-zKXP?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=member_desktop\">compiled a list of just about every game or game adjacent company with open roles<\/a>. It&#8217;s a fantastic resource. The post includes a spreadsheet, as well as a place for you to enter <em>your<\/em> information for hiring managers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you&#8217;re having trouble keeping up with which companies are laying off people when, I discovered <a href=\"https:\/\/layoffs.fyi\/\">layoffs.fyi<\/a> this week &#8211; which provides a pretty good summary of what&#8217;s going on.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I&#8217;ve played Dungeons &amp; Dragons off and on for over 40 years (yes, I&#8217;m old). Whether you play or not, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/the-dd-world-is-on-fire-right-now-and-wizards-of-the-coast-can-only-blame-itself\/1100-6510643\/\">GameSpot has a good summary on the history of the game &#8211; and especially the current controversy<\/a> where Wizards of the Coast are being total shit heads.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you&#8217;re tired of using your own brain to reply to email, let ChatGPT do the work. <a href=\"https:\/\/chatgptwriter.ai\/\">Here is one<\/a> (of many) chrome plugins to help you reply to email with the help of AI.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks again for reading &#8211; have a good week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This was&#8230;not one of my favorite weeks. Other than a few long walks with the dog, I&#8217;m taking a light weekend to see if I can get my head back on straight. Here are a few things I read this week you may find interesting. 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