I’ll defer the hater attitude and downvotes to let you all know that now I work 20 hour weeks at MOST, from wherever I want, and make a healthy six figures.

Sure the scale differs when you’re a software engineer, not a cook, but the fact is that for all jobs, I don’t trust anyone’s resume, I trust how they handle Sunday brunch or a regional instance of an AWS cluster failing during deploy that causes the SaaS app to fail on a peak weekend.

I’d never hire you blindly, but I’d let you do a coding challenge, the same way I’d let you stage during a catered event to see how you handle it.

To be clear, each job application is maybe 2-3 hours of work, I didn’t do 3 full time weeks of work for one app, as much as the software engineering job market is very competitive and it took a while to find a good opportunity.

Get with it or stay poor, sad and broken, homies. I am only here to help provide insight into how the rest of the world without college degrees, myself included, makes it.

Though I myself am not disabled, I do have a rough idea about what makes a place more or less accessible—and Baltimore may be the least accessible major American city I’ve been in. Like, it’s possible the city collectively actually hates users of wheelchairs.

It’s been sued over its sidewalks, which are badly broken, often unreasonably narrow (both by design and due to stoops and tree boxes); consistently blocked by garbage cans, scooters, etc.; poorly lit; and feature things like the occasional 18” curb.

People also seem to routinely park in front of curb ramps. Disabled parking spaces are limited and often inconvenient; and requests for reserved parking don’t seem to be anyone’s priority. Frankly, nobody should cross the street thinking drivers will notice them.

Also, while I’m sure the are accessible housing options, my guess is the vast majority of homes aren’t just not accessible, but can’t even be made accessible without considerable expense.

As for amenities, accessibility seems like an add-on/afterthought at many restaurants, and probably not even an afterthought when it comes to a lot of the parks and trails.

This isn’t to say you can’t find a nicely accessible niche, just that you really should really spend a few days deciding whether the amount of friction you’re likely to encounter on a daily basis is too much for your liking.

Does your friend have a record? Does he know anyone else who works there?

EDIT: downvotes?

Think you meant to reply to the thread so the OP sees this.

SDS had a complicated relationship with the disabled student population but things are improving! Look out for clubs such as Advocates for Disability Awareness and Disco :)

Also, housing is obnoxiously inaccessible. University One is alright, though.

Hate to say it but Cheesecake Factory makes theirs from scratch & is the best.

Check with Shorty

This is a common fine dining kitchen practice, not just a Baltimore thing. It is the kitchen equivalent of an interview , If it is paid ( usually it's not), you agree to that before you start. Your friend just didn't understand what he signed up for.

Paul’s place - it’s in pigtown, great place - they are looking for these exact things now

Use m.broadcasting.com u can listen

Steal a cop’s radio.

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you have to understand that DC has really high taxes. both property and income tax are super high in DC

baltimore is nowhere near like that. of course do your homework beforehand, but it's not going to be as bad as DC

A lot of advice and experience has already been shared, but I want to reiterate: Verbal agreements are tricky-- but regardless of legality, it's super shitty to get used and ghosted in any capacity. Your friend is right to be upset at being led on then not even given the courtesy of "hey, something happened last minute. Here's compensation for your time," which was wasted.

I don't care if this is "standard" or "not unheard of" in industries-- kudos to your friend for sticking up for themselves and not rolling over.

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That’s a BBQ smoker in the bed of the pickup. Probably smoking a brisket or some ribs or something. Definitely odd to be driving around like that.

Post in r/legaladvice and be sure to include your location. They can provide the most appropriate course of action.

that's a surprising comment.....

It is some serious B.S. Unfortunately, he seems like he doesn’t want to raise a fuss, despite me telling him he could probably get some compensation.

Verizon 5G is an option in some areas. I have it and have been very satisfied with it!

It was Magdalena. I’ll let him know about Cindy Lou’s. Thanks.

Thanks. Will let him know.

Thanks!

Thanks!