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What is wage theft exactly?

I'm not like a super political person, and from my understanding its the idea that if I make a $10 thing for the bossman, but only get $1 that is wage theft?

But like, when I took the job I knew how much I was going to make?

Or is it like, people are literally not getting their paychecks?

I'm slightly inebreated, lazy, and don't want my algorithms to start becoming politically charged from googling and youtubing this. I'm already collapse aware and my mental health is ultra fragile.

Help me Lemmy wan kenobi, you're my only hope.

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I really like this idea, so uh here is my resume??

I'm a software developer who fell in love with teaching. Unfortunately many companies providing an education in writing code are scams, and I'm sad to say I'm working for one right now. I've been playing with the idea of having free "learn to code" streams, to give people the education without ripping them off.

I also am interested in getting into music production ( I have a year of piano lessons under my belt! humble beginnings lol), and I have an eccentric art style if there is a desire for visuals that don't feel derivative and samey like most modern art efforts. Attached is my most recent art piece.

I'm not just interested in teaching, really I want to just find other people who also enjoy creating and sharing information. I don't care about being rich or going viral. I just want a social ecosystem where "Wouldn't it be cool if..." is likely to be followed up by "Yeah, we should try it", or "No I already attempted that, but here is what I learned."

Anyways I'm here to help how I can!

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Best way to go about getting CompTIA certifications?

I'm looking to get the A+ and Networking certs only because I'll probably be laid off soon and I want to make myself even more marketable. Right now I'm a software developer with 8 years of Java experience, and from my initial studying I think the certifications shouldn't be too hard.

However, I may not have the time (or money) to make multiple attempts, so I was wondering if anyone had any good resources tailored to folks who are already technical to help me study.

I know some folks might say I don't need them, but my resume needs more buzzwords to get picked up by recruiters and hiring managers, and I'm open to all kinds of work as long as it keeps a roof over my family's head.

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Any recommendations for a career change?

I spent 8 years doing Java development, layoffs are coming soon (my second time this year! 😊), I know how hard it is to get a job out there, and I'm tired of Java. So I was wondering if anyone had any advice for pointing my career in a new direction. I'd like there to be some technical aspect to it still, which is why I am posting here instead of elsewhere.

Right now I'm really into Lua, Vue.js, and am considering picking up CompTIA and AWS certifications just to make myself more marketable.

I have good people skills too, so if a career involves talking more than coding I'll be okay with that. I spent part of this year teaching programming and loved it (but due to the state of the industry many academic businesses are closing down).

Or you know, should I sell my home and just go live in the woods until I die of malnutrition because at this rate we'll all end up there anyways?

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Lua "classes" or closures as classes?

Hey all,

I'm learning Lua and come from a Java background, and have been diving deep into Lua "classes".

Realizing that a Lua "class" is just some clever syntactic sugar, and lacks encapsulation, I've found that closures can act like a Java class and protect it's state. An added bonus is my muscle memory won't struggle with : vs . for function calls, a pitfall I've already wasted time debugging.

I'm new to all this though, is there anything I'm missing? Is a Lua "class" with self and : a better choice than using a closure like a class?

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