Jorge Escobar :verified:

Technologist with both startup and enterprise leadership experience. Previously Yahoo!, MongoDB, Venmo. Most recently Staff Engineer at the United States Digital Service. I love to teach and have been a Udemy and Youtube instructor since 2014. I also love cooking, photography and learning new technologies.

Socnode.social is my own instance, inspired by a project a bunch of FriendFeeders came up with years ago after we learned that it had been bought by Facebook.

Jorge Escobar :verified:esfoobar@socnode.social
2023-02-13

Unpopular opinion: Michael Keaton has been the best Batman. Thoughts?
#flashmovie

Jorge Escobar :verified:esfoobar@socnode.social
2023-02-13

@elijahmanor oh wow, thanks so much! šŸ™ Hope you like the content and maybe we can do some collab in the near future!

Jorge Escobar :verified:esfoobar@socnode.social
2023-02-13

@elijahmanor I'm striving to get to 4k by the summer šŸ¤ž
youtube.com/@fromzeroedu

Jorge Escobar :verified:esfoobar@socnode.social
2023-02-13

@elijahmanor congrats!! šŸŽ‰

Jorge Escobar :verified:esfoobar@socnode.social
2023-02-10

As expected, thousands gave #mastodon a quick glance and then went back to the bird site. I for one don’t care about having all my ā€œfriendsā€ here, but the value and joy I get everyday in this network. I’m waiting for the next surge when Trump starts to tweet again.

wired.com/story/the-mastodon-b

#twittermigration #SocialMedia

Jorge Escobar :verified:esfoobar@socnode.social
2023-02-09

Something really funky is going on with my iPhone's icloud authentication -- last night I couldn't buy a movie on AppleTV using my device and had to enter the password. Then I lost all the data in a purchased application and today another purchased application is asking to restore purchases? I do see a pending iOS update, so I'm praying this is the root cause...

Jorge Escobar :verified:esfoobar@socnode.social
2023-02-08

@60pencilgirl yes! But the real experts faces when she asks the most ridiculous questions crack me up!! šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚

Jorge Escobar :verified:esfoobar@socnode.social
2023-02-08

I’m having a blast (and a bit of asthma from laughing) watching this mockumentary series on Netflix. Highly recommended for a good laugh: ā€œCunk on Earthā€
#humor #tv #netflix

Cunk on Earth poster
Jorge Escobar :verified: boosted:
2023-02-08

I will sum up the Republican recap and say goodnight. #SOTU

THIS NEXT SONG IS CALLED "EVERYTHING I DON'T LIKE IS WOKE" as a caption over a crying toddler holding a guitar.
Jorge Escobar :verified:esfoobar@socnode.social
2023-02-08

@urbanfoxe for his advocacy and philanthropic support for global health and AIDS relief initiatives.

Jorge Escobar :verified:esfoobar@socnode.social
2023-02-08

President Biden has shown nothing but class to the disrespectful republican house hecklers. His #sotu speech has been one for the ages. I can only wish people realize what an amazing job he’s done. But of course, Fox News will twist everything in about an hour. I, for one, hope for four more years.

Jorge Escobar :verified:esfoobar@socnode.social
2023-02-07

I was sad that the #Honda Fit was discontinued, and we spent some time researching a good replacement option and finally settled on a #Kia Soul. It has almost everything our beloved Fit had plus a higher profile and a very digital dashboard unexpectedly good at that price range. I drove it today and it felt really solid and perfect for a city car (we drove 8k miles in 3 years on our Fit). Highly recommended!

Jorge Escobar :verified:esfoobar@socnode.social
2023-02-06

I had to pause the video twice because I ran out air from laughing so hard. This is one of the best SNL episodes I’ve seen in years
youtube.com/watch?v=ISBJyhughB

#snl #humor #tv

Jorge Escobar :verified: boosted:
2023-01-31

Ah, gotta love malicious compliance.

Screenshot of a post to r/antiwork by u/VeryLargeMuffin:
Not allowed to work from home so I don't
My job recently told me that even during the snowstorm we got earlier this week, I am not allowed to work from home at all. Even though I work in IT and do everything remotely, they want me in the office.
So I deleted Teams and my email off my phone. I am no longer available after hours.
My boss tried to call me for something urgent last night and couldn't reach me. He asked why today and I explained to him what I was told.
I am not allowed to work from home.
Jorge Escobar :verified: boosted:
2023-01-25

With so many places having done layoffs lately, I wanted to mention the US Digital Service is hiring. It's a wild place to work, but also you get to work on legitimately meaningful projects that affect a lot of people (in 2022, we made it easier for transgender ppl to get passports, helped low-income families buy food, and I got to help identify disadvantage communities for environmental funding). I'm happy to talk about USDS if you're on the fence. ow.ly/LpqJ50LVnPV #fedihire #fedijobs

Jorge Escobar :verified:esfoobar@socnode.social
2023-01-24

@oldsfgirl it feels like we’re in an endless carousel, isn’t it?

Jorge Escobar :verified:esfoobar@socnode.social
2023-01-24

I’m taking a break for the past few weeks from cable news. I can’t stand hearing more about Santos, McCarthy and Biden’s classified docs with breaking news on another mass shooting. Rewatching sitcoms like ā€œFriendsā€ and ā€œThat 70’s Showā€ instead of Maddow, Hayes and Nicole Wallace. #uspolitics

Jorge Escobar :verified:esfoobar@socnode.social
2023-01-22

I recently started and cancelled in one day subscriptions to Pluralsight and Egghead because the quality of the content was not there. Found much better content for what I was looking for (TypeScript) in YouTube.

Jorge Escobar :verified:esfoobar@socnode.social
2023-01-22

On my spare time I build coding courses. I have them in Udemy, SkillShare and a YouTube channel. In the past year or so, the interest in my courses on paid platforms has gone to almost zero (I would normally make a few hundred per month) and I’m wondering if it’s related to the curriculum (mostly Python) or because people are getting more of their learning from free platforms like YouTube.

Jorge Escobar :verified: boosted:
Dare Obasanjocarnage4life@mas.to
2023-01-22

So many stories of Google employees finding out they were laid off because they couldn’t log-in to their email or badge into the office.

I’ve also been surprised by the seniority and tenure of those laid off. None of that last-in, first-out here.

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