This guy honestly sounds obnoxious.

Right off the bat, he's been laid off half a dozen times. Now being laid off while you're away for bereavement sucks, but what about the other five times though? Getting laid off once or twice isn't a big deal, but six times is a pattern. Then getting five rejections a day, there's a pattern there, and the common variable between them all is the person applying.

> Am I on some sort of blacklist invisible to employees for talking too much and causing too much of a ruckus in a workplace?

Maybe? Depends on what you were talking about and how much of a ruckus you made.

> Did my bringing up of a book at a company get one of the executives too upset?

Maybe? Depends on the book. Goodnight Moon? Mein Kampf? I have no idea what book it is.

> Did me having a crisis in public become too embarrassing for another?

Maybe? I have no clue what he's referring to.

> What the fuck is the problem?

It sounds like the author is the problem.

Then further on he talks about needing skills. Which yeah it's important, but it's also very important to get along with the people you're working with.

> It also doesn't help that I'm on public record multiple times for being comfortable with bringing a company to the cloth if they're not respecting their workers

Yeah is it really that surprising that companies don't want to hire people that will cause them problems?

Then I got to this part:

> I also know when I make white people uncomfortable and I'm not capable of being a respectable Negro

Jesus Christ man. I didn't even know the author was black up until this point. It isn't a race issue dude, you just sound awful to work with. You don't have to be a "respectable Negro", just be a respectable person.

> If I have to resort to that behavior in order to get a job, I'll join the police academy.

No stay far the fuck away from being a police officer. You don't sound like you have the right temperament to be one. If this is what the author sounds like while writing his blog, I can only imagine how bad he'd get under the pressure of doing police duties.

After reading this I went and looked the the guy's resume. After at most two years of professional experience he went from software engineer to senior software engineer, which is quite the jump for such little experience. And he was only in that position for a few months. The longest he's been able to hold down a job is two years. His list of technologies that he's familiar with is also pretty bare for seven years of experience. It's a pretty weak resume.

This guy really need to do some introspection and consider how his behavior is affecting his career. It's not just a tech industry thing either, he'll probably have problems wherever he goes just given how difficult he sounds.

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