DDozar

The very short answer is the software they sell you runs on hardware. The longer answer would be that, as well as greed, opportunism, and knock-on effects throughout the economy.

They ask for a timezone, I give them a timezone, then they call at 3:00 AM and follow up with a passive aggressive email. EVERY TIME.

Man I know it's not 'the best' use of my time, but I'd have so much fun with that. It's like an adult field trip, getting paid to try a different job out for awhile. I've taken over catering for our office meetings, it honestly soaks up a decent amount of time once a quarter but it's so much fun looking at restaurants and whatnot.

I'm terribly jealous, let me know if you're ever feeling lonely haha

How did you manage to just move over without an Australian job? All the countries I've looked at require spouse/full time student/job placement for any sort of visa path.

It absolutely doesn't compare to the power of modern consoles. If you imagine it playing games about as well as a PS4, some a bit slower, you're on the right track. The super value in it comes from simpler titles though, anything lightweight is amazingly convenient on it.

I always assumed it was a resume-padder. Like applying for a support company or Microsoft itself they can point at their profile and say, "Look, I have 10,000 sfc scan points!""

I feel like Google-Foo is far less of a skill lately. Search engines have been so horrifically trashed that overcoming their limitation is less and less feasible.