A DHS officer at The Hilton in St. Petersburg, Florida Jan. 13, 2026. Dubbed “The Green Monster” by some DHS officials, Border Patrol has a reputation as
golly, just look at how useful AI tools are for normal, everyday people:
After creating an account, the recruiter opened up an AI resume-generating website called livecareer.com. The previous applicant’s “work experience” page was still open; they used AI to generate a description for their nightclub bouncer job. I was directed to erase that and do the same with my own previous experience as a software engineer. “Make it sound as fancy as possible,” the recruiter said.
After entering my former job title, a menu appeared with about 65 suggested job responsibilities, like “Mentored junior developers, sharing knowledge and expertise to support their professional growth and development within team.” When I clicked one, a bullet point was added to a “job description” field containing that text. “Click everything,” the recruiter said.
I read each sentence, confirming that it was an actual part of the job that I completed, then I clicked it to add it to my job description. After I had added about five responsibilities, the recruiter reached over my shoulder to click all of them faster than either of us could read. “According to America, as a software engineer, you did all these things,” he told me. “You’re a rockstar.”
this is one of my problems I think with looking for work now. im only really willing to put down actual real things and I want to talk about how recent or out of date my stuff is and how I can get up to speed or learn new things. they don’t like that type of talk to me.
golly, just look at how useful AI tools are for normal, everyday people:
this is one of my problems I think with looking for work now. im only really willing to put down actual real things and I want to talk about how recent or out of date my stuff is and how I can get up to speed or learn new things. they don’t like that type of talk to me.