silent_tree14 @secretsinthesilentdark - Tumblr Blog

Hello and welcome to my blog!

The name's Pik (they/them)!

(But you can also call me Tree :3)

Age: 21

This here is my main blog! I only really reblog stuff on here with the occasional ask thrown in. If you would like, you can check out my side blog @trees-can-draw where I post my art! I also sometimes reblog my art to my main, but only a select few pieces end up on here.

You can find my art under the tag '#art from the sideblog'

Asks are tagged with '#ask and ye shall receive'

(Check the tags of this post for easy access uwu)

You can send me asks about pretty much anything, as long as you keep it sfw and be respectful, thank you! And if there is anything that you need tagged please tell me so I can do so as soon as I am able!

(Heads up, I ramble in the tags sometimes, but you can ignore them, no worries <3)

Have a nice day/night~

#ask and ye shall receive #art from the sideblog #(<- tags I use for stuff that I posted)#pinned post #can you tell that I have no idea what I'm doing? lmao #I basically just throw anything that interests me on here and it doesn't get tagged often #I usually try to be thorough with like tagging bugs n etc but if there is anything I missed don't be afraid to tell me #my ask box is open #also! if you too like shrimp a totally normal amount check out my shrimp tag!#not so shrimple is it #(yes I have a shrimp tag no I will not explain myself <3)#I also just remembered my tag for art that I really like!#gud soup #and stuff that I love a lot and want to save is under the tag ->#fave

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Years ago back when I worked in cubicle land, we were hiring junior software developers. They didn’t have to have a ton of experience, just a willingness to learn, and some demonstration of their software skills. Like: show me a program you wrote (any language) or a web site you designed. Anything.

And there was this one guy I talked with who seemed super sharp, but had virtually zero experience writing software. When it came time to do the show-n-tell part of the interview he whips out his laptop, brings up a website, and spins it around to show me what he made.

A website of tiny ceramic frogs.

Not for sale. Just… all these ceramic frogs, organized into categories. Frogs on bicycles, frogs with hats, frogs sitting on lily pads. It was a virtual museum of ceramic frogs in web form.

I scrolled through his online collection of frogs, slightly baffled.

“This is your website?” I asked finally.

“Yep!”

“You coded this yourself?” I popped into view-source mode and poked around some incredibly well-formatted, well-commented html. I nodded slowly. This guy was meticulous.

“Yep!”

“So… where’d all the frogs come from?”

“I made those too,” he says, beaming.

And while I’m processing this he rummages in his bag and pulls out a little ceramic frog working at a computer terminal. He places it on the table before us, next to the laptop.

“And THIS one,” he says, “I made for you! As a thank you for the interview.”

It was adorable. I hired him on the spot. I mean, why not? Worst case he’d wash out in 90 days and we’d hire somebody else. He turned out to be one of the best developers on our team.

And yes, his cubicle was loaded with ceramic frogs.