u/kozekyto

I'm sure there's been hundreds of posts just like this on this subreddit, so I apologize if this is a broken record haha.

TLDR; Got laid off by my previous company, and I'm looking for more work. Hopefully with a focus on Aurora Solar/PV design.

I have ~4 years of experience in the industry now, doing proposals and design work in Aurora and CAD. I really, really enjoyed building designs in Aurora, and ended up being the go-to in my previous department when it came to complex Aurora designs specifically. So if there are any businesses that use Aurora's software, I could just crank out PV designs all day and be a happy camper. I have less experience in CAD unfortunately, since a majority of my career was spent working on the 3D models and not the DXFs. I picked up the software fairly quickly though, and enjoyed the work I did. I'm just more proficient in one than the other. Anyway.

I imagine the industry as a whole is struggling given the state of things, but with the experience I've gained, I'd like to stay within it to keep building my career and experience. At least ideally.

If anyone here knows if any businesses are either hiring in Utah County, or are hiring remotely, I'm interested. Thanks!

I hope this is the right subreddit to post for this. My og post was deleted by the moderators on EWU's official reddit, but I still wanna make people aware JIC.

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I was watching their video "When A Killer Doesn't Realize He's Being Filmed" in the background while I was gaming, and when I got to the section at 33:55, they "quote" Psychology Today's Article "The 3 Stages of a Dangerously Obsessive Ex" basically word for word. I couldn't find credits anywhere. No footnotes, no links in the description, nothing. It has me concerned.

The video has a section about the 'stages of obsession', and because I was curious cat, I looked it up to do some more research while the video was playing, which is how I came across the article from Psychology Today. It was one of the first results, so it isn't like I had to dig. Became obvious pretty quick that EWU's script writers used it for either reference or just straight up copy-pasted it and switched a few words around. I was basically able to read along with the video.

When the narrator explains the Agitated Stage, and the Aggressive Stage (around 34:12 into their video). The original article is quoted(?) (read out loud(?) the article basically word for word. I can't say I'm surprised given the channel is basically a content farm, but that still doesn't excuse it, y'know?

I don't wanna "call them out" or cause a ruckus, but when I see something I feel the need to say something. Mostly concerned because if this has happened once, it might have happened again in other videos. I don't want things going uncredited. Maybe I'm just on that hbomberguy sauce or something.

Hopefully I'm not missing anything here. There's a likelihood I am, given I'm a pretty casual viewer. I'll delete the post if I'm corrected. Not trying to be a hero.

Here's the link to the original Psychology Today article: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-human-equation/201708/the-3-stages-of-a-dangerously-obsessive-ex

TLDR; EWU used Psychology Today article in their video word for word and didn't credit the article, or its author (Joni E Johnston Psy.D.).