Getting auto rejected 14 times is pretty normal if you're applying through those big job sites, their filters are brutal. Next time try finding the hiring manager on LinkedIn and sending a short message directly, that's worked for me a few times when the online app went nowhere.

Tbh swapping every Friday seems like overkill if you're just doing deadwooding, a decent Silky should hold an edge way longer than a week unless you're cutting dirty bark or hitting grit all day. Sharpening on a fixed schedule sounds good in theory but most guys I know just carry two saws and switch when one starts pulling, then touch them up on rainy days. The real fix is learning what a dull saw feels like before it fights you, not a calendar.

Get that NIST updated their stance, but dropping forced resets without other controls can backfire. Long passphrases are great until people reuse the same one everywhere. Our place kept the 90 day rule but added MFA and that did way more for us than switching to passphrases alone.