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The problem with this sort of advice is that how useful it is completely depends on where you are in life. Basically, it's targeted advice, but there's no discl
by esotericn 8y ago
The problem with this sort of advice is that how useful it is completely depends on where you are in life. Basically, it's targeted advice, but there's no disclaimer stating that.
Arbitrary examples:
- Someone fresh out of a Chemistry undergrad
- A 40 year old laid off from their Walmart job with no savings
- A 30 year old who's just had a successful startup exit
- A young (say ~20) adult in a dead-end town
... etc
The advice given to all of them will be completely different. For most people, this stuff is completely useless, but for a specific group, it might be very useful.
It's also very much dependent on goals. Do you want to work 9-5 for a lifetime? Hard at first, easy later? Do you want to take high-risk shots to attain financial independence? etc.
- paulpauper 8y agoto try to account for so many circumstances would require a book rather than an article
- invalidOrTaken 8y agoThen maybe he should have written the book! I know this sounds unreasonable, and perhaps it is, but I have a non-trivial amount of bitterness stemming from regret at following articles like this that, in retrospect, did not apply to me.
- TeMPOraL 8y agoSuch book would be really cool. An optimist in me imagines that if a person would read the whole book instead of just the chapter aimed at them specifically, they'd gain a lot of appreciation and sympathy for hardships people in various trades and in various life situations face.
- domjones 8y agoI very much liked Bolles' "What color is your parachute"
- leesec 8y agoI don't think this is the problem. I think you assuming a short blog post like this is supposed to be a universal, generalized solution to job searching is the problem. You can pretty much tell if this article is meant for you in about 1 minute.
- pmiller2 8y agoNo, the problem is it's mis-titled. It should probably say something like "What I say to people who are looking for a job in tech" or something.
- leesec 8y agoYes why don't we all account for every edge case in every single thing we say. Perhaps it should have been, "What I sometimes say to some people who are looking for a job in specific industries in certain age groups in given regions of the world, provided they have the resources, intelligence, financial security, and time to do so." It's a casual blog post not a piece of code.
- pmiller2 8y agoYou're not even giving my post a good-faith reading. I suggested adding two words to the title to make the post far better and more specific, not adding a 32-word mini post in the title. Do you really believe that's what I was suggesting, or are you just trolling and looking for an excuse to downvote?
- esotericn 8y ago> You can pretty much tell if this article is meant for you in about 1 minute. That's only the case if you already know what you're looking for!