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Seriously though. The issue is tying your self-worth to getting accepted be facebook, apple, google, etc. A healthy person, when rejected from a company, reali
by tathougies 8y ago
Seriously though. The issue is tying your self-worth to getting accepted be facebook, apple, google, etc.
A healthy person, when rejected from a company, realizes that the company did not need their skills at this time. This says nothing about the quality of their skillset, just that it's unneeded. Sort of how, if Linus Torvalds himself showed up to a frontend development interview, he probably wouldn't get the job.
- gdy 8y agoA 'healthy person', to use your term, after rejection would realize where her skills are lacking and work or study hard to improve her skills, not delude herself like you suggest.
- tathougies 8y agoThat's only an appropriate reaction, if your skills are lacking. If your skills are not lacking, then they're likely unneeded by the people you applied to and you should find a better market fit. The issue here is that you've made 'get this job and only this job' as your goal. That is an unrealistic goal, because it is unnecessarily tied up with a particular company. My goal when looking for work is to find an opportunity where my skills fit into someone else's need, and then milk the economic differential until such time as my skills are no longer needed, or I have a buyer somewhere else. I suppose neither one is 'right' in the moral sense. But I think mine leads to greater happiness and satisfaction, so...
- gdy 8y agoDon't you think that people usually apply for positions that match their skillset?