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It's easy for a person in good health, never arrested, never bankrupt, good credit score, native born US citizen, world class Ph.D. with one of the very best ba
by graycat 7y ago
It's easy for a person in good health, never arrested, never bankrupt, good credit score, native born US citizen, world class Ph.D. with one of the very best backgrounds for analytics and machine learning, with peer-reviewed publications in applied math, mathematical statistics, and artificial intelligence, having recently written .NET code in 100,000 lines of typing for an ambitious Web site, code that appears to run as intended and be ready for production, and who has shipped very high quality code to high end customers to be 100% completely, utterly, totally, permanently unemployable for anything beyond minimum wage, literally.
That's just the way it is.
- strikelaserclaw 7y agoand you've met such a person?
- lubesGordi 7y agoIf they're 50+ and live in rural America, yeah good luck.
- opportune 7y agoGood luck finding a job creating artisanal fruit preserves at a research station in Antarctica
- GoToRO 7y agoThe simple truth is companies value loyalty above all else. If you are the best or not doesn't really matter. It matters that you can pass some simple tests but nothing else. In the gig economy it's important to be able to show to your client how the final product looks like. I.e. a portfolio. They have money just for one run, one try. Risk aversion is high. Companies that truly want the best and have a process to filter for the best are exceptions. Maybe less than one in a thousand.
- m0zg 7y agoYep, it's easy. All you have to do is stop applying for jobs. Although .NET and machine learning typically don't go hand in hand, as does ML and "ambitious web site" experience. I'd have someone review your resume and make sure you're not trying to be all things to all people. That's a major red flag.