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I took nearly a year off in the 1990s, just "doing coffee shops and bookstores." I read a lot, did some recreational programming and a little travel. Basically
by kabdib 7y ago
I took nearly a year off in the 1990s, just "doing coffee shops and bookstores." I read a lot, did some recreational programming and a little travel. Basically took it easy after a number of years of high-hour, high-visibility projects (and a high-hour, low-visibility startup that essentially crashed).
Never had any trouble with that explanation.
If they don't like it, you probably don't want to work there anyway.
- Ididntdothis 7y ago"If they don't like it, you probably don't want to work there anyway." That's always important to remember.
- ken 7y agoWhat does it mean, though? Is it just "sour grapes is a powerful force"? I don't know about gaps in particular but there are lots of places I thought I'd love working that wouldn't take me.
- kabdib 7y agoNot complicated. It means, "you probably wouldn't want to work there." Interviewing is a two-way street. If your potential employer is intensely interested in your leisure time then that's an interesting signal, because it's unusual (I've never had a single follow-up question to why I took nearly a year off) and could point to a bad culture (lots of possibilities here, including the company being a modern sweatshop or doing very close monitoring and metricization).
- pm24601 7y agoSometimes "like" has nothing to do with it. Work is not optional for many people. I know lots of software developers that are living on the bubble because of the high cost of raising a family in the Bay Area.