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I implore all of you to stop wasting your life interviewing. Spend your time more productively.
by cheez 7y ago
I implore all of you to stop wasting your life interviewing. Spend your time more productively.
- minimaxir 7y agoGenerally, people don't interview for fun.
- cheez 7y agoThat's right. Sacrifice a little.
- Infinitesimus 7y agoWhat do you recommend? Starting your own company only works for a small subset of ppl ofc so I'm assuming you mean something else
- cheez 7y agoHow much do you need to be free? https://sivers.org/richand https://sivers.org/richand
- Dylan16807 7y agoBeing a full-time musician is a job too, with the equivalent of interviewing. If someone prefers software, let them. And you can't quit your job to live minimally if you have zero or less net worth. Expenses only go so low. Saying it's "easy to be free" is massively condescending to every person that struggles to get over the poverty line. Not everyone can just "get" gigs whenever they want.
- cheez 7y agoBuddy I have has been homeless, in jail, never finished school, etc, etc, etc and this year he hopes to break the 7 figure income mark after more than a decade of mid-six figure income. No trust fund. No connections. No leg up. Yes you can do it. Excuses galore though.
- Dylan16807 7y agoI wasn't talking about whether people can do it. It's not easy, and most people can't just quit their job right now, or within a month or two.
- cheez 7y agoNothing worth doing is easy so not sure of your point.
- rongenre 7y agoStandard software advice (including the famous Netflix document) is to interview every couple years. It also give you data points on your market worth, which is highly valuable even if you don't switch jobs.
- cheez 7y agoThere's a reason for that. It keeps you, as a cog, nicely oiled for the machine.