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No need for sorrow. Everyone is dealt some advantages and some disadvantages. We work with what we have. I seem to have done all right. My resume is long and I
by mikelevins 6y ago
No need for sorrow. Everyone is dealt some advantages and some disadvantages. We work with what we have. I seem to have done all right. My resume is long and I have good stories to tell. I can't complain.
I was responding to another poster who said that "If devs can't muster up the courage to answer interview questions... maybe that means that they should work on themselves a little bit?"
I mean, maybe. Maybe sometimes. Then again, maybe not.
Maybe "working on themselves a little" isn't necessarily the answer. There isn't a known way to "work on myself" to affect my trait neuroticism in any significant way, for example.
Maybe it's not necessarily about "courage". I mean, courage is doing something that frightens you because it needs to be done. I know what that's like. Technical interviews don't even rate. But that doesn't solve the brainteaser on the whiteboard when a stranger's watching me.
- dpc_pw 6y agoIn general - working on yourself is usually somewhat possible. For many people public speaking etc. is something they have to practice and they do eventually learn. In some situations though it might not be. All individual cases are different. So I wouldn't be too hard on myself, but also I wouldn't give up. From what I read, you might have already tried, so oh well, maybe you're just stuck with it. I like "We work with what we have". That's something I deeply agree with.