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I could offer an alternative perspective on this as I’ve seen it done to a lot of people that haven’t much choice in the matter. It’s entirely possible you’re
by headmelted 6y ago
I could offer an alternative perspective on this as I’ve seen it done to a lot of people that haven’t much choice in the matter.
It’s entirely possible you’re not getting offers because they know you don’t need them.
I don’t mean to say they’re wanting to give the offers to less fortunate applicants - it’s just that you’ll be impossible to abuse relative to someone who they know needs the money.
“We need you to work until this is done.”
“No.”
“Chris, it’s very important and will be reflected on your performance review.”
“Ok. Still no.”
At the start of my career (ages ago now) I had an employer find out that my university progression was tied entirely to their performance review of my placement, and immediately start to insist on my working all the hours under the sun with the strong implication that if I didn’t play ball the note would be “unfavourable”.
When you’re young it’s not always clear how little crap you should take from people in more senior positions.
- ChrisMarshallNY 6y agoThat's a good point, and a relevant one.
- VRay 6y agoActually that happened to me too, it turns out there's such a thing as being TOO confident I'm getting that vibe from you a little as well, where you're refusing to jump through the hoops that companies put in front of new hires (binary tree crap) I'd recommend you either knuckle under and play ball, or even better: Get into consulting / make a SaaS business like the Expat Software guy
- ChrisMarshallNY 6y agoNah. It really is freeing to not have to do that. I sincerely want to help people that help people. The rat race is just too exhausting for me. I didn't realize how exhausting, until I had a couple of years of working on my own to see the difference. I'll probably never get paid a dime for my work, ever again, and the thought brings me great joy.
- rkudeshi 6y agoWhat do you do for income now?
- ChrisMarshallNY 6y agoLive off what I saved up. I'm not rich, but I'll be OK.