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I'll add one more thing. People ask me about getting work now that I'm "famous", and I usually just tell them this: Before I was famous I'd have to scrounge a
by zedshaw 15y ago
I'll add one more thing. People ask me about getting work now that I'm "famous", and I usually just tell them this:
Before I was famous I'd have to scrounge around for shitty jobs. Now they just come to me.
Truth is, I still interview, I still do the stupid coding quizzes, I still send my resume, not because I have to, but because I want to be taken seriously and treated fairly with the understanding that I got hired because I know what I'm doing. Not because of my "fame".
After that, the jobs are pretty uninspiring these days and while the work environment may be pleasant, I rarely find any place that's interested in taking a big risk with my ideas.
- mgkimsal 15y ago"Before I was famous I'd have to scrounge around for shitty jobs. Now they just come to me." Do you mean shitty jobs just come to you? Or better stuff? Couldn't tell if you were trying to be funny there or not.
- sceadu 15y agoLook at the rest of the post.
- enry_straker 15y agoHad to laugh cause i had a similar reaction. It's more a reflection of how i view his words rather than the words themselves. Zed was being serious and was talking about how he wants his recruiters to take him seriously, I suspect that i am spending way too much time on reddit, and should learn to take things at their face value.
- sigzero 15y agoI think he meant the former.
- speckledjim 15y agoAre you seriously using the words "fame" and "famous" without sarcasm there? Perhaps "well known within certain programming communities" would be more apt.
- lhnz 15y agoWhy would he quote the words if it wasn't sarcasm? You're digging for something to criticise.