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How did you get "not a team player"? I read it that she was fed up of being the only "dev" person, and wants to join a team of dev's. Not having being part of a

How did you get "not a team player"? I read it that she was fed up of being the only "dev" person, and wants to join a team of dev's. Not having being part of a team is not the same as not being a team player in my book. She says she's the smartest engineer she's worked with. Not at all "smarter than everyone she's met". I took that, from the rest of the text, to be saying that she hasn't worked much with other passionate and experienced engineers/devs and wants the chance to. I don't see it as a negative. She knows she likes the Boston area, and doesn't want to move. It limits her options, but otherwise I don't see how that's negative? If I was in a position to hire people and in the Boston area I'd definitely invite her to the office for a coffee and a chat (read: informal interview) as she's precisely the sort of person I'd want to work with. I wish her luck finding the right company.

wccrawford 15y ago
"Not a team player" comes from the fact that she's got -no- friends who do what she does. Not even people she's worked with! She hasn't gone to any meetups, or attempted to find others like herself. She hasn't looked for a mentor. She thinks she was smarter than any engineer she's ever worked with, and could learn -nothing- from them. ... I've worked with people far dumber than me, and I've still managed to learn things from them. She's not trying. She wants a job, but she's more interested in living in a certain area than having a good, interesting job. Everyone has priorities, but this one is somewhat telling.
- robgough 15y ago
  I don't think it's even necessarily a bad thing that her priority is not "the best job" but living in an area she likes (presumably near her "other" friends). This post makes no mention of how active her social life is outside of geekery/engineering and I think it would be wrong to make any presumptions. Just because "the best job in the word" isn't her priority, it doesn't mean she wouldn't like it. This is her saying "I'd really love a job that matches the following criteria, and is a little outside the box". It'd be bloody awful to be constantly surrounded by people for whom their day job was the most important thing in their life. I got the impression she was currently employed, and just looking for something a little more exciting and suitable for her - if it's out there.
  - wccrawford 15y ago
    I'm not saying your job has to be the most important thing in your life, but you're going to be doing it for 8 hours a day, 5 out of 7 days each week. As you sleep another 8 hours a day, that leaves 8 hours a day (16 on weekends) for the rest of your life. It's almost half your life! For something that takes up almost half of your life, I expect you to treat it as something special. Also, her note starts out 'I need a job' and that traditional methods have failed her. That almost always means she doesn't have one.

wccrawford 15y ago

"Not a team player" comes from the fact that she's got -no- friends who do what she does. Not even people she's worked with! She hasn't gone to any meetups, or attempted to find others like herself. She hasn't looked for a mentor. She thinks she was smarter than any engineer she's ever worked with, and could learn -nothing- from them. ... I've worked with people far dumber than me, and I've still managed to learn things from them. She's not trying. She wants a job, but she's more interested in living in a certain area than having a good, interesting job. Everyone has priorities, but this one is somewhat telling.

robgough 15y ago
I don't think it's even necessarily a bad thing that her priority is not "the best job" but living in an area she likes (presumably near her "other" friends). This post makes no mention of how active her social life is outside of geekery/engineering and I think it would be wrong to make any presumptions. Just because "the best job in the word" isn't her priority, it doesn't mean she wouldn't like it. This is her saying "I'd really love a job that matches the following criteria, and is a little outside the box". It'd be bloody awful to be constantly surrounded by people for whom their day job was the most important thing in their life. I got the impression she was currently employed, and just looking for something a little more exciting and suitable for her - if it's out there.
- wccrawford 15y ago
  I'm not saying your job has to be the most important thing in your life, but you're going to be doing it for 8 hours a day, 5 out of 7 days each week. As you sleep another 8 hours a day, that leaves 8 hours a day (16 on weekends) for the rest of your life. It's almost half your life! For something that takes up almost half of your life, I expect you to treat it as something special. Also, her note starts out 'I need a job' and that traditional methods have failed her. That almost always means she doesn't have one.