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My personal experience strongly disagrees I got my current job at a medium sized tech company by being fast tracked without a CV or technical interview The ma
by Lewton 5y ago
My personal experience strongly disagrees
I got my current job at a medium sized tech company by being fast tracked without a CV or technical interview
The magic of networking
Edit: ah yeah, and at my previous job I got told at the interview “you’re here despite your cv”
I literally wouldn’t have a career without networking
- lordnacho 5y agoSame here. Out of uni: got lucky with interview (literally a card game where I was dealt good cards). Next: passed interview, quit after a few weeks for the next thing... Next: Connection from top job Next: Connection from previous job Next: Connection from above Next: HN Next: Connection from previous Next: Recruiter cold called me I've also referred two people for jobs they got in the past half a year, to connections I made when looking for work. I also use my connections extensively for technical things. Eg if I have a Terraform question, I have a devops guy who worked for me. If I have a cpp question, there's a couple of other ex staff. If I have a Rust question, there's a guy. Web stuff, there's several. Build your network, you'll find it both useful and fulfilling.
- ghaff 5y agoDitto. Though I've done software development, I'm not a developer. But my first job out of grad school was an on-campus interview. My three jobs since over a couple of decades have all been through people I knew where my resume was probably not more than glanced at.