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I’m curious how your experience was finding and landing the new job? I’m in a similar position, at a big company for over 10 years after working in startups. I

I’m curious how your experience was finding and landing the new job? I’m in a similar position, at a big company for over 10 years after working in startups. I was technical when I got there but over time as I got more immersed in the business my tech skills have eroded. I’m now in a unique position as an executive that doesn’t translate super well to a lot of the opportunities at companies I might be interested in. I’m feeling a little stuck and I’m not even getting to interviews on anything I’ve posted for so far. Curious if others have had this experience and how did you navigate it?

lma21 5y ago
Over the past 3 years, I've really put myself out there. At first, interviewing was a bit difficult. It had been a looong time since i've done any. It got easier with time. After a while, I stopped preparing for interviews and I started getting good at it (asking questions, finding out if that company is really good for you, answering questions about yourself, and of course passing the technical assessment (whether coding / algorithm interviews or even large-scale system design). The only advice I can give (i've received a lot of good advice here) is to always interview. Always be up-to-date on the job market, with respect to skills, technologies, coding savviness, etc. Interviewing in the beginning may take a lot of your time, but if you do it consistently, it'll only helping you in future interviews. Don't be afraid of rejections, hell, even embrace rejections as a mean to get better in the future. I was always afraid of having my skills eroded or even becoming obsolete as it got to a point where I was no longer learning new things on the job, so I had to push myself and make myself learn (most times on my own personal time). That's what pushed me to get out of my comfort zone, and do something that I know will be annoying and heck even make me scared.

lma21 5y ago

Over the past 3 years, I've really put myself out there. At first, interviewing was a bit difficult. It had been a looong time since i've done any. It got easier with time. After a while, I stopped preparing for interviews and I started getting good at it (asking questions, finding out if that company is really good for you, answering questions about yourself, and of course passing the technical assessment (whether coding / algorithm interviews or even large-scale system design). The only advice I can give (i've received a lot of good advice here) is to always interview. Always be up-to-date on the job market, with respect to skills, technologies, coding savviness, etc. Interviewing in the beginning may take a lot of your time, but if you do it consistently, it'll only helping you in future interviews. Don't be afraid of rejections, hell, even embrace rejections as a mean to get better in the future. I was always afraid of having my skills eroded or even becoming obsolete as it got to a point where I was no longer learning new things on the job, so I had to push myself and make myself learn (most times on my own personal time). That's what pushed me to get out of my comfort zone, and do something that I know will be annoying and heck even make me scared.