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Do the work to identify a fit, then go there and make the case for why you fit This sounds great but in reality it's incredibly glib. It is almost never
by JohnBooty 4y ago
Do the work to identify a fit, then go there and make
the case for why you fit
This sounds great but in reality it's incredibly glib.
It is almost never possible to have that sort of insight into a company until you're already working there and even then it's a challenge.
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- eulers_secret 4y agoAgreed, it's also a waste of my time to do a bunch of research, figure out of I'm a "fit", customize a resume, go through the onerous application process (already have to do this) to just be rejected by the HR world filter or something else asinine. I could use that time to apply to more companies instead, or to do a leetcode problem and stand a chance at passing an interview. Or just to watch an episode of Bob's Burgers, that would be time better spent lol.
- JohnBooty 4y agoI think parent poster's intent is that you like... do all of that stuff, except then skip HR and the leetcode shuffle. And then presumably you... I don't know, show up outside of the CTO's house one morning? Or something? Email them directly and hope a spam filter doesn't block you? Hire a skywriter? And ask for a job? The "you just have to network! don't be a sheeple!" folks are always vague on that part. I have gotten jobs through networking. Most of them! It happens! It's just sort of unrealistic and glib to assume it always is possible.