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At first I was like, yeah, another one of those "follow my life as an indie dev" promos, then I scrolled down to your list of job "failures", and it was incredi

At first I was like, yeah, another one of those "follow my life as an indie dev" promos, then I scrolled down to your list of job "failures", and it was incredibly interesting to see just HOW MUCH some people get done in life. If you tend to be somewhat critical of self-promos, I'd still recommend you take a moment and at least scroll down on that page and see for yourself. Very impressive. Just goes to show that you can indeed turn the dial well up to 11.

olalonde 4y ago
I was also confused but those are jobs he applied for but wasn't hired.
- jimhi 4y ago
  Ones I got interviews for and didn't get
  - olalonde 4y ago
    Even more impressive. Inspired me to get more fails under my belt.
  - giantg2 4y ago
    I can't even get 10% of the number of interviews. I feel like you have little justification to say "In fact, almost everything I have tried to do has failed". Clearly you've been very successful in general. Much more so than people like me.
    - jimhi 4y ago
      I mean the interviews are like 1 out 400 applications.
      - giantg2 4y ago
        Still, seems like you move up. I'm over a decade in and still a shitty midlevel.
        testmasterflex 4y ago
        It's pretty evident that Mr Steinberg is extremely conscientious
        reidjs 4y ago
        (Assuming you're a software engineer) You are being paid to write code, don't forget that, it's a dream to many people.
        giantg2 4y ago
        It's a nightmare to some
        circlefavshape 4y ago
        My dad never got promoted in 40 years of work. When I got my first promotion (to team lead) I had been working as a dev for over 15 years and I kinda felt like I had let him down
        madamelic 4y ago
        What are you doing to move up? I don't think I am anything special nor was I a super go-getter and I've moved up fine in the same time span (came in as an ~associate, moved up to senior in ~2 years, got principal in 1.5 years, sat around high-level senior / defacto tech lead for a few years until I finally got a break with an actual lead title). You are either in too big of a pond (ie: you should work in a smaller place to have a bigger impact) or you are too focused on your own work to appear as someone worth bringing up. I am not a boomer but if you are a software engineer who is wanting to move up past associate and especially senior, you need to be looking out for others, mentoring, writing documentation on why certain decisions were made; something more than just nose in the code. The adage of "dress for the job you want, not the job you have" is kinda true. You don't even have to kill yourself for it either. I did the 10+ hour days for a year as a junior then I realized no one I wanted to care cared nor saw it as a point of pride.
      - hughdbrown 4y ago
        In 2016, you had 45 failed interviews. At a 400-1 ratio, you're saying you put out 18000 job applications that year? That's staggering. Even at 20-1, that would be 1000-ish applications.
  - andrewstuart 4y ago
    It should say that in the blog post. It reads like a ridiculously long list of jobs you took and failed at.
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capableweb 4y ago
I don't want to diminish anyone's accomplishments, as I think they are impressive too. However, it is worth noting that some of these projects are relatively simple and don't require a significant time investment. Additionally, some of the projects never launched and are counted as "fail".
- jimhi 4y ago
  I appreciate you not diminishing my failures. Never launched still means I tried to build and failed for various reasons.
  - capableweb 4y ago
    You mean your accomplishments of failing? ;)
  - codazoda 4y ago
    Jim, I should have created this. I've failed a lot. Also, your domain name makes a lot of sense for me. :P
    - jimhi 4y ago
      If you do end up creating - send to me
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A4ET8a8uTh0 4y ago
Agreed. All that work and website loads up fast and is very clear and concise. I did enjoy 'lessons learned' section. Frankly, the entire thing is almost inspirational.

olalonde 4y ago

I was also confused but those are jobs he applied for but wasn't hired.

jimhi 4y ago
Ones I got interviews for and didn't get
- olalonde 4y ago
  Even more impressive. Inspired me to get more fails under my belt.
- giantg2 4y ago
  I can't even get 10% of the number of interviews. I feel like you have little justification to say "In fact, almost everything I have tried to do has failed". Clearly you've been very successful in general. Much more so than people like me.
  - jimhi 4y ago
    I mean the interviews are like 1 out 400 applications.
    - giantg2 4y ago
      Still, seems like you move up. I'm over a decade in and still a shitty midlevel.
      - testmasterflex 4y ago
        It's pretty evident that Mr Steinberg is extremely conscientious
      - reidjs 4y ago
        (Assuming you're a software engineer) You are being paid to write code, don't forget that, it's a dream to many people.
        giantg2 4y ago
        It's a nightmare to some
      - circlefavshape 4y ago
        My dad never got promoted in 40 years of work. When I got my first promotion (to team lead) I had been working as a dev for over 15 years and I kinda felt like I had let him down
      - madamelic 4y ago
        What are you doing to move up? I don't think I am anything special nor was I a super go-getter and I've moved up fine in the same time span (came in as an ~associate, moved up to senior in ~2 years, got principal in 1.5 years, sat around high-level senior / defacto tech lead for a few years until I finally got a break with an actual lead title). You are either in too big of a pond (ie: you should work in a smaller place to have a bigger impact) or you are too focused on your own work to appear as someone worth bringing up. I am not a boomer but if you are a software engineer who is wanting to move up past associate and especially senior, you need to be looking out for others, mentoring, writing documentation on why certain decisions were made; something more than just nose in the code. The adage of "dress for the job you want, not the job you have" is kinda true. You don't even have to kill yourself for it either. I did the 10+ hour days for a year as a junior then I realized no one I wanted to care cared nor saw it as a point of pride.
    - hughdbrown 4y ago
      In 2016, you had 45 failed interviews. At a 400-1 ratio, you're saying you put out 18000 job applications that year? That's staggering. Even at 20-1, that would be 1000-ish applications.
- andrewstuart 4y ago
  It should say that in the blog post. It reads like a ridiculously long list of jobs you took and failed at.
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capableweb 4y ago

I don't want to diminish anyone's accomplishments, as I think they are impressive too. However, it is worth noting that some of these projects are relatively simple and don't require a significant time investment. Additionally, some of the projects never launched and are counted as "fail".

jimhi 4y ago
I appreciate you not diminishing my failures. Never launched still means I tried to build and failed for various reasons.
- capableweb 4y ago
  You mean your accomplishments of failing? ;)
- codazoda 4y ago
  Jim, I should have created this. I've failed a lot. Also, your domain name makes a lot of sense for me. :P
  - jimhi 4y ago
    If you do end up creating - send to me
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A4ET8a8uTh0 4y ago

Agreed. All that work and website loads up fast and is very clear and concise. I did enjoy 'lessons learned' section. Frankly, the entire thing is almost inspirational.