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Always interview, be overemployed as a C player at the jobs you get, retire early.
by throwawaysleep 2y ago
Always interview, be overemployed as a C player at the jobs you get, retire early.
- Jtsummers 2y agoWe had a guy do that. He got fired from all his jobs and effectively blacklisted in the area.
- schmookeeg 2y agoWas this like in the outskirts of Saskatchewan? :) I can't think of a way to meaningfully blacklist engineers in the age of remote work.
- Jtsummers 2y agoI said the area, but no, in CO. He was employed by a couple space-related companies, which is still a small field. In one job he was also hired via a national hiring agency, so he screwed himself out of any jobs through them again. The genius was not smart enough to get remote jobs. He may have had more success with remote jobs, but in the layoffs over the last couple years I doubt he would have survived, he was definitely not contributing enough to keep around.
- HeyLaughingBoy 2y agoIt's easy to get a bad rep in niche industries in a small area because we tend to know each other. I had a guy who was our worst hire ever list me as a reference. Unfortunately, the hiring manager at the next job he tried to get was a friend and former co-worker of mine.
- zero-sharp 2y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40363135#40363405 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40363135#40363405
- hosteur 2y agoWhat does C player mean here?
- tomohelix 2y agoScraping by. Doing barely enough to not get fired.