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Submitted a resume as a junior IOS programmer and got hired as a "solutions architect" and "R&D head"? That doesn't even make sense. Sorry but I smell troll-b

by kjackson2012 14y ago

Submitted a resume as a junior IOS programmer and got hired as a "solutions architect" and "R&D head"? That doesn't even make sense. Sorry but I smell troll-bait here. I'm flagging this post.

speeder 14y ago
Alright, I will explain this ( because I am bored right now, not because I feel that I need to defend myself ) I had previous internships as iOS programmer, and thus I thought that for my first non-intern job, it would make sense to apply as junior programmer. I applied, and got accepted by the HR and whatnot. The CEO for some reason then read my resume personally, and he saw that I`ve built a entire arcade (even the carpentry) by myself, also he saw that I was not a CS graduate, but a Game Design graduate, and finally, I had lots of old projects that I made to create stuff. He called me in person, to explain why he wanted to change my job role, he explained what wanted from ,e and how much money he would give me (he offered 60% more than I asked, granted that still was lower than market rates). He told me, he noticed I was more of a inventor, than a good academic style programmer. and that he already had 35 CS people on the building, he needed someone different and passionate for creating stuff, as head of the R&D division he was intending to create (until that point all his income was from outsourcing contracts). I actually had a great chat with him, we spent some hours talking about our tales of inventing stuff, I felt that the guy wanted to innovate, and was bored with the company current role, and missed a mad scientist type of friend That would give me problems later, as I felt entitled to frequently drop into the CEO office to chat, or present results and skip my boss, and this quickly eroded morale of other workers as they thought I was a favourite, soon I started to get sabotaged by other workers... Kinda nasty, and took my a while to realize what was happening.
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Submitted a resume as a junior IOS programmer and got hired as a "solutions architect" and "R&D head"? That doesn't even make sense. Sorry but I smell troll-bait here. I'm flagging this post.

speeder 14y ago

Alright, I will explain this ( because I am bored right now, not because I feel that I need to defend myself ) I had previous internships as iOS programmer, and thus I thought that for my first non-intern job, it would make sense to apply as junior programmer. I applied, and got accepted by the HR and whatnot. The CEO for some reason then read my resume personally, and he saw that I`ve built a entire arcade (even the carpentry) by myself, also he saw that I was not a CS graduate, but a Game Design graduate, and finally, I had lots of old projects that I made to create stuff. He called me in person, to explain why he wanted to change my job role, he explained what wanted from ,e and how much money he would give me (he offered 60% more than I asked, granted that still was lower than market rates). He told me, he noticed I was more of a inventor, than a good academic style programmer. and that he already had 35 CS people on the building, he needed someone different and passionate for creating stuff, as head of the R&D division he was intending to create (until that point all his income was from outsourcing contracts). I actually had a great chat with him, we spent some hours talking about our tales of inventing stuff, I felt that the guy wanted to innovate, and was bored with the company current role, and missed a mad scientist type of friend That would give me problems later, as I felt entitled to frequently drop into the CEO office to chat, or present results and skip my boss, and this quickly eroded morale of other workers as they thought I was a favourite, soon I started to get sabotaged by other workers... Kinda nasty, and took my a while to realize what was happening.

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