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I'd caution against anyone from applying anything from this article as a universal truth. For Example: Changing Jobs every 6 months - The economy has been shi

by Aloha 13y ago

I'd caution against anyone from applying anything from this article as a universal truth. For Example: Changing Jobs every 6 months - The economy has been shit for 5 years - and unless you have spent your whole career in the Bay Area - you're likely to have been job hopping from contract to contract. Commute - again, this is highly tied to which market you're in. An hour away in Seattle is a doable commute - its either 30 miles (if going to Seattle) or up to 60 miles (if heading away). Followup to Interview - I used to do this - but after getting no reply 90% of the time, I stopped. I now only do this if I'm really, really interested. Typically something that makes me really interested is a great resume builder, salary or benefits - I try not to apply for jobs that I don't find interesting from a technology level. On a personal note: Lack of personalized cover letter - I've been in the position where applying for work was more like an assembly line - How personalized should it be? I have a form letter I modify light for each job I apply for - I'd be leery of any employer that expects me to write an essay of ball gargling - The cover letter IMO should exclaim my strengths to the job - not why I want to work for you - I want to work for you, because the work sounds interesting, and for one reason or another, I'm in a the market for a job. The Good - Listen to your intuition - I think this is great advice - but only listen when its screaming - not just when you meet someone different then you. A warning, intuition is how you judge that 'fit to culture' - If your intuition says too many people are off - the problem isn't the candidates, its your culture.

kamaal 13y ago
>>Changing Jobs every 6 months Regarding this. I am afraid there are some people who just don't stay at any place for a meaningful period of time. And its not like they are getting fired all the time. These people just in their full consciousness and responsibility just keep hopping jobs in hopes of a mythical super career. In my country(India) its standard to get a ~15% hike on a job change on your current pay. The net result is you have a market full of job hoppers with hardly meaningful experience. It takes some time to come to speed in your new job and you hardly do any work in your notice period. So you essentially do some small time work in the minute period of time you serve at any company. What's worse is these people are expensive compared to actual genuine contributors, they hardly stay and contribute anything. Since they won't be around in your company in the next 6-8 months why bother hiring them at the first place. And given that, you can't trust them with any long term responsibilities. Or any work of strategic importance.
- Aloha 13y ago
  That kinda wage raise is impressive - at one company I was at we had the "<company name> raise" - which is to say, take a job at another firm, get a 50% pay bump, then come back to <company name> and get another job. The short timer thing though sucks, I've only left one job for a raise - the rest were for layoff, work conditions, and one honest to god firing (I was the wrong person for the role). I'd personally love to come and work in India for a year, just for the cultural experience.

by Aloha 13y ago

kamaal 13y ago

>>Changing Jobs every 6 months Regarding this. I am afraid there are some people who just don't stay at any place for a meaningful period of time. And its not like they are getting fired all the time. These people just in their full consciousness and responsibility just keep hopping jobs in hopes of a mythical super career. In my country(India) its standard to get a ~15% hike on a job change on your current pay. The net result is you have a market full of job hoppers with hardly meaningful experience. It takes some time to come to speed in your new job and you hardly do any work in your notice period. So you essentially do some small time work in the minute period of time you serve at any company. What's worse is these people are expensive compared to actual genuine contributors, they hardly stay and contribute anything. Since they won't be around in your company in the next 6-8 months why bother hiring them at the first place. And given that, you can't trust them with any long term responsibilities. Or any work of strategic importance.

Aloha 13y ago
That kinda wage raise is impressive - at one company I was at we had the "<company name> raise" - which is to say, take a job at another firm, get a 50% pay bump, then come back to <company name> and get another job. The short timer thing though sucks, I've only left one job for a raise - the rest were for layoff, work conditions, and one honest to god firing (I was the wrong person for the role). I'd personally love to come and work in India for a year, just for the cultural experience.