nordicengineer

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by nordicengineer 5y ago
I can totally relate to your take. I've also considered a change out of IT into the educational sector. Problem is that if you'd want that, you'd have to put in quite a lot of years of formal education (I would call it certif
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by nordicengineer 5y ago
Allow me to take a moment and just tell you how sorry I am to read this. I know it is worth nothing, but I feel for you. Kids, medical issues, expat families, etc or even a true accident can flip our lives upside down and many just don&#x27
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by nordicengineer 5y ago
Thanks for writing this! We're all so different, socially, stage in life (kids for instance), ways of working, etc. not to mention thinking of how this applies to hiring women. "What? You don't want to grab a drink with me?&q
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by nordicengineer 5y ago
T H A N K S !
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by nordicengineer 5y ago
> Usually you can get a job by asking a friend to put in a word for you at their place, or just letting them know you're looking. tl;dr
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by nordicengineer 5y ago
I mentioned the IQ test because those employers couldn't stop talking about fitting in. Without tests, fitting in = we like you, we like you not, where WE can be very different today than tomorrow. Applying for the same position after
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by nordicengineer 5y ago
Would you say this math is reasonable? - 3 companies/year (3y on average at a company) - 2 teams/company (1.5y on average in a team) - max 10 members/team - add a 5x factor meaning you will BOND!!! (closely enough to dream of
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by nordicengineer 5y ago
Thanks! FWIW it's not a knee-jerk reaction post, though choice of words can always be better, especially for someone who doesn't have English as their native language. I'm not irritated. I'm more lost for words. And I ho
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by nordicengineer 5y ago
> being stuck with a boring stack makes them less employable in the long run > "boring" people typically cost more This is where I know I have a big ask to think outside of the box, but companies don't need to pay extra
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by nordicengineer 5y ago
I hope you'll understand I'm not arguing against you. I can totally understand the adversity, and by all means people can easily use it as a bias, but it merely gauges how good at "if X then Y" one is, which in turn refl
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