tech_joe

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by tech_joe 3y ago
> You’ve hired right? As a hiring manager you want someone with fresh successes in the area you’re hiring for. My approach has always been very different I guess. Likely because I have seen so many shifts in technology. As an example,
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by tech_joe 3y ago
> Answering these answers will probably help you understand where you're going wrong and how to better sell yourself. Good feedback. Thanks. No, not entitled at all. Also, not arrogant (you didn't say or imply that, just addin
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by tech_joe 3y ago
> I don't believe for a second that you can have proficency at all these skills. That's just not possible. You may have cobbled things using these techs or worked with people who knew these things well, but you can't possi
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by tech_joe 3y ago
> It sounds like you may need an outlet to vent, not necessarily "your frustrations", but maybe you need a way to outline or give a retrospective account of the past ~40 years so that you can come to terms/appreciate your
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by tech_joe 3y ago
> if there's too much info on the resume, I don't know what YOU want to do. I don't want to hire someone that may be bored with this job That's good insight. Thanks.
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by tech_joe 3y ago
> If I was hiring for a web dev role and saw this I would just think you're not that suited to my specific role. I agree with your point. Again, my post was not a job application, just a brain dump of skills learned and applied ove
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by tech_joe 3y ago
> You need to tailor your CV to the job you're applying to and leave almost everything else out. I recently read an article about modern job application evaluation. The author said that if it takes more than 10 seconds to get a sen
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by tech_joe 3y ago
> You have communication problems - the needless tech listing took so much space that you had to make your actual point in a comment, and at the same you left out much more relevant information like what you've been doing recently.
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by tech_joe 3y ago
Yeah, I have a couple of consulting gigs what have kept me busy.
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by tech_joe 3y ago
part 2... I think it is beyond obvious I have not sat idle after having to drop out of engineering school in my mid 20's. The above isn't a list of things I touched superficially. Each of the above skills represents (and came fr
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What's Wrong with Me?
26 points by tech_joe 3y ago|44 comments