throwaway_gerts

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   by throwaway_gerts 6y ago

   > You can't ask people who aren't close directly why they aren't close, but maybe family members / non-work friends. Yes! I've done exactly this, and the result is always the same: They can't believe that I&
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   by throwaway_gerts 6y ago

   I've been wracking my brain for years over this, and I'm still not any closer to understanding what the problem is. I've had my resume looked at and tweaked over and over. I never send a cover letter without having someone el
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   by throwaway_gerts 6y ago

   Yes, when I'm looking for work I turn on the looking-for-work thing on linkedin. I'll get 1 maybe 2 generic pings over the next few months for "fullstack dev" (which I'm not - I do server-side or low level software)
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   by throwaway_gerts 6y ago

   I've never had an old colleague contact me. Is that a thing? Forgive me, but I'm not even sure what I should be asking these people... "Why haven't you contacted me" sounds too abrasive...
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   by throwaway_gerts 6y ago

   > Meanwhile someone like me...I'm literally turning away interviews. How do you manage that? I've been a software developer for over 20 years now, and every time I lose my job it's a SLOG to find another one, with anywhere