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Re: I'm Begging for Work

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You can do what you like, but if you swear at me and call me f* I'll not hire you.

That's ridiculous. Good managers let their employees vent, when necessary, and don't take it personally. Insecure ones get all uppity about things like that.

Since the world is full of pretty poor managers "don't swear at your boss" is pragmatic advice. It'd be nice if all managers had the skill to recognise that a bit of venting is probably healthy.

Re: I'm Begging for Work

#172

Time to get your game face on. I'm a CEO, we're hiring but not in your skill area. Having interviewed a lot of candidates lately and looked at many more, I wanted to give you my 2c on getting into extremely hirable shape fast: Update your LinkedIn profile as someone has mentioned already. Sweeten it up, get a great looking but professional profile pic up there, get kudos from friends, etc. Do the online profile clean…

I guess beggers can't be choosers, but you're describing an employer I would never work for. > Remove any controversial political views or disparaging remarks about previous employers. If a person keeps their stupid political views to themselves while at work, it's really not any of their employers business. As far as disparaging remarks go, if it's an awesome company to work for, there shouldn't be anything to worry…

Workplaces are intensely political. Corporations are huge donors to political campaigns.

Of course, politics goes beyond the pageant of professional politicians we call elections. (For example, saying "corporations are illegitimate entities" is political. Or "corporations are structured as dictatorships, and that's where you spend much of your lives". What would we expect a corporate gatekeeper to do, upon seeing that?)

Re: I'm Begging for Work

#173

pretty silly to think devs get a lot of money. only if you are really good. and with so little experience, you are not going to be much better than me. and i know what i'm getting.

But his goal is to be a good developer. And good developers do make a lot of money. You don't get experience by whining "oh, I have so little experience!" He just has to keep working, and he'll get there. Baby steps. Everybody has to start from zero in this business.

Re: I'm Begging for Work

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"And no one started at $40k. The general consensus was that maybe I hadn’t gone to college, but I had proven myself in the past 8 months. I deserved the same starting salary as everyone else, which was about $75,000 "

Holy fuck. I work as a full time C++ developer with a couple years of experience now and I make $30k/year. And I have a first class Masters Degree in compute science. Games industry man.

Re: I'm Begging for Work

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Wait, if someone has 4 children, it's because of religion? That's possibly the stupidest comment I've ever seen on HN, and I've seen a lot.

Wow this thread is grumpy.

Not grumpy—the grandparent was being a total ass.

Re: I'm Begging for Work

#178

Time to get your game face on. I'm a CEO, we're hiring but not in your skill area. Having interviewed a lot of candidates lately and looked at many more, I wanted to give you my 2c on getting into extremely hirable shape fast: Update your LinkedIn profile as someone has mentioned already. Sweeten it up, get a great looking but professional profile pic up there, get kudos from friends, etc. Do the online profile clean…

http://www.eeoc.gov/laws/practices/ "As a general rule, the information obtained and requested through the pre-employment process should be limited to those essential for determining if a person is qualified for the job;... employers should not ask for a photograph of an applicant . If needed for identification purposes, a photograph may be obtained after an offer of employment is made and accepted." It surprised me…

They're not allowed to actively discriminate on it, but people naturally make choices based on gut feeling and having a good photo can really help.

They're not allowed to discriminate on whether your resume contains the right collection of trendy buzzwords either, but that's what HR systems sit and do every day.

You play the game that exists, not the one that's written in statute.

Re: I'm Begging for Work

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Wow this thread is grumpy.

Not grumpy—the grandparent was being a total ass.

And you know that you either flag, or downvote, or ignore the asses.

(Or some combination.)

You don't write a post to call them idiots, even if they are.

Re: I'm Begging for Work

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What a positive thinker you are. Blame it on the kids. That's sure to make him feel better about his situation.

Did you edit your comment to make it more aggressive?

If you think that's aggressive, you must be a sensitive flower. The point is that it's mean-spirited, silly, and stupid to tell someone with four children that they obviously love that they are an idiot for having them. That's what is "aggressive."
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