In my previous job work was drying up so my boss sent me out contracting at another company. Six months later the company I was contracting at made me an offer I couldn’t refuse. I’ve been there for 4 years now. Previous job was nearly 8 years.
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#92I didn’t. I’m unemployed and enjoying every minute of it.
Where do you get, you know, the money from ?
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#93After 18 months of applying, getting several 2nd and 3rd interviews, I got a random message from a CIO I interviewed with 6 years ago.
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#94During my university years my boss (current, not at the time) asked if he could pitch an idea for those in class who wanted to listen instead of going on 15 min break, I think at this point he was going to pitch to investors and wanted the practice. Two or so years later I reached out to him, asking if anything had come of it (I mean he did quit a stable job at Uni to do this, might as well check up on him) and if they were looking for a summer intern and/or part-timer. Luckily everything was going well (except that startups are never smooth sailing) and I got offered an internship. A year later and I am set to work there full time at the start of September.
The lesson I took away from it all was to make effort to stay in touch with people.
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#95I needed a ride back home from a birthday party and so the birthday guy introduced me to a friend of his who lived in the same direction. In his car we naturally made small talk like “what do you do” and two or three weeks later I was working for him.
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#96I was a financial analyst with no interest in computers or programming.
Three years ago I bought a raspberry pi to set up a Plex HTPC. That led to bash scripts to automate little bits of my work. Fell head over heels into Linux and bash, then started learning R to do what Excel couldn’t do. Then I quit and started a Data Science masters. Now I’m employed full time as a data scientist but spend most of my time helping design a modern infrastructure at my very traditional employer. Raspberry Pi to rack servers running containerized workloads in 3 years - best time of my life.
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#97I'm in bio research and not programming. Moral of the story is to cold-email people who are friends of friends. I have never got a job through my CV/resume.
Current job I got via word of mouth and an email. My boss used professors he trusted and knew me to check I was okay.
Previous job I got from a friend mentioning I should ask them. I emailed them and they gave me a job.
Back before University I got two jobs in retail and fast food through my mum who worked as a bank teller and thus could ask if they were looking for work.
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#98I had moved to a new town, and got an adjunct teaching job as a stop gap. My office mate was a former employee of a company. One day he called the founder of that company on the phone, introduced me, and handed me the receiver. That was 20 years ago.
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#99I was a financial analyst with no interest in computers or programming. Three years ago I bought a raspberry pi to set up a Plex HTPC. That led to bash scripts to automate little bits of my work. Fell head over heels into Linux and bash, then started learning R to do what Excel couldn’t do. Then I quit and started a Data Science masters. Now I’m employed full time as a data scientist but spend most of my time helping…
As for actually getting a job, I’ve generally always applied for job openings via normal channels, but the clincher has always been that I have some small connection to the company - a friend of a friend worked there, or something. I find there needs to be a ‘tribal link’, however weak. Social capital is real.
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#100Got a recruiter she was the worse (dropped her after she committed some criminal acts and repeatedly lied to her clients) would have me in a senior position if she could when I had zero experience. Took first job that made me a offer. Left when my contract was up, but meet a handful of good guys. Every job after that has been refers from guys I meet contracting at places, but I never found a place worth staying at. I have learn to separate the bullshitters and people with genuine interest in tech. Group messages, joke emails, epic lunches, and understanding someones true ability has gotten me more work then any recruiting agency has ever been able to.