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Moved to Saigon from the Bay Area about 2 years ago. Was unemployed at the time (I mostly do tech consulting) and sitting in the newly opened cafe in my apartment building. A guy sits down next to me and is reading a book about bitcoin. He just moved into the building a couple days before. We start talking and he tells me he is mining, invites me to come help install the next shipment arriving that weekend. I go with…
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As someone who works at Amazon and has been rejected by Facebook, don't hinge your happiness on something as random as an interview decision. There's a lot more to life, and you deserve to be happy regardless of whatever else happens.
The worst part of my rejections is that I cannot even pass recruiters - apparently I cannot sell myself good enough despite that I’m somewhat confident that I’ll do good at technical interviews. Looks like a common problem to introverts.
Last startup I joined died. A tip - when a founder tells you they raised money, make sure they have actually "received" the money and that the fund they raised from hasn't gone insolvent :) Luckily an ex colleague referred me and it has been an amazing journey at LinkedIn. BTW We are hiring!
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Hey Flash. Just saw your messages to this and was curious to know if you also hire remote. Really interested. Email is at my profile. Thanks!
Just update my profile with the email info. Thanks!
Last startup I joined died. A tip - when a founder tells you they raised money, make sure they have actually "received" the money and that the fund they raised from hasn't gone insolvent :) Luckily an ex colleague referred me and it has been an amazing journey at LinkedIn. BTW We are hiring!
Hey, I'm actually looking for a new grad/entry level role currently. Do you know if you guys are looking for those types of roles at the moment?
Last startup I joined died. A tip - when a founder tells you they raised money, make sure they have actually "received" the money and that the fund they raised from hasn't gone insolvent :) Luckily an ex colleague referred me and it has been an amazing journey at LinkedIn. BTW We are hiring!
If you're available to chat I'd love to ask you some questions about positions at LinkedIn
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As someone who works at Amazon and has been rejected by Facebook, don't hinge your happiness on something as random as an interview decision. There's a lot more to life, and you deserve to be happy regardless of whatever else happens.
The worst part of my rejections is that I cannot even pass recruiters - apparently I cannot sell myself good enough despite that I’m somewhat confident that I’ll do good at technical interviews. Looks like a common problem to introverts.
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Hey, I'm actually looking for a new grad/entry level role currently. Do you know if you guys are looking for those types of roles at the moment?
Hey mate. Depends on the track. For apps this is usually harder but for non apps tracks (eg mobile, infra, tools) the chances are higher.
I uploaded my resume, and after getting in (every potential candidate has to be accepted) I got free advice over the phone from one of their career coaches on what resume and profile changes to make in order to attract more employers. Soon after that they started reaching out to me for interviews. There is a culture in the service of being respectful of your time as a candidate, so if the recruiter knows they don't offer every single thing you specified wanting in your profile they'll get that out of the way in the first phone call. They almost always discussed salary and remote benefits on the first call so I knew if their offer was in line with my expectations.
I signed up in February and was contacted by 9 employers, interviewed with 7, and accepted an offer with 1 in March.
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