Restarting my career after motherhood
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Restarting my career after motherhood
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Re: Restarting my career after motherhood
#2I remember you were making a few videos of science activities for kids. Are you still making them?
I remember this about mixing hot and cold water https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGpKH0Sobcs I knew the effect before, but I thought it was not so fast.
Re: Restarting my career after motherhood
#3I remember you were making a few videos of science activities for kids. Are you still making them? I remember this about mixing hot and cold water https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGpKH0Sobcs I knew the effect before, but I thought it was not so fast.
WOW I am shocked you remember! I wrote a book in parallel to the videos for science education in kindergarten. However, after almost a year of making the videos without an income o r a significant grow in my audience, I unfortunately stopped!
I loved doing them, I miss them and I am happy I tried it out but reality is, that I need a way to have an income!
But I am so happy you remembered the videos + experiements. The hot/cold water mixing experiment is super fun!I received lots of photographs from parents whose kids did it, and loved it:)
Re: Restarting my career after motherhood
#4You might have a better chance at short term contract positions that could get a bit of recent experience, or a contract-to-hire type of position. Anyway best of luck to you. I admire your grit and determination.
Re: Restarting my career after motherhood
#5You might have a better chance at short term contract positions that could get a bit of recent experience, or a contract-to-hire type of position. Anyway best of luck to you. I admire your grit and determination.
Thank you so much for your advice - I am sure I will eventually find the right oportunity:) I will be exploring these options as well. they might give me the push I need for my CV to be more recent and "desirable".
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#6Love the positive can-do attitude :) I trust that you'll land a great position, you've got the chutzpah and grit for sure! And since you were recently dealing with toddlers as your primary occupation, I assume your soft skills have gotten an excellent workout ;P
Re: Restarting my career after motherhood
#7some large companies, (i've seen ads from facebook, although i'm sure there are others), have "returnship" programs for people in this exact situation.
edit: see https://www.springboard.com/blog/career-advice/amazon-facebo...
Re: Restarting my career after motherhood
#8The software industry is like an abusive partner. Always desperate to hire STEM talent, but not you. Knowing a large number of people with similar experiences my recommendation is to start up something. Some very limited and targeted application or service is usually possible. If nothing else it is great practice that will improve skills. The amount of work required to get a job in the software industry is often far larger than the amount of work it takes to make a modest profit from applying yourself directly.
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#9I strongly disagree with "I remained flat" statement. I mean, you were taking care of your children, weren't you? If you do it right (imho, if you even just try to do it right), it's the biggest accomplishment one can do.
I understand how frustrating it must be to stay professionally flat compared to your peers. We absolutely should celebrate people taking their time off to literally raise the next humans, instead we're turning them down because they spent 5~6 years off the industry. How is this not counterproductive for humanity as a whole?
Re: Restarting my career after motherhood
#10your response to rejection tells me you'll be perfectly fine. Any company would be lucky to have you. The first thing we list in our "requirements" for hiring is "grit" and you clearly have an abundance.