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Re: My Resume Is Total Fiction

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Post by pla3rhat3r » Fri, Jan 02, 2015, 5:33 PM UTC

tjbiddle wrote: post #70

bvanslyke wrote: post #69

This is OT, and no offense, but this post and your homepage make you sound like an exaggerated parody of a techie. > I'm an engineer. I live in the Philadelphia area. I build things. I assemble teams. I scale products. I'm inspired by minimalism and order. I am a co-founder of my kids. I dig plaid, chucks, and loud music. I want to dent the universe. I suddenly really want to re-watch the first season of Silicon Vall…

The Silicon Valley show exists because the stereotypes are true. Sure, they're annoying for some - but they're reality for others.

This is true. I watch that show and laugh my ass off because so much of it is true. I hope it never ends.

Re: My Resume Is Total Fiction

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Post by rayiner » Fri, Jan 02, 2015, 5:33 PM UTC

fivedogit wrote: post #4

IMO, life is not about having a rigid "plan" and executing towards it, it's about having a general direction, being flexible and making the most of the opportunities that come your way. Not only is the latter easier to navigate, you'll be happier because your expectations are more likely to be met.

He's not espousing having a rigid plan. The way I read it, it's about putting major goals ("launched X") and doing something along those lines.

The downside of not having a plan is that it's easy to just do what life presents you, instead of thinking about how you can take steps forward in your career.

Re: My Resume Is Total Fiction

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Post by chrisbaglieri » Fri, Jan 02, 2015, 5:38 PM UTC

bvanslyke wrote: post #69

This is OT, and no offense, but this post and your homepage make you sound like an exaggerated parody of a techie. > I'm an engineer. I live in the Philadelphia area. I build things. I assemble teams. I scale products. I'm inspired by minimalism and order. I am a co-founder of my kids. I dig plaid, chucks, and loud music. I want to dent the universe. I suddenly really want to re-watch the first season of Silicon Vall…

Author here. Thanks so much for your kind and encouraging words. Happy New Year!

Re: My Resume Is Total Fiction

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Post by msutherl » Fri, Jan 02, 2015, 6:01 PM UTC

chrisbaglieri wrote: post #73

bvanslyke wrote: post #69

This is OT, and no offense, but this post and your homepage make you sound like an exaggerated parody of a techie. > I'm an engineer. I live in the Philadelphia area. I build things. I assemble teams. I scale products. I'm inspired by minimalism and order. I am a co-founder of my kids. I dig plaid, chucks, and loud music. I want to dent the universe. I suddenly really want to re-watch the first season of Silicon Vall…

Author here. Thanks so much for your kind and encouraging words. Happy New Year!

The problem is thus: one should, when found to be in alignment with the mainstream, or in other words, part of a monoculture, ask themselves whether they have probed deeply enough into the question of how one should live a life, for true wisdom is rare by nature, and if one follows common wisdom, one is most likely in error.

Re: My Resume Is Total Fiction

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Post by msutherl » Fri, Jan 02, 2015, 6:06 PM UTC

dzhiurgis wrote: post #51

tinco wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you can't even enjoy yourself on a party with regular people, I doubt a party with female scientists would go very well for you. (as someone who has went to parties with female scientists..)

I live abroad and peers I have access to are working class people. There simply isn't much to talk about, just get pissed drunk/drugged. I've recently started disconnecting them I found network of smart people to which I can enjoy conversing with.

This is one cause of the current global urbanization trend. Consider relocating to a major city.

Re: My Resume Is Total Fiction

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Post by fit2rule » Fri, Jan 02, 2015, 6:09 PM UTC

pla3rhat3r wrote: post #71

tjbiddle wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The Silicon Valley show exists because the stereotypes are true. Sure, they're annoying for some - but they're reality for others.

This is true. I watch that show and laugh my ass off because so much of it is true. I hope it never ends.

All we are is a copy of a copy.

Re: My Resume Is Total Fiction

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Post by brandoncarl » Fri, Jan 02, 2015, 6:15 PM UTC

bvanslyke wrote: post #69

This is OT, and no offense, but this post and your homepage make you sound like an exaggerated parody of a techie. > I'm an engineer. I live in the Philadelphia area. I build things. I assemble teams. I scale products. I'm inspired by minimalism and order. I am a co-founder of my kids. I dig plaid, chucks, and loud music. I want to dent the universe. I suddenly really want to re-watch the first season of Silicon Vall…

How can you possibly say "no offense" and then proceed to make fun of somebody? Simply using that phrase doesn't make it any more ok.

Re: My Resume Is Total Fiction

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Post by bradleysmith » Fri, Jan 02, 2015, 6:31 PM UTC

chrisbaglieri wrote: post #73

bvanslyke wrote: post #69

This is OT, and no offense, but this post and your homepage make you sound like an exaggerated parody of a techie. > I'm an engineer. I live in the Philadelphia area. I build things. I assemble teams. I scale products. I'm inspired by minimalism and order. I am a co-founder of my kids. I dig plaid, chucks, and loud music. I want to dent the universe. I suddenly really want to re-watch the first season of Silicon Vall…

Author here. Thanks so much for your kind and encouraging words. Happy New Year!

I appreciated the blog post, your about-us page, and this comment.

Re: My Resume Is Total Fiction

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Post by huhtenberg » Fri, Jan 02, 2015, 6:36 PM UTC

chrisbaglieri wrote: post #73

bvanslyke wrote: post #69

This is OT, and no offense, but this post and your homepage make you sound like an exaggerated parody of a techie. > I'm an engineer. I live in the Philadelphia area. I build things. I assemble teams. I scale products. I'm inspired by minimalism and order. I am a co-founder of my kids. I dig plaid, chucks, and loud music. I want to dent the universe. I suddenly really want to re-watch the first season of Silicon Vall…

Author here. Thanks so much for your kind and encouraging words. Happy New Year!

You should consider what he said though, because your description does read like delusions of grandeur.

Re: My Resume Is Total Fiction

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Post by Retra » Fri, Jan 02, 2015, 6:45 PM UTC

FLUX-YOU wrote: post #57

cubano wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Some people would simply call that Sales and Marketing, which is pretty much what the OP was discussing. Of course, S&M has a place in everyone's, even engineers, lives (no pun intended). The idea of tailoring your resume to hit certain high notes that corrospond with the needs of the hiring company is nothing new, and has been promoted on job seeking sites for as long as I can remember. It's really no different then…

The fun part is when different players are playing with different rules. "Oh, I touched Python once, better put it on my resume." But that bullet point on the resume could indicate any level of skill. Whereas someone more modest might not put that on the resume because he only touched it. Now you're headed from salesmanship towards snake oil. It isn't lying outright, but it smells familiar.

I don't like putting anything on my resume because I try to learn from the best. I know what mastery of the material looks like, and I don't have it. But I can usually outperform most of my peers in anything I've seriously studied.

It is more depressing to me in that I wouldn't want to work for someone who doesn't understand that, yet that's not something they could reasonably be expected to know. So resumes just feel like pointless bureaucratic fictions... and that's exactly the kind of thing I'm trying to remove from the world.