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Re: My Failure Resume

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Post by codazoda » Thu, Mar 16, 2023, 4:42 PM UTC

jimhi wrote: post #18

capableweb wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't want to diminish anyone's accomplishments, as I think they are impressive too. However, it is worth noting that some of these projects are relatively simple and don't require a significant time investment. Additionally, some of the projects never launched and are counted as "fail".

I appreciate you not diminishing my failures. Never launched still means I tried to build and failed for various reasons.

Jim, I should have created this. I've failed a lot. Also, your domain name makes a lot of sense for me. :P

Re: My Failure Resume

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Post by prewett » Thu, Mar 16, 2023, 4:47 PM UTC

DeathArrow wrote: post #34

I wonder how many times each successful person had failed before becoming successful.

There's lists that make the rounds. Einstein, Edison, Abraham Lincoln, and JK Rowling have notable stories. Google's top pick is https://www.wanderlustworker.com/48-famous-failures-who-will...

Re: My Failure Resume

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Post by cableshaft » Thu, Mar 16, 2023, 4:50 PM UTC

notimpotent wrote: post #79

tdhopper wrote: post #68

I do this: https://tdhopper.com/rejected

I don't understand this - have you been (unsuccessfully) looking for a job since 2013? If you've had jobs in between these applications, why are you applying for so many new jobs every year?

In the reflections link at the bottom they have the following:

> I've been unbelievably fortunate to be continuously employed since college, but I'm not sure how to tell you to repeat that.

So they've had jobs while they've applied elsewhere. Also according to their resume (link at the top) they've had 7 jobs since 2014, or about one job shift every year and some change.

Re: My Failure Resume

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Post by billydwilliams » Thu, Mar 16, 2023, 4:54 PM UTC

I love this! Especially in a professional culture that embellishes, misrepresents, and outright lies about failures and hardships in order to try to appear more attractive, successful, and employable. LinkedIn these days is just one big stream of toxic positivity and Stockholm syndrome. It's great to see people that are willing to be honest and humble.

Granted, you have to be careful to not have a victim mentality or be too self-deprecating to the point that people thing you're actually humble-bragging or fishing for pity/compliments, but this site seems hilarious. Great work.

Re: My Failure Resume

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Post by bigbillheck » Thu, Mar 16, 2023, 5:06 PM UTC

> Product Engineer at Experiment (06/16/2018): They weren’t hiring but said I could dig dinosaurs if I moved to Seattle!

I don't have any idea what this means, but if you're going to the Seattle area hoping for exposed non-marine rock from the Mesozoic you're going to be pretty disappointed outside the San Juans.

Re: My Failure Resume

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Post by punkbit » Thu, Mar 16, 2023, 5:09 PM UTC

Hey Jimhi! Thanks for sharing this, I liked it a lot :D Good luck with your acting! Have you thought about creating a movie yourself and directing? Since I spend so much time coding/building as you do, whenever I have some free time I try to do some music and been doing the music videos https://punkbit.com/audio/desmentira-a-project-inspired-by-m... planning to do a movie at some point!

Good luck mate!!

Re: My Failure Resume

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Post by jimhi » Thu, Mar 16, 2023, 5:12 PM UTC

punkbit wrote: post #96

Hey Jimhi! Thanks for sharing this, I liked it a lot :D Good luck with your acting! Have you thought about creating a movie yourself and directing? Since I spend so much time coding/building as you do, whenever I have some free time I try to do some music and been doing the music videos https://punkbit.com/audio/desmentira-a-project-inspired-by-m... planning to do a movie at some point! Good luck mate!!

This is cool as heck - Yes I did which led to me realizing I have no money for cameras and sound and lighting which led to the interactive comics website.

Re: My Failure Resume

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Post by jimhi » Thu, Mar 16, 2023, 5:23 PM UTC

prewett wrote: post #92

DeathArrow wrote: post #34

I wonder how many times each successful person had failed before becoming successful.

There's lists that make the rounds. Einstein, Edison, Abraham Lincoln, and JK Rowling have notable stories. Google's top pick is https://www.wanderlustworker.com/48-famous-failures-who-will...

Specifically Lincoln was a failure well into his 40s - https://mrsteinberg.com/creatives-who-made-it-when-they-were...

Re: My Failure Resume

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Post by titzer » Thu, Mar 16, 2023, 5:28 PM UTC

ipaddr wrote: post #31

"CTO at Loyalsnap (02/23/2017): The CEO rejected me then used the code I wrote in the interview in production. When I pointed this out and said an estimate of the hours I worked on that if he wanted to use it, he told me I would have to sue him to get it. 20 minutes later he venmo’d me the amount and said don’t sue him." Happens more often then you think. Get 200 approaches on something that team can't get right. Use…

Came here to post this. Your engineering team is a fail, your problem is a joke, and your hiring process is overfitting. Maybe you could post stackoverflow questions...and then wrong answers...and get better results from people correcting you?

Re: My Failure Resume

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Post by todfox » Thu, Mar 16, 2023, 5:32 PM UTC

I'm sure the Lessons so Far list really does work, but it seems like mental illness to me. Trying to be entertaining to get followers, tailoring your work so that it gets attention, talking to the right people on social media and being sure to take their side or promote them. It's sickening.

This is why every YouTube thumbnail has a face with bugged out eyes and huge fonts. This is why all news is sensationalism now. It's all about grabbing attention and getting revenue over making or doing something worthwhile.