Three sentences into the technician’s explanation, I’d already decided to tell him to give it up as a bad job, return the machine to the customer, and tell them it they needed…
Category: career
What Matters Most in a Job Search?
Recently, someone I’ve been helping find their first tech role landed a job after several months of searching. After a bit of celebration and the usual bout of “am I really good…
Another Trick to Find Remote Jobs
Recently someone asked me if one of the jobs I had shared (something I do every week) was open to remote folks. While I work hard to ensure my weekly list of…
What’s a Resume FOR?
In the course of talking about job hunting with friends, colleagues, randos in slack, and elsewhere, I end up talking about resumes. A lot. There is, (in my (not so) humble) opinion,…
“Do You Have Any Questions for Me?”
When the interview comes to the “do you have any questions for me?” part, your best use of time is to try to uncover things that would cause you to absolutely say…
Remember When Things Were Better? (No.)
A post over on LinkedIn got me thinking, which got me writing. No, I don’t. I’ve been working in tech for 35 years, in all that time, I’ve never observed very many…
Culture, Community, Creation, Calling
In last week’s post, as I was talking about job descriptions, I asked a question I feel is key to a successful job search: “Do you like the company because of it’s culture,…
Job Descriptions and Other Works of Fiction
Last week I was talking about job applications and not holding yourself back by saying “no” pre-emptively. I started to dive into job descriptions before realizing they deserved their own post. Which is…
Who Says “no” in a Job Search?
This is just a quick job search advice post for the week, with a piece of advice I find myself giving out far too often: It’s the company’s job to tell you…
What I Learned About Salary Negotiation from Kym Possible
UPDATE for 12/31/2024: Due to popular demand, Kymberly has set up a new website to help with intake, coordination, and communication. Check out https://www.sugarcubeconsulting.com/. As regular readers know, I recently changed companies….