The “sparse resume” experiment from earlier in the month–where all the resume had was my years of experience in certain disciplines–didn’t get much response. So I went back to the old self-entertainment…
Category: Tech Career
Job Hunt Diary 2023: WTF with High School Questions?
January 24, 2023 I was just applying for a role with Canonical, makers of the Ubuntu Linux distribution along with other tools and products. Honestly, I was tempted not to complete it…
Job Hunt Diary 2023: A stronger nibble to start the week
A stronger nibble This week, I started my morning with a recruiter request a call to discuss a role I applied for… checks notes… four weeks ago. Last week, I got a…
Job Hunt Diary: Nibbles, No Bites
Friday, January 20th It ain’t easy, it ain’t easy It ain’t easy to get to Heaven when you’re going down — David Bowie Yesterday, as Amazon let 8,000 more employees know their…
Job Hunt Diary 2023: Applying vs. Searching
I just applied for 3 jobs via LinkedIn. I call it “earning my unemployment check.” While I am job hunting all week long, filing and logging three applications to qualify for my…
Job Hunt Diary 2023: A Nibble & An Unwise Recruiter
Sorry for the lack of posts, but the home office remodel took a bit longer than expected. The problem with “a place for everything and everything in its place” is it can…
Job Hunt Diary 2023: Three Unwise Recruiters
Today I woke to not one but three recruiters contacting me via LinkedIn, all from different agencies, all for the same contract role with the same company. Two named the company, one…
Three Takeaways from Ten Years in Developer Relations
I got my first Developer Relations job writing developer documentation for Internet Explorer over ten years ago. Four years of those ten were spent writing documentation for Microsoft or Amazon Web Services…
The Couch… He Is Gone
I don’t know why I used a title that sounds like some foreign character in a movie, but it felt a little more entertaining that a simple “the couch is gone.” And…
Job Hunt Diary – The End of The Job Hunt
Hello from a hotel room in Santa Clara. I got up at 4 a.m. on Monday morning to fly down from Seattle and meet my new co-workers in person. In the past…
Job Hunt Diary – Week 6 – Day 2
10 p.m. No news is no news While I did get contacts on LinkedIn from a couple of recruiters about new opportunities, nothing from the four companies still in the hunt on…
Job Hunt Diary – Week 6 – Day 1
1 p.m. Everything finished up on Thursday. Slept in on Friday and got a 91 sleep score on my FitBit. Always happy when I score an A in sleep. This morning, I…
Job Hunt Diary – Week 5 – Day 5
I finished up with two more companies, but one with which I had believed I was finished, emailed to ask for a presentation.
Job Hunt Diary – Week 5 – Day 4
11 a.m. Apologies again. While in the heat of interviewing and interview prep, daily blogging has not been as big a priority. Three down – two to go Quick recap: Two small…
Job Hunt Diary – Week 4 – Day 5
I like to believe that I’m a seasoned, experienced professional who does good work, yet there’s still a nagging doubt in the back of my mind telling me I’m somehow just good at spinning my past accomplishments and nothing I’ve ever done is good enough.