[clue] Computer Dorking Job Experience

[Mike Nolte]

Huh, so I guess it is people you've known.  Do you have any opinions
on whether that's improved job satisfaction?  It obviously seems cool
to work with your friends, but I can also see the potential to strain
things.  Does it make things like salary negotiation awkward?  I'm
obviously biased, but I've always thought that computer dorks are
financially unappreciated.  I've guessed that it's probably a
combination of low self-esteem, aversion to conflict, and it being a
very dynamic field that's evolved quickly.

Any time someone complains about their jobs, I suggest that they
update their resume and post it a few places online.  For me, it's
cathardic just to write down my accomplishments (or lack thereof), but
it also triggers the search bots, and I start to get calls from
pim--errr "recruiters", who tell me what other options I have.  It
seems like all companies hire recruiting firms, even large ones who
already have recruiters in-house (which has always been weird to me).

On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 7:33 AM, David L. Willson <DLWillson at thegeek.nu> wrote:
> I was recruited into my current job by a student in a class I was teaching
> at my last job.
>
> I was rehired by a previous boss in my last job.
>
> Before that, I was self-employed for a year, having been fired for being
> insufficiently procedural. (I was doing everything my own way, not playing
> for the team. )
>
> Previous hire was a recruitment by a former co-worker.
>
> Before that... self-employed... It's starting to get foggy...
>
> I don't remember how I got the job before that, but I got laid off when the
> work got thin.
>
> Before that, I got recruited into a new company by a former co-worker.
>
> Before that was the same, and everything before that was newspaper ads.
> (They're like Craig's List, but on a page in the newspaper. What's a
> newspaper? Shut up, kid. Drink your organic juice. )
>
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Smartphone
>
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