tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1502761093196431512.post435931595224386334..comments2024-01-06T14:58:41.477+11:00Comments on Ruby-coloured glasses: Link: How to avoid ghetto jobsTaryn Easthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00647732421144825421noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1502761093196431512.post-12187026972323839392012-03-09T14:19:08.129+11:002012-03-09T14:19:08.129+11:00Ouch. I feel your pain.
My recommendation: go fin...Ouch. I feel your pain.<br /><br />My recommendation: go find an open source project to work on.<br /><br />It'll help keep the rust off your skills, and you can prove you've done some "real" coding work recently.Taryn Easthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00647732421144825421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1502761093196431512.post-56104470466616432822012-03-08T21:19:19.505+11:002012-03-08T21:19:19.505+11:00I'm trapped in one now. 15years of c/c++ os an...I'm trapped in one now. 15years of c/c++ os and driver development. I'm now writing java script on good days. Excel spread sheets maintenance on the bad ones. <br />The problem is my CV has been shredded. Recruiters always ask me what I'm working on now. I hear it in their voice as soon as I say the word "script". <br />I was doing more advanced work fresh out of Uni' and they know it. <br />They hired a coder, because they thought they were high-tech. <br />The worse problem with these gigs.. how does one get out?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1502761093196431512.post-52277128067444160772011-12-01T08:18:52.489+11:002011-12-01T08:18:52.489+11:00@Lawrence. Not that one specifically no, but I hav...@Lawrence. Not that one specifically no, but I have seen this effect before. The problem is that office politics is a game. One to which women are often not taught the rules whereas men often are... <br /><br />It's a really stupid game of manipulation - and women (on average) prefer not to have to play it. However - right now it's the "only game in town".<br /><br />For women who want to learn how to play (or even just to understand the ground rules) I heartily recommend this book:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0452286417/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=rubycolouredg-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=0452286417" rel="nofollow">Hardball for Women</a><br /><br /><br />It was the source of many "aha!" moments for me.Taryn Easthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00647732421144825421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1502761093196431512.post-10222384008111207202011-12-01T07:45:39.719+11:002011-12-01T07:45:39.719+11:00Did you see this?
http://www.reddit.com/r/TwoXChr...Did you see this?<br /><br />http://www.reddit.com/r/TwoXChromosomes/comments/hvv2m/i_work_for_a_large_multinational_tech_company_i/lawrence krubnerhttp://www.smashcompany.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1502761093196431512.post-48393342238819399842011-11-23T01:17:39.709+11:002011-11-23T01:17:39.709+11:00Ouch - yeah, that sounds like a classic ghetto job...Ouch - yeah, that sounds like a classic ghetto job. I can get them wanting "only the best" but still...<br /><br />Interesting case of hiring up, though. The exact opposite of when you're overqualified for a job and nobody wants you because they think you'll just leave for something better.Taryn Easthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00647732421144825421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1502761093196431512.post-62550259226717564142011-11-15T23:57:00.352+11:002011-11-15T23:57:00.352+11:00I once had a job where the vast majority of the wo...I once had a job where the vast majority of the work was to write parsers for CSV files to put their data in a database. Once in a while, just for a change of pace, they were XML files. Woohoo. :-| And that after over two decades of software engineering experience. For some reason, the boss's boss wanted to hire only senior and principal level people for that team, despite handing them mostly junior-level work. I quit that job after just shy of a year -- didn't want to even wait long enough for assorted stuff to vest.Dave Aronsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05727750970755433075noreply@blogger.com