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On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 09:39:19 +0000, Invisible wrote:
> Chambers wrote:
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>> Hey, congrats on hearing back! Did he give you any useful advice?
>
> Not really, no. Just the standard "unfortunately you have not been
> selected. Thank you for your continued interest in our company and we
> wish you every success in your future endevours" or something.
Well, don't be discouraged by it - not everyone's going to hire you.
After writing my first book, I interviewed for a position at Iomega.
Even gave them a copy of the book, and blew away the technical interview.
They still didn't ask me back; I didn't have the right letters after my
name; I held no certifications at all at the time, and they wanted to see
that. At the time I was one of about 35 people answering questions on
CompuServe for Novell, which ought to have been enough. Getting the cert
wasn't easy - but not terribly difficult either, whereas being invited to
that rather elite group was on a peer recommendation basis, and they/we
were VERY hard to impress.
Unfortunately for Iomega, my experience counted little for anything
compared to the letters after my name. <shrug> Their loss.
Jim
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Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 09:39:19 +0000, Invisible wrote:
>
>> Chambers wrote:
>>
>>> Hey, congrats on hearing back! Did he give you any useful advice?
>> Not really, no. Just the standard "unfortunately you have not been
>> selected. Thank you for your continued interest in our company and we
>> wish you every success in your future endevours" or something.
>
> Well, don't be discouraged by it - not everyone's going to hire you.
Yeah, sure. I was fairly sure I wouldn't get the job in the first place.
I just thought I'd give it a go... ;-)
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 08:55:10 -0500, Tom Austin wrote:
> Orchid XP v7 wrote:
>> Well **** me backwards... Travis Perkins replied. o_O
>>
>> Some of you may know I sent them an electronic copy of my CV in early
>> December after seeing an advert in the local newspaper. I suspected I'd
>> never hear from them ever again.
>>
>> But wait. I just opened a letter [yes, they *paid* to reply to me].
>>
>> Apparently, I don't get the job.
>>
>>
>
> I once went for a second interview (like only 2-3 people made it) and
> never heard back. I should have called, but the manager didn't impress
> me at all. It didn't surprise me that I didn't hear back.
I always considered an interview as a two-way street. They were
interviewing me, but I was also interviewing them. If I didn't like what
I heard, I'd turn the job down (and have a couple of times).
Jim
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somebody nous apporta ses lumieres en ce 2008/01/14 21:24:
> "Orchid XP v7" <voi### [at] dev null> wrote
>> nemesis wrote:
>
>>> who is Travis Perkins and why should I care about your professional
> woes? get a
>>> blog, dude!
>
>> Ah yes... I keep having these delusions that somebody actually gives a
>> **** about my life. Sorry about that...
>
> I'm pretty sure somebody does, the tricky part is finding him/her...
>
>
Found him! It's you ;-)
--
Alain
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'No, `Eureka' is Greek for `This bath is too hot.'' -- Dr. Who
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On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 11:12:57 -0500, Alain <ele### [at] netscapenet> wrote:
>>> Ah yes... I keep having these delusions that somebody actually gives a
>>> **** about my life. Sorry about that...
>>
>> I'm pretty sure somebody does, the tricky part is finding him/her...
>>
>>
>Found him! It's you ;-)
Ah ;)
Regards
Stephen
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On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 11:12:57 -0500, Alain <ele### [at] netscapenet> wrote:
>--
>Alain
>-------------------------------------------------
>'No, `Eureka' is Greek for `This bath is too hot.'' -- Dr. Who
No, Eureka is Glaswegian for "You need a bath". -- Everyone
Regards
Stephen
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On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:48:00 +0000, Invisible wrote:
> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 09:39:19 +0000, Invisible wrote:
>>
>>> Chambers wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hey, congrats on hearing back! Did he give you any useful advice?
>>> Not really, no. Just the standard "unfortunately you have not been
>>> selected. Thank you for your continued interest in our company and we
>>> wish you every success in your future endevours" or something.
>>
>> Well, don't be discouraged by it - not everyone's going to hire you.
>
> Yeah, sure. I was fairly sure I wouldn't get the job in the first place.
> I just thought I'd give it a go... ;-)
Then good for you! That's the spirit, and all that. :-)
Jim
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>> Ah yes... I keep having these delusions that somebody actually gives a
>> **** about my life. Sorry about that...
>
> Well, don't be. Just because a few people complain doesn't mean you
> should stop what you're doing. If you changed direction everytime one or
> two people said "dude, you suck!", you'd never get anything accomplished.
Hmm... perhaps this is why I have never accomplished anything in my
entire life?
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:09:44 +0000, Orchid XP v7 wrote:
>>> Ah yes... I keep having these delusions that somebody actually gives a
>>> **** about my life. Sorry about that...
>>
>> Well, don't be. Just because a few people complain doesn't mean you
>> should stop what you're doing. If you changed direction everytime one
>> or two people said "dude, you suck!", you'd never get anything
>> accomplished.
>
> Hmm... perhaps this is why I have never accomplished anything in my
> entire life?
IMO, the best approach is not to worry about pleasing other people or
about what other people think. Just be yourself.
I'm in charge of a somewhat large number of external instructors in my
job; if I spent all my time trying to please them all, I'd never get any
work done at all. So I make my decisions based on my perception of
what's best for the majority of the group overall. Some of them don't
like it, because they don't get special treatment that they used to get.
Usually that's enough, but I've got a few who insist they be treated
differently. That's too bad, because I'm not making exceptions for
friends of mine, so why should I make exceptions for someone who says
they should get one?
Overall, the group (several hundred members) has appreciated what I've
done. The subset that are unhappy with me are a small minority, but they
can be very vocal.
Jim
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"Kyle" <hob### [at] gatenet> wrote
> On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:24:44 -0700, "somebody" <x### [at] ycom> wrote:
> >> Ah yes... I keep having these delusions that somebody actually gives a
> >> **** about my life. Sorry about that...
> >I'm pretty sure somebody does, the tricky part is finding him/her...
> That's an interesting response, given that your username is "somebody".
Naturally, I'm thinking about somebody *else*.
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