I’ve never had trouble getting a job… I’d guess I’ve gone on 8 interviews and gotten 7 jobs, that is until lately.
My last job I got by making a posting on Craigslist writing about all the things I didn’t like about the software industry. So 2 weeks later I got a reply to it… he asked me to come in, they might have a position for me. Once I showed up, the guy who was doing the hiring was like “lets talk money”. After a while he said, “you know it’s less about money and more about liking where you work”… so I started to think this company wasn’t serious. Next, I met with the owner I told him I’d work for minimum wage for 3 months to prove myself, if he gave me a high potential assessment after that 3 months. So he said, no don’t take minimum wage – take $XX,XXX/yr and after 3 months if you’re good we’ll give you $XXX,XXX/yr. After 3 months they were happy to give me the $XXX,XXX pay without a question.
Problem with the positions I’m looking at these days – it seems like alot of them have been burned by folks because they’re asking for technical interviews, code samples etc.. I am never willing to do those before first talking to the place to see what they’re about. One place wanted me to send code from a project I worked on… I thought they’d respect the fact that I said I needed permission before sending code, but they were just rude about it.
