brntsllvn

Joined 8 years ago

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Jan 23
A friendly dad in Seattle.
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Comment · 3 years ago
Hyper niche standardized test prep
Comment · 3 years ago
> I wish I had spent a little bit more time with the person I was gonna work and the team I was gonna work with, before I accepted the offer

Some wisdom here. Thanks.

Comment · 3 years ago
Interesting. What happened in the first handful of weeks that made you realize joining was a mistake?
Comment · 3 years ago
Sometimes companies allow people to try a role/team for a handful of weeks before committing. Would that have helped?
Comment · 3 years ago
> In that interim time, they cancelled the project they hired me to work on.

That's a very quick re-prioritization! How'd that make you feel?

Comment · 3 years ago
That's crazy. Tell me more about this. What happened What do you wish you'd known ahead of time? How would you solve this?
Comment · 3 years ago
Do you think this is a problem with the hiring process or impossible to avoid things like this?
Comment · 3 years ago
Makes sense. Tell me about some of the short ones. What do wish you'd known before accepting? What was different about the 5+ yr gigs?
Comment · 3 years ago
Tell me more. What do you wish was different during the interview? What made you accept? What changed?

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