I'm a Sr. Software Engineer. I build web apps for researchers and scientists at the US Geological Survey. I'm also working on making the industry more welcoming to underreprestened people in tech.
Location
Washington, DC
Education
Computer Science @ University of Wisconsin - Madison
Work
Founder at [Diversify Tech](https://www.diversifytech.co)
I said no to an offer. I interviewed for my dream company about 7 years ago for a developer position. I kept insisting that I wanted to work as a developer for them. They kept pushing me to take up a Business Analyst position. When they finally came back with an offer, it was pretty good with great salary working for the Director of a one of their divisions. BUT it was a Business Analyst position. There is nothing wrong with being a BA. It just wasn't what I wanted. I didn't even have an another offer at that time to consider. After a few sleepless nights, I said no.
Since then I had some great and not-so-good experiences. However, all of it gave me the confidence and the ability to bring a lot of products to life. Now that I am down the entrepreneurial route, it's come in handy for the various projects that I am working on. Hopefully, one of these days I'll be able to make a living off of one of them :D
I said no to an offer. I interviewed for my dream company about 7 years ago for a developer position. I kept insisting that I wanted to work as a developer for them. They kept pushing me to take up a Business Analyst position. When they finally came back with an offer, it was pretty good with great salary working for the Director of a one of their divisions. BUT it was a Business Analyst position. There is nothing wrong with being a BA. It just wasn't what I wanted. I didn't even have an another offer at that time to consider. After a few sleepless nights, I said no.
Since then I had some great and not-so-good experiences. However, all of it gave me the confidence and the ability to bring a lot of products to life. Now that I am down the entrepreneurial route, it's come in handy for the various projects that I am working on. Hopefully, one of these days I'll be able to make a living off of one of them :D
Being picky and actually knowing what you want is HUGE. I quit a very good job with no backup over that sort of thing.