This is a 34,000 word book I wrote on job applications. It’s now available for free right here, with no catches. Seriously. You do not have to buy ...
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I just went straight to the comments.
Okay this actually made me laugh 😂😂😂😂
Took me 4 days to get here!
Re: career.
"Happy that you get to work"
Am I allowed to feel this?! Isn't the main problem with millennials in the work place the insane "idealism"/entitlement to a job that "sparks joy"? I almost started skimming through your whole article to make sure you weren't selling a pipedream.
I'm told again and again by working people that work is work; that's why people give you money. Office politics and toxic behaviour are unavoidable, that I should grow up and suck it up if I'm going to last at another job. If not, I might as well bounce from job to job looking for that career-making position that might as well not exist...
Through a recent period of self reflection and deliberate non-work, I've been thinking of ways I can be more vigilant, tactical, and strategic... mwahahaha
My perspective on this: the ideal job doesn't exist, so you'll never find a job that truly sparks joy (or at least, it's unlikely that you'll find it because it's rare).
On the other hand, it's useful to be critical of your work environment and identify the problems (like what you mentioned: office politics, toxic behaviour) because that tells you when it's time to move on.
In my experience: yes, the result is a lot of bouncing from job to job. That's been my journey because many of the jobs that I found were OK for a while but not worth staying long-term to due their flaws.
Personally I'm a big fan of the following career strategy: change jobs frequently. Leave when you're no longer learning or no longer being chalenged. Company loyalty is dead so we have to adapt to that reality. Eventually you get good at identifying the better workplaces, and better at detecting the red flags of toxic workplaces. On the long run that means you're more likely to find the place for you that sparks joy.
Epic post mate! you're doing God's work 👍
Thank you!!!
Hey! This is really good feedback, I'll update the article to include this :)
Edit slightly: I actually agree that the shotgun way works quite well, I wrote this book over a year and a bit and my opinions have changed a lot the more - I've learnt things. A lot of the recruitment industry is less "well, this way is perfect" and more "well... it depends". If you want to work for the big 4 of tech, well, yeah, you need to focus on them. But if you just want a job, the shotgun approach works well.
My article failed to talk about this, but I'm going to edit it
Dev.to should give you an award for 'God like epic posts'. :D Well done sir.
Thank you so much David!!!
PS: Your article on upgrading WSL is really helpful, tysm for writing that!!!
I have to really read this after I have had my coffee.
Haha 😂 hope you enjoyed it!
I drink 2 coffee until end, but article is great, congrats :-)
Ah nice, hope you enjoyed this article (and your coffee)!
Thank you for your kind words!! Good luck :)
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Wow....man you nailed it. Thanks a lot
Thank you so much!! Hope you like it 😁
Thanks for the kind words!