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You don't have to know everything

You don't have to know everything

There are a number of posts and videos that claim you shouldn’t ever say “I’ve never done that” in an interview. And I get the sentiment – you want to project confidence and demonstrate a positive attitude. But the problem with these posts is that they declare these as

When hiring managers take a chance

When hiring managers take a chance

Two of the biggest career-altering jobs I ever landed were because the hiring manager took a chance on me. I knew I could do those jobs well and had a lot to offer, but from the hiring side there was absolutely some risk. My work experience has always been weird

Knowing your worth as a job candidate

Knowing your worth as a job candidate

I think it's probably common for job seekers to think that companies hold all the cards when hiring, but I'd argue it's way more symbiotic than it might seem. It's actually quite hard for companies to find good candidates for their roles,

Save it as a Word doc (.doc or .docx) Not a PDF. Not a Pages file. Recruiters often need to make small tweaks before sending it on to hiring managers. And PDFs are a nightmare to edit.

Terrible resume advice on LinkedIn

I recently saw a recruiter post this on LinkedIn: Save it as a Word doc (.doc or .docx) Not a PDF. Not a Pages file. Recruiters often need to make small tweaks before sending it on to hiring managers. And PDFs are a nightmare to edit. This is terrible advice.

About that “technical” interview

About that “technical” interview

If, in an engineering manager interview, you ask me to do anything with a binary tree I’ll probably fail it on the spot. I didn’t graduate with a CS degree and I’ve never been all that interested in the low-level mechanics of programming or languages. But I

Beware the fake remote job listing

Beware the fake remote job listing

Job seekers, beware the fake remote job listings. Any job that qualifies “remote” with “if you are within x miles of an office, you must be in the office y days a week” isn’t actually remote. I’ve seen dozens of these posts recently and there’s an obvious

Four day work weeks please

Four day work weeks please

I’m a big, big believer in the four day work week. I’ve been lucky enough to have brief periods with it (a few months at a time), and it’s honestly life changing. Traditional thinking is that because employees have fewer hours to work that they’ll get