resume - Page 2

ZenGum · 02-29-2012, 02:28 AM

Apply for a job you don't want, and reject them. Just for kicks.

Undertoad · 02-29-2012, 08:47 AM

I just don't know if I can afford to move to Montana.

HungLikeJesus · 02-29-2012, 09:59 AM

Especially since you'd have to dig up the Cellar and move that too.

Gravdigr · 02-29-2012, 11:53 AM

Interview question (genuine, btw):

"What five words will be on your tombstone?"

I said "Pepperoni, sausage, onions, bacon, cheese".

xoxoxoBruce · 03-01-2012, 01:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

I just don't know if I can afford to move to Montana.

You could raise dental floss on the side.

Perry Winkle · 03-01-2012, 12:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

I just don't know if I can afford to move to Montana.

You can find higher salaries here in the private sector. There are actually a fair number of small shops that are looking for folks. I can get you a line on some of that, but I'll have to dig through my email/bookmarks a bit so let me know if you are interested.

I know at least three people who moved from the east coast to Helena at around the same point in their lives and careers that you seem to be at. At least one of home credits it with vastly improved mental and physical health. He moved here and lost 60-80lbs without trying. Low-stress job and easy access to the trail system. Some folks commute by hiking/biking the trail system.

Undertoad · 03-05-2012, 02:50 AM

A friend's brother asked for my resume. I'm still not sure if I should send this or something traditional. Or nothing at all, this is a consulting place and I generally don't get along well with those greed heads.

limey · 03-05-2012, 04:08 AM

Send this one! When you get a job with them you can start to look around for one that suits you better (It is easier to get a job when you have one already).

ZenGum · 03-05-2012, 04:50 AM

Send the resume, take the job, and be yourself until they either get used to you or rid of you.

Griff · 03-05-2012, 05:26 AM

You can be the new culture of the place. Or barring that, Limey's angle is smart consultant work will put you out there.

classicman · 03-05-2012, 08:15 AM

Send both. Use this one as a cover letter intro sort of thing.
Its great because it summarizes so much quickly.
If they want more detail, they can read the other one.
I just read that your resume gets about 2 SECONDS of time with the initial reviewer.
If nothing interests them, you're done.

Perry Winkle · 03-05-2012, 10:40 AM

I'm with classicman.

My resume is clocking in around three pages these days. Most of the first pages is a compressed view of the stuff I can do. The rest of it is diving deeper into what I can do with what technologies then what I have done and for whom. It's always tailored to fit whatever position I'm applying for, details removed/added/emphasized.

There is some repetition, but this is not as offensive to regular people as it is to most programmers.

limey · 03-05-2012, 10:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

... I generally don't get along well with those greed heads.

You can decide this later, when they've offered you the job and you've actually met the people!

jimhelm · 03-05-2012, 10:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

A friend's brother asked for my resume. I'm still not sure if I should send this or something traditional. Or nothing at all, this is a consulting place and I generally don't get along well with those greed heads.

part of being employed and STAYING employed is getting along with people you dislike. just sayin'

Undertoad · 03-05-2012, 11:04 AM

It's a two-way street: I've been laid off and/or fired as much as I've gotten disgusted and quit. My average time with any employer has been about two years. And in as much as I see my life as a series of failures, that's a treadmill I shouldn't return to. I need to find a place that fits, or jump off the Walt Whitman.

02-29-2012, 02:28 AM	#16
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Apply for a job you don't want, and reject them. Just for kicks. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

02-29-2012, 09:59 AM	#18
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	Especially since you'd have to dig up the Cellar and move that too. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

02-29-2012, 11:53 AM	#19
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Interview question (genuine, btw): "What five words will be on your tombstone?" I said "Pepperoni, sausage, onions, bacon, cheese". __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

03-05-2012, 04:08 AM	#23
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Send this one! When you get a job with them you can start to look around for one that suits you better (It is easier to get a job when you have one already). __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

03-05-2012, 04:50 AM	#24
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Send the resume, take the job, and be yourself until they either get used to you or rid of you. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

02-29-2012, 08:47 AM	#17
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I just don't know if I can afford to move to Montana.

03-05-2012, 02:50 AM	#22
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	A friend's brother asked for my resume. I'm still not sure if I should send this or something traditional. Or nothing at all, this is a consulting place and I generally don't get along well with those greed heads.

03-05-2012, 05:26 AM	#25
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	You can be the new culture of the place. Or barring that, Limey's angle is smart consultant work will put you out there. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

03-05-2012, 08:15 AM	#26
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Send both. Use this one as a cover letter intro sort of thing. Its great because it summarizes so much quickly. If they want more detail, they can read the other one. I just read that your resume gets about 2 SECONDS of time with the initial reviewer. If nothing interests them, you're done. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

03-05-2012, 10:40 AM	#27
Perry Winkle Esnohplad Semaj Ton Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 2,259	I'm with classicman. My resume is clocking in around three pages these days. Most of the first pages is a compressed view of the stuff I can do. The rest of it is diving deeper into what I can do with what technologies then what I have done and for whom. It's always tailored to fit whatever position I'm applying for, details removed/added/emphasized. There is some repetition, but this is not as offensive to regular people as it is to most programmers.

03-05-2012, 11:04 AM	#30
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	It's a two-way street: I've been laid off and/or fired as much as I've gotten disgusted and quit. My average time with any employer has been about two years. And in as much as I see my life as a series of failures, that's a treadmill I shouldn't return to. I need to find a place that fits, or jump off the Walt Whitman.

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