Advice to my young self: forget side projects and focus on your job

Re:Advice to my young self: forget side projects and focus o... by kingnothing on Monday October 12, 2020 @03:39PM (#24758556)

At any company of any decent size, your resume isn't going to get to the hiring manager if it doesn't get through the recruiter. The CEO of any large tech company is never going to meet you, much less see your resume.

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Re:Advice to my young self: forget side projects and focus o... by ch_123 on Monday October 12, 2020 @03:44PM (#24758618)

I know quite a few hiring managers who will search Linkedin directly, and reach out to candidates themselves. This, for example, was how I was hired into my current employer (which is a company with over a thousand people)

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Re:Advice to my young self: forget side projects and focus o... by isoskeles on Monday October 12, 2020 @03:46PM (#24758641)

This might be the case, but recruiters and sourcers can and do sometimes reach out with the first message on behalf of the hiring manager. It looks the same to the candidate.

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Re:Advice to my young self: forget side projects and focus o... by sgtnoodle on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @12:25AM (#24762257)

Not necessarily. Elon Musk stopped personally interviewing every vetted candidate about a week before I interviewed at SpaceX. I had to write him a short essay instead. When I started, there were about 1000 employees. Also, if you do get hired and work on something important, it's pretty likely you'll meet the CEO at some point, even in a company with many tens of thousands of people.

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