Ask HN: What huge mistake did you make early in your career?

Re:Ask HN: What huge mistake did you make early in your career? by justrudd on Sunday June 20, 2021 @01:51AM (#27567491)

Usually say it with more tact, but it is along the lines of - “Yes. I’m a professional new guy. I’ve seen and worked on a lot of different types of technology, and I come up to speed quickly. I’m not afraid to ask ‘dumb’ questions when I can’t find what I’m looking for.”

Something along those lines. I lean into it. But as I said, it doesn’t come up too often in the PNW.

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Re:Ask HN: What huge mistake did you make early in your career? by Aeolun on Sunday June 20, 2021 @03:21AM (#27567902)

I mean, that’s cool, but you haven’t actually adressed the problem, which is that I’ll spend 3 months training you, only to have you quit after 9 more. That’s not really a good investment

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Re:Ask HN: What huge mistake did you make early in your career? by toyg on Sunday June 20, 2021 @04:42AM (#27568272)

His point is that it will only take a month to get him up to speed, not 3.

But I agree that a better answer would probably be something along the lines of "I have so much experience that I deliver in a year what the average guy would give you in 5; and if you're good to me, I might well stick around as much as I did at X", or something along those lines.

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Re:Ask HN: What huge mistake did you make early in your career? by xboxnolifes on Sunday June 20, 2021 @10:11PM (#27575615)

If he's getting hired, it's obviously good enough.

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Re:Ask HN: What huge mistake did you make early in your career? by Aeolun on Monday June 21, 2021 @01:20AM (#27576535)

Depends on how often they’re hired versus not.

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Re:Ask HN: What huge mistake did you make early in your career? by DenisM on Sunday June 20, 2021 @02:26AM (#27567654)

How about “I leave subpar companies quickly and stay in great companies like Amazon for many years”?

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