Re:Downturn career decisions
by pc86 on Monday September 26, 2022 @10:46AM
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This reminds me of that wojack meme with the normal distribution.
There are certainly people on the left side of the curve who just can't operate at a senior level. Nothing wrong with that, most projects need a solid mid-level or two who can chug through well-scoped tickets. They might have a lot of short stints on their resume.
But on the right side of the curve are the really great engineers who recognize a situation as bad pretty quickly, and are able to easily get another role.
You can't the difference between these two based on the resume, which is why I try to talk to all of them if I can.
There are certainly people on the left side of the curve who just can't operate at a senior level. Nothing wrong with that, most projects need a solid mid-level or two who can chug through well-scoped tickets. They might have a lot of short stints on their resume.
But on the right side of the curve are the really great engineers who recognize a situation as bad pretty quickly, and are able to easily get another role.
You can't the difference between these two based on the resume, which is why I try to talk to all of them if I can.