Re:The Ph.D.-Industry Gap
by dajohnson89 on Saturday September 21, 2013 @05:25PM
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The author lost me here:
"Despite having programmed computers since age 8, I was rejected from about 20 programming jobs."
This reeks of entitlement and, well, whining. When I first entered the SofEng job market after undergrad, I stopped counting rejections once the number passed 30. It took another 6 weeks after that, and the rejection count must have pushed 100.
Re:The Ph.D.-Industry Gap
by anmalhot on Saturday September 21, 2013 @06:43PM
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I agree with the fact that rejections should not be counted solely as an end result because many a times the reason may just not be a technical one. You've got to be a fit and have a strong synergy with the team.
This reeks of entitlement and, well, whining. When I first entered the SofEng job market after undergrad, I stopped counting rejections once the number passed 30. It took another 6 weeks after that, and the rejection count must have pushed 100.
Should I write a navel-gazing blog post too?