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by hinkley
2378 days ago
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Fragile egos foster ageism. I didn't work anywhere near this hard, but the outcome reminds me of the One that Got Away last cycle. Literally up the street from me, a company doing mapping software was looking for a lead. They had a lot of junior to mid-level people and they were having some code quality concerns. But they were looking for someone who could lead, mentor, and was already a GIS expert (which I am not). There are a lot of reasons that should not be too much of a problem for me but they weren't buying my pitch. Now, I was far from the first person to reply to their initial ad. I took a chance that the position was still open. A month later the position is reposted, so they clearly found nobody after at least 6 weeks of looking. I contact them, again with another pitch, get a curt reply. Then again a month later (no reply at all this time). By that point I accept a position somewhere else and I can't recall but I may have seen it pop up a third time. (I may have to go through my sent folder to try to figure out if they're still around.) In retrospect, this is just the sort of job description that sucks me in but then leaves me feeling like I haven't achieved my goals. I should count myself lucky they said no. |
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