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kaylarudbekSo I didn’t get the position that I had applied for and I will be working with the person who did get the job. My annoyances are:
1) not notified that I didn’t get the job (I’m a contractor although the contract is long-term, I haven’t received any complaints so far)
2) person hired has less legal experience than me (at least going by attorney bar number which is an indicator of experience level; if they had hired someone with more legal experience I would be less annoyed; at least person hired has a different technical background which is probably a good match for the job, but I am still concerned that they don’t have enough experience)
3) serious questions about technical decisions being made at high levels
4) serious doubts about the morality and loyalty of the high levels
5) sick and tired of wondering “who goes Nazi” about my coworkers
So I started putting my resume out on LinkedIn and doing the “easy apply” route tonight. Wish me luck and a better match for my skills, experience, and technical background.
1) not notified that I didn’t get the job (I’m a contractor although the contract is long-term, I haven’t received any complaints so far)
2) person hired has less legal experience than me (at least going by attorney bar number which is an indicator of experience level; if they had hired someone with more legal experience I would be less annoyed; at least person hired has a different technical background which is probably a good match for the job, but I am still concerned that they don’t have enough experience)
3) serious questions about technical decisions being made at high levels
4) serious doubts about the morality and loyalty of the high levels
5) sick and tired of wondering “who goes Nazi” about my coworkers
So I started putting my resume out on LinkedIn and doing the “easy apply” route tonight. Wish me luck and a better match for my skills, experience, and technical background.
I should also start learning Mandarin, Japanese, and/or Korean as these are going to be the languages of STEM for the 21st century.
I had a dream a few weeks ago about applying for Ph.D programs in chemistry, and saying flat out during the interview when they asked why I was going back at my age, “the only reason I am applying is to get my ticket punched so that I can apply for different legal jobs than I currently can” (patent law specifically will call out the technical background desired in the job description e.g. electrical engineering or biochemistry background). I woke up before I got a response from the professor interviewing me so I don’t know if that was persuasive or not.
