innomansland

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by innomansland 8y ago
thanks! and good question - same locale but jumped ship to be a contractor. I was a team lead prior and dealt with a lot of vendors where I was approving their time sheets so I saw how much they were being paid. Told myself.. WTF, why aren&
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by innomansland 8y ago
using my throwaway account but have some comment history on my career (i did a Ask HN post on pivoting my "career" last year). I saw someone from Sydney posting their history so I thought I add my perspective from another Australi
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by innomansland 10y ago
Hey Pavel, not sure if you reply was for zeptomu or myself but i just checked out ipfabric and it looks really interesting! I hope it is ok if I send you an email about this?
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by innomansland 10y ago
hey dave, really awesome feedback! I couldn't thank you enough. I actually agree on most points, especially on the ageism bit considering I am not exactly old. It is been my sneakiest feeling that it is my resume and/or cover le
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by innomansland 10y ago
Interesting (and very uplifting) story! I love this bit: > i submitted the 42875th iteration of my cv I have to say this, I chuckled loudly at that cause I think i am at the low hundreds at this point! That confidence thingy is a very in
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by innomansland 10y ago
Hey, thanks for sharing your story. Hearing all these personal experiences does put things into perspective for me and realising there are many people like you out there. I don't think you should get too hung up about having big name c
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by innomansland 10y ago
Customer Support or Operations. I see where you are going with this! I always thought I knew exactly what I want to be in but what may be specific for me may be vague to someone else.
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by innomansland 10y ago
wow, you are doing more of a pivot then I am! In my years of working, the most rare gems I ever found was people that are not only good at marketing but can code. If you are a champ at these 2 skills, man.. such a killer combo. I said somew
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by innomansland 10y ago
Haha I definitely not think myself as old! I think antiquated will be a better term. ;)
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by innomansland 10y ago
This actually crossed my mind! I worked with these guy and he was recently "fired" and straight off in 2 weeks, he found a job in another industry. I was curious why and took a look quickly at his LinkedIn profile and wow, every c
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by innomansland 10y ago
Gosh, reading what you just typed hits home real hard. Replacing all the technologies, companies and achievements with my own and I can relate word for word. And i am almost a decade younger! I won't be much help since I am in the same
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by innomansland 10y ago
Thanks for the offer mate! That was really nice! I want to note that I actually do still have a job (funny enough, most consider my company as "consulting") and the reason I want to change jobs is simply that I been in it for 12 y
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by innomansland 10y ago
Exactly! There is one thing I am absolutely confident with is my ability to not only deal with customers but to also lead technical teams to deliver what they require. I have great references from both my clients and internal teams hence wh
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by innomansland 10y ago
This is gold! Can't thank you enough for your input. Just as a side note, while my professional life is very "narrow", I have been doing stuff on the side! I own 3 dropshipping sites (WooCommerce & Shopify) and 2 pseudo-S
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by innomansland 10y ago
Just to be clear, I was never told that I am "too old" but simply wasn't a "culture fit". Note that particular reason was given probably 1 out of every 10 times and the other 9 times, it is usually along the lines o
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Ask HN: Ever faced difficulties pivoting your job or career later in your life?
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