mixtrola

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by mixtrola 7y ago
I'm pretty much set on wanting to apply a "set and forget" strategy to my career. Being collaborative with others at the job really isn't an issue for me, but I'm not into the whole thing about juggling professional
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by mixtrola 7y ago
They're temp contract jobs. They "lose" themselves once the time is over.
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by mixtrola 7y ago
Practicing while job searching has become a distraction for me, from planning out my career and my life and taking other actions that would bring actual results. Continuing to practice interviewing when I make no discernible progress would
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by mixtrola 7y ago
Located in Chicago. On occasion I apply to companies in other cities, but I have a preference to live in the Chicago area unless I can find an offer in another major city.
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by mixtrola 7y ago
>Your ability to solve leetcode problems fundamentally determines your job prospects For those companies that make you do leetcode problems. For better or for worse, 95% of the places I apply to don't make you solve problems about a
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by mixtrola 7y ago
I already have poor leverage anyways, because over half of my jobs I lose/finish before I could get another offer ready.
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by mixtrola 7y ago
I never talk about what I wrote here to an interviewer. I do the opposite- I convince myself that I don't even need the job when I walk into the interview. I tell them what I've brought to the past companies I worked for.
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by mixtrola 7y ago
I'm located in the Midwest, Chicago area. I find the job search grind a distraction because I can't extract any quantifiable progress in my ability to get offers. I've changed my resume multiple times, and got feedback from p
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