Like most people, I’ve changed jobs a few times in my life. My path from teenage grocery store cashier to Database Architect was a complicated and multi-step journey. During that journey, I’ve made some good decisions, and some bad decisions. If you’re like most tech folks, you’ve probably had a similar experience.
I recently changed jobs, and I thought it was a good time to share some thoughts on the topic of job hunting.
Why is my advice worth listening to?
I’m not a recruiter. I’m not a Human Resources professional. I didn’t even stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night. I’m just a database professional. I’m not that different from you.
Finding a new job is hard. At every turn, it’s a lot of work: finding a job, interviewing, negotiating. I don’t know anyone who likes doing it. I do know lots of people who struggle with various parts of the process.
I want to share my experience, my thoughts, and my opinions. Hopefully, you can learn from my experience (good and bad). By sharing my experience, hopefully I can make life a little bit easier on you the next time you’re job hunting.
What’s my plan?
I don’t really have a plan. This isn’t a formal, well-planned series of blog posts. I’m going to tell a few success stories, and a few stories where I was <ahem> less successful. I’m going to share some advice from the internet, and talk about why it’s good or bad. As I post those stories, I’ll come back here, and update this post as an index, with links to the other posts. Go ahead and bookmark this post now, I’ll wait.
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Got it bookmarked? Good.
Want to help?
Use the comments section if there’s something in particular that you’d like to hear my thoughts on. I have some topics I’m planning to address, but since this isn’t a pre-planned series, your input will help me plan future posts.