## cycle the job hunt itself is multiple major phases 1. hunting, which is an implementation of [writing] and a specialized form of [marketing] - the hardest part when you're starting out, but the easiest when you're used to it 2. interviewing, which is a specialized form of [speaking] - always difficult proportionally to your [personality] leaning toward introverted 3. job offer, which is a form of [negotiating](conflicts) - difficult proportionally to how much your [personality] leans toward agreeableness ## preparing+jobsucks NOTE: MANY OF THESE STORIES MAY NEED TO BE INVERTED FOR MGMT PAGES IT dept job description (cysec): IR management reviewing several logs reviewing threat intelligence feeds policy work records management which includes the typical information lifecycle monitoring for vulnerabilities reviewing patches for various hardware and software internal auditing of the environment and security awareness IT metrics/KPIs and quarterly reporting to senior management and the board of directors budgeting and forecasting for the cybersecurity expenses deployment Windows patching MDR - YOU MAY BE STUCK DOING ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING! Every individual is unavoidably an investor, too. When you choose a career, you act on your belief that the kind of work you do will be valuable decades from now. Life is not a portfolio. Any individual cannot "diversify" herself by keeping dozens of equally possible careers in ready reserve. Our schools teach the opposite: "It doesn't matter what you do, as long as you do it well." That is completely false. It does matter what you do. You should focus relentlessly on something you're good at doing, but before that you must think hard about whether it will be valuable in the future. write out the Big 5 requirements for various job roles of tech - software developer - technician - management - designer [Amazon doesn't 'employ' drivers, but hired firms to prevent them from unionizing | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37048637) [Amazon Says It Doesn't 'Employ' Drivers, But Records Show It Hired Firms to Prevent Them From Unionizing](https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjv3yp/amazon-says-it-doesnt-employ-drivers-but-records-show-it-hired-firms-to-prevent-them-from-unionizing) - YOUR LABOR TECHNICALLY CONTRIBUTES TO THE WELLNESS OF BAD COMPANIES! [TIL Programmers in large companies spend over 50% of their week NOT coding primarily due to meetings averaging 22.5 hours of their time. Pulled from an article on easy productivity/focus wins. : programming](https://old.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/15t3hhw/til_programmers_in_large_companies_spend_over_50/) [Prisoners of Google Android development | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37280972) [Prisoners of Google Android Development | Solutional](https://solutional.ee/blog/2023-08-26-Prisoners-of-Google-Android-Development.html) [How do you know you're ready to look for a job? : learnprogramming](https://old.reddit.com/r/learnprogramming/comments/166dkbm/how_do_you_know_youre_ready_to_look_for_a_job/) [The dispassionate developer | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26551529) [The dispassionate developer](https://blog.ploeh.dk/2021/03/22/the-dispassionate-developer/) [Loyal workers are selectively and ironically targeted for exploitation | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38012263) [Loyal workers are selectively and ironically targeted for exploitation - ScienceDirect](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022103122001615) [Signs that it's time to leave a company | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38943040) [Signs that it's time to leave a company… | by adrian cockcroft | Medium](https://adrianco.medium.com/signs-that-its-time-to-leave-a-company-5f8759ad018e) [HR is not your friend, and other things I think you should know | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25817795) [HR is not your friend, and other things I think you should know](https://rachelbythebay.com/w/2021/01/17/woe/) [Laying myself off from Amazon | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33627563) [Laying myself off from Amazon - Daniel Immke](https://daniel.do/article/laying-myself-off-from-amazon/) [Hard truths I learned when I got laid off from my SWE job | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34161822) [8 Hard Truths I learned when I got laid off from my SWE job | Steven Buccini](https://www.stevenbuccini.com/8-hard-truths-on-getting-laid-off) [Story: "It would be career limiting..." | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33522495) [it-would-be-career-limiting](https://doomedprojects.com/post/it-would-be-career-limiting) [Apple doesn't want you developing hobby apps | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34802730) [Apple doesn't want you developing hobby apps - Bennett Notes](https://www.bennettnotes.com/notes/why-does-apple-restrict-hobby-development/) [Two weeks of dealing with Google as a developer | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33632468) [Nothing has ever angered me more than The Google Play Team](https://danfitdegree.hashnode.dev/nothing-has-ever-angered-me-more-than-the-google-play-team) [What it was like working for Gitlab | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39333220) [What it was like working for GitLab](https://yorickpeterse.com/articles/what-it-was-like-working-for-gitlab/) [Finding a new software developer job | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39337696) [Finding a New Software Developer Job | Henrik Warne's blog](https://henrikwarne.com/2024/02/11/finding-a-new-software-developer-job/) [Employees who stay in companies longer than two years get paid 50% less (2014) | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40588639) [Employees Who Stay In Companies Longer Than Two Years Get Paid 50% Less](https://www.forbes.com/sites/cameronkeng/2014/06/22/employees-that-stay-in-companies-longer-than-2-years-get-paid-50-less/) [What do you do if you're laid off in the System Administration industry?](https://www.linkedin.com/comm/advice/3/what-do-you-youre-laid-off-system-administration-iybfe) [Dr. Travis Bradberry](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-successful-people-overcome-bad-bosses-dr-travis-bradberry/) (2015) How Successful People Overcome Toxic Bosses [John D. Cook](https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/04/22/being-indispensable/) (2009) Do you really want to be indispensable? [Cate Huston](https://cate.blog/2021/11/29/5-signs-its-time-to-quit-your-job/) (2021) 5 Signs It’s Time to Quit Your Job [Julio Merino](https://jmmv.dev/2021/04/always-be-quitting.html) (2021) Always be quitting [Itamar Turner-Trauring](https://codewithoutrules.com/2016/03/15/stagnating-job/) (2016) Stagnating at your programming job? Don’t quit just yet! [Patrick God](https://dev.to/_patrickgod/why-you-should-start-with-your-dream-job-8f) (2017) Why You Should Start With Your Dream Job [Itamar Turner-Trauring](https://codewithoutrules.com/2016/08/08/living-below-your-means/) (2016) Why living below your means can help you find a better job [Nikola Tore](http://blog.hackerearth.com/job-hopping-millennials-hoppers-better-hire) (2017) Job-hopping makes millennials better hires [Itamar Turner-Trauring](https://codewithoutrules.com/2016/10/14/job-you-dont-hate/) (2016) How to find a programming job you won’t hate [Andrew Wulf](http://thecodist.com/article/why_i_don_39_t_do_unpaid_overtime_and_neither_should_you) Why I Don't Do Unpaid Overtime and Neither Should You [Itamar Turner-Trauring](https://codewithoutrules.com/2018/02/11/working-long-hours/) (2018) The futile comfort of working long hours [Itamar Turner-Trauring](https://codewithoutrules.com/2017/06/21/why-company-want-long-hours/) (2017) The bad reasons you’re forced to work long hours [Michael Lynch](https://mtlynch.io/why-i-quit-google/) (2018) Why I Quit Google to Work for Myself [Tim Denning](https://medium.com/the-mission/why-youre-not-happy-with-your-career-614ee1ab3f5f) (2018) Why You’re Not Happy With Your Career [Shelley Frost](https://smallbusiness.chron.com/maximize-job-satisfaction-21414.html) (2012) How to Maximize Job Satisfaction > 1. Write a list of the benefits and positive aspects of your job > 2. List the parts of your job that take away from your satisfaction. > 3. Identify the factors on your list of job negatives that you can change. > 4. Create an action plan for changing the negative aspects of your job. > 5. Educate yourself through training sessions or additional degrees to open up more opportunities at work. > 6. Set your own goals at the office to give yourself something to work toward. > 7. Participate actively in workplace decisions and communication when possible. > 8. Set boundaries for work by only performing work duties at the office. > 9. Remind yourself that you're fortunate to have a job in a tough economy. Refer to your list of positives about the job if you begin feeling negatively toward your work. [Bob Sutton](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-your-job-becoming-impossible-do-tragedy-overload-bob-sutton) Why Your Job is Becoming Impossible to Do: The Tragedy of Well-Intentioned Organizational Overload [Seth Godin](https://seths.blog/2016/06/your-job-vs-your-project/) (2016) Your job vs. your project [Aim low! Get that non-FAANG Java developer job now. By Average Java Joe | by Rupert Waldron | Medium](https://averagejavajoe.medium.com/aim-low-get-that-non-faang-java-developer-job-now-by-average-java-joe-20fea6651673) [So long, and thanks for all the bytes | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39409535) [So Long, and Thanks for All the Bytes | by Chet Haase | Feb, 2024 | Medium](https://chethaase.medium.com/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-bytes-02a4ef972f65) [Congratulations On Your New Life - by Chris Guillebeau](https://www.yearofmentalhealth.com/p/congratulations-on-your-new-life) [Joshua Kerievsky](https://www.industriallogic.com/blog/do-what-you-love-in-a-down-economy/) (2009) Do What You Love in a Down Economy [Simple Sabotage Field Manual - How to Destroy Your Organizations | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36831946) [Simple Sabotage Field Manual - How to Destroy Your Organizations](https://historyinvestor.com/p/simple-sabotage-field-manual-destroy-organizations) [Excerpt from CIA's Simple Sabotage Field Manual (1944) | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29597454) [OSS Simple Sabotage Manual, Sections 11, 12](http://svn.cacert.org/CAcert/CAcert_Inc/Board/oss/oss_sabotage.html)