[Discuss] work search question

[gaf.linux at gmail.com (Jerry Feldman)]

I've been out of the contract game for a while.
I always used a head hunter
Networking is goid to. That can back door you into a job.

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On Tue, May 25, 2021, 9:56 PM Dale R. Worley <worley at alum.mit.edu> wrote:

> > From: Eric Chadbourne <eric.chadbourne at icloud.com>
> >
> > Any tips on favorite places to look for work or contracts?? I tend to
> > wear hats with three letters but ^C.? Dev, Sec, Ops, and the like.?
> > 100% remote.? Usually burn out or get bored in three years.? A
> > contract shorter than seems to be the best.
>
> The best algorithm I know of is (1) know what you're looking for, and
> (2) ask everyone you know if they know of someone who wants that.  My
> last job-hunt, it took me about 3 months from starting to offer-in-hand,
> by far the best I'd ever done.  In this case, you have spread the word
> widely that you are looking but left it remarkably unclear what exactly
> you want to do (and know how to do).
>
> (Also, write in solid standard English -- that skill is not so common
> and will superstitiously impress the natives.  That is, don't stick
> random question marks on the ends of sentences.  Then again, perhaps
> that is the result of some odd transformation done by the listserv, in
> which case, well, you're the computer expert, how did you get messed up
> by that?)
>
> Dale
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