A mechanics’ teacher of one of my dearest friends once told all his class that she started 3 master but didn’t complete any of them…he wasn’t so happy to know about but that’s beside the point.
In the spirit of showcase that the CV is just the prettiest side of your job historial, I will make a list of all the places I have applied for a job regardless I got the job or not:
Year
Company
Output
Beginning 2011
Professor UDG
Got the job
Beginning 2011
Professor Proulex
Got the job
Beginning 2013
Oracle
Did 3 interviews, got 2 offers
Beginning 2013
IBM
Not even got a screening interview
Late 2015
EPAM
Got offer, rejected it
Mid 2015
Amdocs
Got rejected
Mdi 2015
Oracle
Got the job
Beginning 2018
Google
Not even got a screening interview
Late 2017
MyTaxi@Germany
Didn’t complete code challenge, I declined but company still interested
Mid 2018
Baxter
Got offer, asked more before accepting and didn’t heard back from them
Mid 2018
Baires dev
Got rejected
Mid 2018
Oracle
Got rejected
Mid 2018
MBA Teacher @ UDG
Got a job, not the same I applied
Beginning 2019
EPAM
Not even got a screening interview
Beginning 2019
Oracle
Got offer, rejected it
Beginning 2019
HCL
Got rejected
Mid 2019
Professor@ITESO
Not even got a screening interview
Beginning 2019
Wipro
Got the offer, accepted
Beginning 2019
Amdocs
Got offer, rejected it due to already accepted Wipro
Beginning 2019
TCS
Got offer, rejected it due to already accepted Wipro
Beginning 2019
Crossover
Applied to several positions, passed some filters, got rejected due to positions required more than initially stated
Mid 2019
Teacher @ Ms DS in UDG
Got the job
Late 2019
Amdocs
Got offer and accepted =)
I might have left some out, probably one or two that don’t stand out.
Remember my policy about interviews, if they first contact you, you take the interview and then decide if its a good move or not.
After my gramps died, my grandma told me that in all the family I was the one most similar to him, the one who worked harder…I don’t think she said smarter but she said smart as him; and well thats a lot.
After LACS died, in his religious goodbye, my “mother from CUCEI” told me that I was the one most similar to him, smart and saw CS in a similar way…but I didn’t have the same areas of opportunity that he did have.
Those 2 are probably the best compliments I will ever receive…until somebody compare with my mom.
I took a leadership class while I was studying an MBA and I think it has been one of the most important classes I have taken.
This allows me to notice if the management is good or not, that’s why this class it was so important to me, if I don’t like nor respect the management, I will move some place else.
In leadership, you have to be able to differentiate the urgent from the important , otherwise things are going to blow up in your face.
My gramps was a wealthy man, when I moved to Venezuela he retired from his main jobs, to live of his rents, he was confident he will be able to live of that and have a hobby on the big farm he had.
Well, after a few years with the inflation that Venezuela had, it was impossible for everybody to live off his rents, so he decided to start working again.
When I asked why did he come out of retirement, he explained me that but he also said to me: “Watch me grow rich…again”
