its very weird not traveling with a hockey bag of swag lol shout out to our guy/ambassador @leftshotdev for letting us ship all of our shirts to him 🤣
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. @torcdotdev tour over the next few weeks -raleigh for @allthingsopen -atlanta for @renderatl -sunnyvale/bentonville end of august for a client activation (you can probably guess who) -dallas for @commityourcode
psa for conference szn: a conference shouldnt just inspire you. it should expand your opportunity surface area. if you leave with notes but no new people, you did it wrong.
one recruiter conversation a week is the cheapest market research you can do. you learn whats in demand, what pays, and where you actually stand.
the @torcdotdev community is giving away tickets to @renderatl go check out: www.torc.dev/community-ato
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everybody wants the outcome of being hired. nobody wants the micro-interactions that create the outcome. the comment. the dm. the 15 minute call. thats literally how getting a job works in todays market.
when an interviewer asks about a time you had conflict: cant think of one > bad have too many examples > bad talking in hypotheticals > bad one specific story you helped resolve > good you led it and went with their idea > great
how to read a company from its interview process: >fast rejections mean they respect your time >consistent questions mean they know what they want >endless rounds mean indecision runs the org the process is the culture.
if a company runs you through five rounds and then says youre not a fit, you were a fit. you were a fit for five rounds long processes arent rigor. theyre indecision and indecision at the interview stage is indecision everywhere else in that company
hey raleigh fam. see you tomorrow. this event is going to be completely packed. 450+ rsvp'd and only have 212 capacity. get there early. doors at 5.
spoke with someone yesterday looking for a job. told them while you have a job meet 3 people a week >a recruiter >someone in your network >a stranger that stranger needs to be someone in the role you want next to pick their brain
the @torcdotdev team will be down in atl next week for @renderatl!! come hang with us, get some swag:) luma.com/torcdo-frot
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new 'building the brand' vlog is BACK!! highlighting our 72 hours of travel to phx, az to throw 2 at capacity events. thankful to be building our community across the globe! link to vlog: youtu.be/uOgmLXfkUVM?...
heres how hiring actually works. the team maps the skills they already have, finds the hole, and hires for the hole you can outcode every person who interviewed you and still get rejected because you werent the missing piece rejection is rarely a verdict on your ability
ive been calling this the great hesitation companies arent not hiring. theyre terrified of a bad hire so they want proof you can do the job before you get the job fair or not thats the market. the people winning right now are showing not telling
not picking up your dog poop in front of the vet is like cursing at the pastor in church
prepping for my talk at @allthingsopen this week going to be a banger
if youre junior and worried ai is making you skip the fundamentals: lean into ai as hard as you can every time it does something you dont understand stop and go figure out why that gap is your study guide marrying the two is where its at
hot take: the models are the worst theyll ever be today if youre the person saying no to ai right now youll be the person saying no next year when the gap is 3x bigger the delta only grows
ive watched this movie before. when react came out people said its a fad im sticking with jquery the people who refused to adopt it had problems finding jobs for years the ai holdouts today are the jquery guys of this cycle
the thing nobody talks about with in demand skills reports is theyre a year behind by the time theyre published the market is shifting on an order of weeks right now if youre planning your next move off a dice report youre already late
nothing gets your heart racing more at 10pm than your daughter standing silently in the shadows of your hallway wanting to come into your room
life with 3 kids is walking 12k steps and never leaving the inside of your house 🤣🤣
it's 75° today. it feels like fall. it's taking every ounce of me not to light a pumpkin spice candle.
just got the vlog edits back from @marscernas and mondays vlog is going to rippppppppp