[borkabrak]

Holy cow, was this a refreshing perspective.

I'm one of those underrated engineers who has had trouble getting past nearly every phase of the hiring process at various times. It's frustrating because I'm pretty smart and very passionate about building software, especially tools.

This bias against having the wrong keywords on your resume is incredibly unproductive,I agree, but I would guess it's a result of how little you can actually tell about someone from just a page or two of their work history, which is all most companies have to go on from a resume alone.

I am dying to get some company to take a chance on me, to someday have the benefit of a real mentor, and to be given a real opportunity to feed all this ambition that just won't go away.

I'm pretty sure I'm not alone in that, either. We're here, we're waiting, and we are legion. It's time for a solution to the problem of how to put us in touch with all those hiring managers that complain about how hard it is to find talent.

[chrisabrams]

Shoot me an email at mail [at] chrisabrams.com

I co-organize the EmpireJS/EmpireNode conferences in New York City - besides just those sponsors for the conferences, there are plenty of great places here looking for your attitude and outlook.

[ionforce]

> I'm pretty smart

Is this really a good attitude to have?

[guscost]

OK sure, there's the appeal of "Smart? Any human is as a lowly slug to the cosmos!" but in the context of a job application it would be dancing around the common use of the word. If the meaning is "I'm probably in the minority of humans who could solve this problem" then it is definitely a good attitude to have in the context of applying for a job.

Now if you say "I'm hardly ever wrong" that won't go over as well.

[mdpopescu]

Most definitely. Self-confidence is much better than the opposite.

[wrong_variable]

Do you happen to be somewhere near London ?

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