[yawgmoth]

> you can plausibly make up the rest about what you actually did there.

I would never do this, and if you would do this I wouldn't want to work with you. Maybe I'm a sucker, but I sleep alright.

[dbalatero]

It's not like the parent would have accomplished nothing in the 10 years. I think they are just talking about framing it in language palatable to the interviewer across the table.

[whstl]

Even in the most dysfunctional organizations you can't spend 10 years doing nothing.

GP was achieving what their bosses asked of them. It's just that it didn't align with their own professional goals of improving the product they work on.

[blitzar]

There is a very high probability that someone you work for did just this.

[joezydeco]

You haven't been on LinkedIn in the last few years, then.

[johnnyanmac]

unfortunately I have. It is indeed a hellscape of, as the kids say, "aura farming". Microsoft really seem to want to turn it into Instagram for some reason.

I still use it as a job board, personally.

[babyent]

Chances are high anyone to corroborate was laid off or has moved on, and does the same thing anyway lol

[babyent]

Chances are high anyone to corroborate was laid off and does the same thing anyway lol

[stronglikedan]

Everybody does this to some degree. Even you.

[chausen]

What about actually accomplishing some things over 10 years while maintaining good work life balance?

[whstl]

That's the dream, but it requires either luck (to fall into a great company) or burning of political capital (plus luck).