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RESUMES SUCK!

2005-08-12 / / 2 Comments

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I have an online resume. I can get you it in several forms.
However, if you are hiring me because of what you see in that piece of paper…
I DON’T WANT TO WORK FOR YOUR COMPANY!
Lisa Haneberg posted a great article on this today.
The problem with me and my resume is that there is no way to capture what I can do or what I know on a piece of paper. I have a non-linear mind and am a technical person with an artistic temperment. I do not fit into your neat little corporate boxes. I am not org-chart friendly.
I flame most recruiters, because they haven’t taken the time to note that (and this is on all of my resumes, no matter where I post them):

  1. I am a Canadian living in the US and working on an H1-B
  2. I am ONLY entertaining offers from companies on the West Coast

Most recruiters are stupid, at least in my mind. They are desperately clinging to a niche where, like Wile E. Coyote, the ground on which they stand has evaporated.
The great thig is that I know the companies that I want to work for. But I also know that these companies never even look at me because their HR “process” is designed to weed out independent-minded, intelligent, experienced, non-linear thinkers. They want young, fresh mind-slaves.
Am I bitter and angry? Yeah. Why? Because every manager I have had has said the same thing to me, repeatedly: “You are great and your knowledge is astounding, but we don’t know how to use you effectively because you don’t fit into an org-chart box”.
You know what not fitting into an org-chart box has done to me career? Limited my exposure to clients, locked me out of the strategic decision-making process, prevented me from assisting with infrastructure design and assessment, and seen career-advancement promise after promise fall by the wayside.
I am looking for a company who wants me and will let me have business cards with NO TITLE ON THEM.
I am what I know, not what you, the company, tell people I do.
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Why Comcast won’t be in the ISP business in two years

2005-08-11 / / 6 Comments

Today, by special delivery, I got notice that FIOS is available at my house.
I called Comcast and asked how they were going to match this offer. They offered me $29.95/mo. for 6 months.
Now, because of my unique situation (i.e., requiring a semi-permamnent IP address to allow people to access my servers), I may be stuck with Comcast, because Verizon uses the much smarter random release on DHCP addresses.
But for 97% of the Web-surfing public, FIOS will be the cat’s meow. And that the the flow of customers from Comcast will become a flood. A cable company that continues to think like a cable company in this new world will look like Bethlehem Steel in 3 years…or less.
I have a good friend who is a senior network engineer at Comcast; I hope he is looking for a new job.

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Working from home today…again

2005-08-10 / / 0 Comments

This is the second day in a row that I have been working from home. Why? My car developed a terminal electrical problem on Sunday. This should surprise no one when I mention that it is a late 1980s Honda Civic.

Honda/Acura #4: Honda Accords, Preludes, Civics and Acura Integras built from 1986-1989 (Bosch reman alternators AL256X, AL382X, AL383X, AL386X, AL387X, AL388X, AL451X) are prone to a no-start condition due to a low battery charge. This condition can be traced to frequent short trip driving with the rear window defogger left in the “on” position, along with high underhood temperatures. The combination of the continual discharge due to the defogger being left on and the high underhood temperatures, tends to cause these models to dine out frequently on batteries.
To curb the battery appetite of these cars, Honda and Acura have introduced defogger switch/timers and a battery heat shield. The defogger switch/timer automatically shuts off after 25 minutes, and the heat shield helps deflect some of the engine’s heat away from the battery. Honda part numbers are 35500-SE0-A11 (defogger switch/timer) and 06377-SE3-A00 (battery cover kit). Acura only offers these parts as a complete kit: 1986-87 models are kit 06377-SD2-A01 and 1988-89 models are kit 06377-SD2-A11.
Understanding Your Import Car’s Electrical System

This means the alternator needs to be replaced (second one in 6 years).
Looks like cold beans and uncooked rice to eat for a while…

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