Lone Coder Blog - A Lone Coder in a Big Pond

[Rick Tomaschuk]

Having a large corporation (IBM...etc.) on your resume is a great
'status symbol' but with the number of interviews required to land a job
increasing it is worth considering a smaller business or startup if your
budget can take the uncertainty. The long term payoff can be huge.
Enduring only a few kicks at the can interviewing with large
corporations can destroy your self worth not to mention the enormous
waste of time and energy. It is interesting to note that many large
corporations were once startups and the executive were essentially
'cowboys' running by the seat of their pants on some sort of VC. The
employees large corporations hire ensure the 'cowboy executive' has long
term wealth while limiting the employee's earning potential. Larger
corporations do not guarantee the same lifelong job security they once
had.
RickT 

http://www.TorontoNUI.ca

On Wed, 2006-06-21 at 11:00 -0400, Alex Beamish wrote:
>         expertise and I
>         could handle the work.  The final interview was with the
>         boss.  He
>         looked over my recent work on my resume and said, "But you're
>         a
>         programmer.  You're the wrong kind of person for this
>         job."  His 
>         decision that I wouldn't fit was totally illogical and in
>         defiance of

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