Please! Spolsky's a whiner. He's works for a startup in New York like will likely fail in it's first 7 years.
It suprises me that this many people have lent any credibility to this rant. I agree about the grammer issues; but the hard fact is, especially in today's economy, that shotgunning resumes may be the only way to find a job, let alone the right job.
If you're out of a job then you are desperate! Desperation != unqualified! If you are unemployed with a family of 4 to feed and house you have to scramble to find a job. If some pantywaste doesn't want to hire you because of this bogus notion, then it was a crap job at a crap company to begin with.
Networking does work... sometimes. People in this economy aer saving cherry jobs for themselves; an ace in the hole, so to speak.
Maybe Spolsky should get canned and see what it's like to try and find a job, then we can feed his crap advice right back to him.
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Also the freedom to vote with my dollars and not support those companies that have threatend my means to support myself and my family.
It suprises me that this many people have lent any credibility to this rant. I agree about the grammer issues; but the hard fact is, especially in today's economy, that shotgunning resumes may be the only way to find a job, let alone the right job.
If you're out of a job then you are desperate! Desperation != unqualified! If you are unemployed with a family of 4 to feed and house you have to scramble to find a job. If some pantywaste doesn't want to hire you because of this bogus notion, then it was a crap job at a crap company to begin with.
Networking does work ... sometimes. People in this economy aer saving cherry jobs for themselves; an ace in the hole, so to speak.
Maybe Spolsky should get canned and see what it's like to try and find a job, then we can feed his crap advice right back to him.