Five: The number of rejections in the past week. Two: The number of round #2 interviews in the past week. Two: The number of round #3 interviews in the past week. Three: The number of my team laid off by Brex. Two: The number of my team employees who’ve landed a new job. One: The … Continue reading Brex layoff + 7 weeks
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Brex layoff + 6 weeks
Five: The number of rejections in the past week. Two: The number of round #2 interviews in the past week. Two: The number of companies that, after rejecting my application without feedback, asked me for feedback on their interviewing process. Two: The number of requests in the preceding category that I summarily deleted. Asking for … Continue reading Brex layoff + 6 weeks
Brex layoff + 5 weeks
Six: The number of hours spent on one round #3 take-home test. Three: The number of round #1 (recruiter) interviews in the past week. Two: The number of rejections in the past week. One of them was from a company I was comparatively interested in. Two: The number of take-home coding tests in the past … Continue reading Brex layoff + 5 weeks
Brex layoff + 4 weeks
Nineteen: The number of job applications in the past week. Twelve: The number of rejections in the past week. I was surprised by a couple of these. I checked all their boxes AFAICT and figured I'd at least score a recruiter interview. One: The number of round #2 interviews where I was totally mismatched to … Continue reading Brex layoff + 4 weeks
Bluesky
I’m starting to like it. Overall it works well. It’s easy to block trolls, the multi-feed structure is sensible, and the default app is ok. I found one old Twitter friend there.
Brex layoff + 3 weeks
Seventeen: The number of job applications in the past week. Seven: The number of round #1 and #2 interviews over the past week. Four: The number of companies that passed on me. Three: The number of job search sites I'm using. Otta, Indeed, LinkedIn. One: The number of companies with which I mutually agreed to disengage, … Continue reading Brex layoff + 3 weeks
“The Holdovers”, college, and not holding over
I just watched, "The Holdovers," starring Paul Giamatti and Dominic Sessa. It's set in a fictional boarding school, Barton Academy, located in New England. It's a great film. Bittersweet and funny and thoughtful. It gloriously manifests the look and feel of New England in the early 1970s, and American Cinema in the early 1970s. Just superb. The film's themes and … Continue reading “The Holdovers”, college, and not holding over
I opened a Bluesky account to test the social media waters
Not sure what to make of it yet. I yearn for the good old days of Twitter when it was fun and not toxic. Those were the same days when social media generally was fun and not toxic. But those days are gone. Maybe this won’t amount to anything.
Brex layoff + 2 weeks
Seven: The number of round #2 interviews scheduled for the coming week. Six: The number of round #1 (recruiter) interviews held over the past week. Two: The number of companies that passed on me after the round #1 (recruiter) interview. One: The number of round #1 (recruiter) interviews scheduled for the coming week. One: The … Continue reading Brex layoff + 2 weeks
Brex layoff + 1 week
Eight: The largest number of interview rounds required by a company. One company requires that number, which includes the initial recruiter phone call. The others so far require five -- seven rounds. Six: The number of recruiter phone interviews over the past week. One wasn't a good match and we agreed to disengage. Great company and cool business but … Continue reading Brex layoff + 1 week
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