I’m sitting here feeling like a broken husk of a person. All of the rejections and poor fit roles over my career have got me feeling like I’m completely incapable to work in tech. My self confidence is shot. Kaput. Dead. It doesn’t help that there has been a market downturn, It’s nearly every other… Continue reading Job hunting diaries
Category: Career
Getting up to speed on a new team
If you had seen my tales of fail blog or my career growth over time, you may notice I’ve started a new tech role on average once a year since I started in tech over 10 years ago. There’s been a series of 6 month contracts, redundancies and company misfits. The most I’ve stayed with… Continue reading Getting up to speed on a new team
Having multiple CV’s
I find myself job hunting again and this time I’ve actually put in the effort to have multiple CV’s. Basically I’m keeping the first page the same but on the second page I have a portfolio for role specific experience. Even though I’m mostly applying for software testing roles, there’s still different specialties in that… Continue reading Having multiple CV’s
Engineer in Test job hunting update
Wow, I haven’t written a blog post for a while. I finished up a 3 month contract in February and was experiencing a sense of burn out. It’s taken me 2 months to recover some sense of sanity. I’d like to take a longer break but I recently got a tax bill for my companies… Continue reading Engineer in Test job hunting update
My career growth
This blog is a reflecton on my career growth overtime and how I got here. Obviously my experiences are unique to me but if you are just starting out in your tech career or considering this career path you might enjoy reading this post. Where am I at now? I’m considered a senior mobile test… Continue reading My career growth