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March 8, 2006
Cut to the quick
I had lunch with a couple of folks on the east side yesterday. Unbeknownst to me (though I should have suspected, in hindsight) what I thought was "just lunch" was, in fact, an interview.
During the 15 minute synopsis of my experience, while describing my role at Real, my intervewer observed "sounds like you're a bureaucrat, not an engineer." I responded that his remark was stinging, but essentially true.
24 hours later, it still stings.
I gotta fix this.
Posted by dberger at March 8, 2006 11:59 AM
Comments
IIRC, back in October I said it was a damned shame that you aren't actually coding anymore, given that you're likely the best actual programmer I know. I meant it then, and I mean it now, and while it's not great to hear you irked about it, it is nice to think you may be coming back from the dark side. :)
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at March 8, 2006 8:02 PM
Ignore Titus. Come to the dark side... It's lovely here... You can wave your arms frantically to powerpoint presentations every single day!
Posted by: Steve S. at March 9, 2006 10:46 AM