On looking for a job - muanchiou

After a year of recovering, I finally decided to return to the job market in mid October. It’s been 8 years since I l...

After a year of recovering, I finally decided to return to the job market in mid October. It's been 8 years since I last looked for a job, and my outlook on the tech industry has changed so much that past experiences don't seem relevant anymore. When I left GitHub last year, a number of friends had already reached out with opportunities, so I started the search by talking to them first. For phase one (which ended up being the only phase), I shared the news in just 3 places: my microblog, ex-GitHubber Slack, and Instagram. I also tweeted about starting to look, but without explicitly asking…

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