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How to ask open-ended questions
How to avoid awkward silences
How to show interest in others
Criteria for vetting an employer worth working with
- Do you pay reasonable salaries? If your salaries aren’t at least competitive then we’re wasting each other's time.
- Do you treat your people well? A quality employer will be honest and highlight what steps they took to address those issues.
- Are you financially secure? Enquire about their runway (how long they can survive if their current income and expenses stay constant).
- Are you open to trying new things?
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On loyalty to your employer
The average 'career' with each employer in the tech industry is a touch under three years.
The idea of spending 30 years working for the same employer is mind-boggling.
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Your employer isn’t your family and they are not your friend
- Do not sacrifice your relationship with family and friends to appease your employer.
- Do not sacrifice your mental wellbeing to appease your employer.
- Do not sacrifice your dignity, values and ethics to appease your employer.
- Do not buy into the bullshit hype of “hu...
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Mutual Respect
If your employer compensates you well, putss effort into ensuring you are healthy in every sense and invests in your personal and/or professional growth then by all means, tell the world how happy you are.
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