Attention: I do not agree with this diamond note anymore. Still, it’s interesting and might spark a conversation so here it goes...
Reality check: Employers are not your friends, it’s a dog eat dog world out there and you must fight tooth and claw to get ahead of the curve.
For many companies, the job application process is filling out an online form to see if a robot rejects you, then attaching a CV with the exact same information given as in the online form, just to see if a human rejects you.
What about technical vs. soft skills? Throughout high-school and university, we’ve been told a thousand times to have the necessary soft skills for a given role, and online articles spew the same bullshit as well non-stop. Now I cannot talk for everybody obviously, but in my profession which is computing, they are hiring you as an efficient little worker drone, prisoner #377. It would be wrong to say you don’t need any soft skills at all, but you can literally get by with the bare minimum not even being enthusiastic on an interview, as long as you can do X.
Obviously when it comes to technical jobs, you either can do X or “HR will let you know about your application” aka sorry pal, you’re rejected. But the complete lack of a need for the right soft skills is a very daunting reality. It makes you jaded to the core towards the whole application process.
Now I’m obviously complaining, and we all know it’s because I am not the brightest apple in terms of technical skills. Do I have an excuse? Should I even provide an excuse? The usual new generation depression&anxiety combo with low energy and motivation, except it has recently been brought to daylight that I might be physically ill. I’m talking depression&anxiety due to genetical hormone imbalance, not >> “depression” and and “anxiety”.
But even before I knew the reason for my suffering, I just wanted employers to know one thing, and one thing only: I graduated even with those disadvantages. I fought against my very nature through the fog of my disassociation disease to make it. After a while I couldn’t even raise a fist, so I just got by with the bare minimum. My friends and family recommended HEAVILY against mentioning ANYTHING related to my mental illnesses. Are they the assholes? No, of course not, they are actually right: employers would silently reject such an applicant.
Why is it, that if someone has a physical/mental disability, we have such an understanding for then, yet we shy away from the mentally strugglers like they have the plague?
You can call me delusional, but I always thought it would be better to hire a person with the soft skills, than the person with the technical skills. You can easily teach the technicality, not so much the soft skills. I guess you can always hire the person who has both, but I digress.
Whilst most people were stuck on level 1 of the success ladder, aka “how to do the thing?”, I was stuck on level 0. At this level you are preoccupied with “how to even have the motivation to WANT said thing.” In simple layman terms, I was extremely unmotivated to reach out for the technical skills, but once I had a goal in front of my eyes, I would lock my jaw around success and not let go until I could rip a nice little chunk out of it.
I can somewhat understand employers, as they essentially don’t want to take a risk on board, but by hiring someone like this person in question, they can potentially be highly rewarded for doing so.
Attention: I do not agree with this diamond note anymore. Still, it’s interesting and might spark a conversation so here it goes...Reality check: Employers are not your friends, it’s a dog eat dog world out there and you must fight tooth and claw to get ahead of the curve.For many companies, the job application process is filling out an online form to see if a robot rejects you, then attaching a CV with the exact same information given as in the online form, just to see if a human rejects you.What about technical vs. soft skills? Throughout high-school and university, we’ve been told a thousand times to have the necessary soft skills for a given role, and online articles spew the same bullshit as well non-stop. Now I cannot talk for everybody obviously, but in my profession which is computing, they are hiring you as an efficient little worker drone, prisoner #377. It would be wrong to say you don’t need any soft skills at all, but you can literally get by with the bare minimum not even being enthusiastic on an interview, as long as you can do X.Obviously when it comes to technical jobs, you either can do X or “HR will let you know about your application” aka sorry pal, you’re rejected. But the complete lack of a need for the right soft skills is a very daunting reality. It makes you jaded to the core towards the whole application process.Now I’m obviously complaining, and we all know it’s because I am not the brightest apple in terms of technical skills. Do I have an excuse? Should I even provide an excuse? The usual new generation depression&anxiety combo with low energy and motivation, except it has recently been brought to daylight that I might be physically ill. I’m talking depression&anxiety due to genetical hormone imbalance, not >> “depression” and and “anxiety”.But even before I knew the reason for my suffering, I just wanted employers to know one thing, and one thing only: I graduated even with those disadvantages. I fought against my very nature through the fog of my disassociation disease to make it. After a while I couldn’t even raise a fist, so I just got by with the bare minimum. My friends and family recommended HEAVILY against mentioning ANYTHING related to my mental illnesses. Are they the assholes? No, of course not, they are actually right: employers would silently reject such an applicant.Why is it, that if someone has a physical/mental disability, we have such an understanding for then, yet we shy away from the mentally strugglers like they have the plague?You can call me delusional, but I always thought it would be better to hire a person with the soft skills, than the person with the technical skills. You can easily teach the technicality, not so much the soft skills. I guess you can always hire the person who has both, but I digress.Whilst most people were stuck on level 1 of the success ladder, aka “how to do the thing?”, I was stuck on level 0. At this level you are preoccupied with “how to even have the motivation to WANT said thing.” In simple layman terms, I was extremely unmotivated to reach out for the technical skills, but once I had a goal in front of my eyes, I would lock my jaw around success and not let go until I could rip a nice little chunk out of it.I can somewhat understand employers, as they essentially don’t want to take a risk on board, but by hiring someone like this person in question, they can potentially be highly rewarded for doing so. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J https://ift.tt/2OYuS3A
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