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Got a random email from a supposed Amazon recruiter for a SDE position (which is not at all a fit). The email is amazon.com domain and there are no red flags in the body but it doesn't feel like an Amazon recruiter due to the tacky signature, etc. Has anyone seen this kind of cold-calling from FAANG recruiter?
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Several officers in the Army tried to tell me I’d look more attractive to civilian employers if I stayed in to take a command (I didn’t listen, fortunately).
Never take advice from someone who’s not where you want to be and has never been there.
Chief
I was enlisted and got pushback for working on my bachelor's instead of taking on more collateral duties.
Got pressured to reenlist, but got out and got MBA. Seems to have worked out.
In a first year, from a female manager: wear your shortest skirt for your meeting with [Managing Partner] if you want him to listen to you.
I didn’t follow her advice, impressed the partner with my actual work, he was my reference for my next two jobs.
Chief
That doesn't even make sense. Seems like a short skirt is an effective way to get attention, but that doesn't mean he's listening.
Follow your passion 😂
“Why would you want to go work for those socialists” upon me transferring to the french office.
“I don’t know why you are going to college when you have a job as a bank teller. People go to college to get that job”
manager: “don’t rush switching group, you will learn a lot here and build skills so you can easily switch eventually (I was staffed on a one year project)”
I didn’t listen, build skills on my own, and network with the other group. Got pulled in to another group less than one year.
Take away: you decide on your own career. If you don’t speak up you won’t get it.
That you have to “prove yourself”. Interesting how this is said to people to condone bullying, harassment and just blatantly cruel & unfair work environments
About 20 yrs ago, i was told to quit IT and that it was a dead end job..
Rising Star
Wait so OP, did you get the MBA? Did you transition out of the oil/engineering field?
I work at EY-P now so, yes, I did both things. Got my MBA, have focused on M&A strategy and am soon going into industry to do the work in-house
To be grateful for the first salary I received and to NOT negotiate otherwise I will look greedy. 👀 hands down worse advice.
You should always negotiate and it shows you are business savvy and confident to your future employer. They expect you to negotiate and it’s not greedy - it’s understanding the economics of negotiating and the concept of compounding.
“Be a pitbull , don’t be nice to people” …. 🤮
Work is worship
That I should threaten to quit to be promoted.
Play it safe as opposed to take risks. Unfortunately I listened.
Agreeing to move to the acquiring company where my career would die.
Don’t get ahead of yourself. Fantastic.