Yahoo Golden Handcuffs, Fuck It?

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VjSg32

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VjSg32
Mar 4, 2016 20 Comments

Casually browsing Blind and saw some posts about folks having second thoughts about hiring long term Yahoos. I came in through an acqui-hire and have some golden handcuffs. Just worried this is going to be a black spot on my resume if I don't immediately jump now.

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  • Well it seems like they're gonna be bronze handcuffs soon enough.
    Mar 4, 2016 0
  • A hiring manager who says "they worked for a long time at X? Deny." is s manager you don't want to work for anyway.
    Mar 4, 2016 2
    • Yahoo
      ana-ng

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      ana-ng
      not necessarily true. if I was hiring at a startup that had a lot of resumes for a small amount of roles, I would definitely prune long term Yahoo, Microsoft, etcetera employees. Generally those people who stay at larger companies for a long time do not prosper in the mindset required at a startup, so if you're going to prune resumes based on arbitrary data, that's a good piece to use. 

      the time frame is usually more than 2 years post acquisition, IMO.
      Mar 8, 2016
    • Hey, if you're going to prune Eric Lippert's resume, easier for the rest of us.
      Mar 8, 2016
  • Yahoo
    amblind

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    amblind
    My skills aren't growing right now.
    Mar 5, 2016 8
    • Google
      anonanon

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      anonanon
      suggestion: be more efficient at work and not need that full 8 hours. then do the interesting stuff. or make your dull job interesting by adding in elements such as machine learning, etc.
      Mar 6, 2016
    • Yahoo
      hp

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      hp
      "Even the greatest fool can accomplish a task if it were after his or her heart. But the intelligent ones are those who can convert every work into one that suits their taste" -ND
      Mar 8, 2016
  • Yahoo
    bnegative

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    bnegative
    In my experience anyone who learns your story won't care. You might get filtered out before you get a chance to tell your story though.

    Also, you handcuffs are less handcuffy than you think. Facebook and Google will generally make you whole. Many on our team saw their equity matched and exceeded by Google.
    Mar 5, 2016 3
  • Uber
    self-drive

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    self-drive
    Just use the time to contribute to open source, learn new languages, and take classes. If you can improve your skills then you'll have a job coming out of it.
    Mar 4, 2016 0