Should I list this unusual experience on resume

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spooz

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spooz
Jul 23, 2017 13 Comments

I had a no-employment gap in my resume where I went to Central America to take psychedelics and meditate with native shamans for about a year, then traveled and hitchhiked around for another year. Worth putting on resume or will they think I'm batshit crazy? Aren't the Silicon Valley guys all taking acid nowadays ?

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  • Amazon / Eng
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    go into depth about how you became lizard king and watched your mom eat your father then participated in the death of consciousness and its rebuilding

    but definitely leave out everything about travelling, shamans, or taking drugs
    Jul 23, 2017 0
  • leave the travel/exploration in, and the drugs out. the travel shows you're motivated, capable and resourceful and provided a great and easy conversation piece. drug stories are boring.
    Jul 23, 2017 0
  • Cisco / Product
    kraken ๐Ÿ™

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    Don't bring up the drugs or shamans, but traveling and meditation are fine.

    I have no problem with drugs, but as a hiring manager I would question your judgement for bringing up a controversial topic in a professional context.
    Jul 23, 2017 0
  • Microsoft / Eng
    Cutechie

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    I think you might want to leave out the ayahuasca experience and let people in the know "read between the lines". Say that you spent two years in C.A. for personal exploration. I spent a year there (Costa Rica). I found that many interviewers loved talking to me about it during interviews.
    Jul 23, 2017 0
  • New / Eng
    Spoiled

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    Spoiled
    Say you were volunteering and traveling. Make up some bullshit about little kids you helped. I did the same (though more traveling and only a little aya) and everyone found it interesting.

    And no, don't tell them about the shamans and aya. Most of Silicon Valley do not touch drugs, the burners are just a vocal minority.
    Jul 23, 2017 1
    • New / Design
      getUXd

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      getUXd
      Now that's what I call unethical! ๐Ÿ‘Œ
      Jul 25, 2017