I feel as if I highly qualify for a multitude of positions offered by my company, however I do not have the YoE/Degrees to back it up. I went to a university which is top ranked for research and took classes with specific professors who are highly respected + experienced in their subsequent fields and taught the class as if it were a graduate course I also watch YouTube day and night and have picked up large amounts of theory from graduate courses offered by Stanford and MIT I have an extremely out of the box style of thinking and can create revolutionary strides My whiteboard is full of different pipelines for completely different projects I was offered job offers from the NSA the day I graduated university with my undergrad, which I declined due to ethical issues Before university I worked 4+ jobs at minimum wage and was supporting myself, so I could not afford to go to graduate school. Now I am working as a contractor at a position which is slowly killing my passion, desire, and overall skillset. Within a few years I feel as if I will not be the prodigy who was inhabiting my body 2 years prior, and I’m slowly burning out unless I get a research position which allows me to whiteboard theory and fulfill myself intellectually. TC: <80k YOE: 2.5 Sanity: running low Hopes: extremely high Expectations: what’s that? Addictions: I have no time for rehab
Same bro
Same. I started coding in high school just because I found it interesting. The system failed me and now I work at a company I hate. I’m burnt out. Wasted potential
I learned to code via RuneScape in middle school, wish I didn’t get hacked because if I had invested my profits into btc I would have had no need for a job, nor my kids, nor my kids kids
Lol I was making RuneScape websites in middle school too. Had so much passion back then. Now I’m jaded and hate everything about this industry
So you want to get hired as an architect without anything to prove but your word? Doesn’t work that way. Convert to FT, find different team if you are unhappy at current and then build up.
One would hope that they were acquired by doing the most work in their team, but alas, that has not happened yet. Hopefully in time, i am still proactively applying and interviewing for those who respond back
You might want to talk to your shrink and see if you have "Grandiose delusions". I hope it is that you are just overworked. They don't pay researchers for whiteboarding - they pay them to experiment to get results that create impact. Find ways to make impact with your ideas and knowledge - once you have experience under your belt, you can shop yourself around.
First part was extremely uncalled for, but I agree with you, I was diagnosed with schizophrenia at 14, so you’re not far off. I have created a shell of an application to create tools to assist medical professionals in methods to diagnose patients via NLP/Databases/analytics techniques. I have spoken to tech lawyers and psychiatrists about this project. All of which said it would be a revolutionary project if it followed HIPA protocol. I burnt out before it became something. Then I hit up patent lawyers for a different invention which would revolutionize facial hair maintenance, but I could not afford to hire them, plus my business partners became addicted to drugs and had bigger fish to fry. I feel like a bic lighter which has been on for too long and is nearly out of butane. It’ll burn anything which touches it
I didn't mean the first part negatively...we all need to stsy humble about our mental health and mental capacity. It sounds like you didn't partner with reliable people. It is hard to slog it all alone. Find a good team first - person join a series A start to build new connections.
Be nice to yourself
Thanks chicken man, this is the kindest response on the thread so far. I wish others would take a leaf out of your book instead of being so angry. We’re all in the tech field and know that it takes a toll on our brain and souls
Okay
Improve your EQ. Learn the game, play the game. IQ only gets you so far in the real world.
What is EQ?
Emotional Quotient. It's your ability to understand, use, and affect other people's emotions and perceptions. An absolutely enormous part of career success is tied to interpersonal success. Highly qualified candidates almost never get hired when there's a moderately well qualified candidate who is extremely well liked / known available instead.
Lol I could have written this. Shrug 🤷♂️ you tell me. Could be worth talking more but what’s the point
Whats the question here?
There is no question. This is a rant.
Sounds more egotistical tbh. If all of this is indeed true, you’d be growing in your current role or perform extraordinarily in your interviews - either way your talent would just show. If it’s not, you need to assess that rather than playing this blame game. Yoe & degrees are just an excuse.