FUCK, yeah! Mobster level. Computer mogul level. For the latter Mr Mogul decided he didn’t need the Blofeld-level automated screens on his conference room. I tried to argue, "But he can no longer say, “I suppose you are wondering why I brought you here, Mr Gates,” while they closed.
Geeks have no imaginations. Mafiosi do.
He put a 15’ x 30’ Dale Chihuly chandelier in his theater. I took it as my duty as an audio engineer to cause it to explode the first time Mr Mogul’s kids cranked the system. Mogul’s kids were not blinded and I have failed.
Countered a “You are too experienced” with a “But not in YOUR industry” email and have the interview tomorrow. Give it a try. Try to not be insulted by their offer, noting that you know they would not offer something beyond what is appropriate for someone with your experience and ability. It’s a line item and those can be changed as conditions improve. You are an improvement and even if they low-ball you it still beats what you were making.
I don’t think you quite understand the dilemma: I’m not getting past the “initial application” or maybe “1st/Phone interview stage”; when I nicely ask “Why the hell not?”, those are the sort of responses I’m getting.
Government Departments (where I’ve been focusing a lot of my efforts) are generally obliged to provide feedback on unsuccessful applications. Some of it has been extremely useful, some of it hasn’t been.
Pretty much any full-time Government or Corporate job would be an improvement over what I’m currently doing. Money isn’t the issue- actually getting to the “seriousl consideration” (especially when there’s quite literally a thousand other candiates) and/or actually getting a job is.
A friend of mine went for an interveiw with a major Canadian Retailer (Position Dept Manager), seemingly did very well on the interview, and then found out, by a slip of the tongue from one of the interveiwers that the position wasn’t actually available. They were actually training a new HR person by having them condict interviews for positions at various store levels that were not actually available.
I can almost taste this job. I know they’ve contacted at least one of my references; however, they did tell me they’d be contacting references of all three finalists.
18 months now without a job… My new retirement plan is just to kill myself if I have to stop working.
