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    • DashrenderD
      Dashrender @DustinB3403
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      @DustinB3403 said in Feedback on Resume:

      I think my first job (started as a file clerk) and transition into desktop support I was making 20K, so I suppose.

      The numbers just seem large for a 15K between job moves. Not including annual raises etc.

      As I said, my first job was 20K, but with OT I was pulling near 30K. So my internal department change at that company was a 10K raise to $30K. A year later another $5k bump. 6 months after that I left and went to a consulting company where I moved from $35K > $55K.

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      • DashrenderD
        Dashrender @wirestyle22
        last edited by

        @wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:

        @DustinB3403 said in Feedback on Resume:

        @wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:

        I started at 32k

        And you've had 4 jobs correct? So you're at or around 77K currently, correct?

        Is the cost of living so high that you feel you desktop support starts at that range?

        I jumped to 90 but took a paycut to 50 where i currently work. The reality is I couldn't do the job I was hired to do. Sad fact. Remember, 15k was the minimum not every jump.

        Couldn't do what job? the last one at 90? So you quit or they let you go?

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        • wirestyle22W
          wirestyle22 @Dashrender
          last edited by wirestyle22

          @Dashrender said in Feedback on Resume:

          @wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:

          @DustinB3403 said in Feedback on Resume:

          @wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:

          I started at 32k

          And you've had 4 jobs correct? So you're at or around 77K currently, correct?

          Is the cost of living so high that you feel you desktop support starts at that range?

          I jumped to 90 but took a paycut to 50 where i currently work. The reality is I couldn't do the job I was hired to do. Sad fact. Remember, 15k was the minimum not every jump.

          Couldn't do what job? the last one at 90? So you quit or they let you go?

          I left. I easily could've milked it for awhile but it just wasn't the honest thing to do

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          • DashrenderD
            Dashrender @wirestyle22
            last edited by

            @wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:

            @Dashrender said in Feedback on Resume:

            @wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:

            @DustinB3403 said in Feedback on Resume:

            @wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:

            I started at 32k

            And you've had 4 jobs correct? So you're at or around 77K currently, correct?

            Is the cost of living so high that you feel you desktop support starts at that range?

            I jumped to 90 but took a paycut to 50 where i currently work. The reality is I couldn't do the job I was hired to do. Sad fact. Remember, 15k was the minimum not every jump.

            Couldn't do what job? the last one at 90? So you quit or they let you go?

            I left

            Now the question is why?

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            • DustinB3403D
              DustinB3403 @Dashrender
              last edited by

              @Dashrender said in Feedback on Resume:

              @wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:

              @Dashrender said in Feedback on Resume:

              @wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:

              @DustinB3403 said in Feedback on Resume:

              @wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:

              I started at 32k

              And you've had 4 jobs correct? So you're at or around 77K currently, correct?

              Is the cost of living so high that you feel you desktop support starts at that range?

              I jumped to 90 but took a paycut to 50 where i currently work. The reality is I couldn't do the job I was hired to do. Sad fact. Remember, 15k was the minimum not every jump.

              Couldn't do what job? the last one at 90? So you quit or they let you go?

              I left

              Now the question is why?

              Because he didnt want to be a leech?

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              • scottalanmillerS
                scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
                last edited by

                @DustinB3403 said in Feedback on Resume:

                The numbers just seem large for a 15K between job moves. Not including annual raises etc.

                Depends on the jobs and the jumps. But that's not uncommon. In between "real" jobs, I went from $23K to $40K to $55K to $200K to $350K to an offer of a much more significant jump 😉

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                • wirestyle22W
                  wirestyle22 @Dashrender
                  last edited by wirestyle22

                  @Dashrender said in Feedback on Resume:

                  @wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:

                  @Dashrender said in Feedback on Resume:

                  @wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:

                  @DustinB3403 said in Feedback on Resume:

                  @wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:

                  I started at 32k

                  And you've had 4 jobs correct? So you're at or around 77K currently, correct?

                  Is the cost of living so high that you feel you desktop support starts at that range?

                  I jumped to 90 but took a paycut to 50 where i currently work. The reality is I couldn't do the job I was hired to do. Sad fact. Remember, 15k was the minimum not every jump.

                  Couldn't do what job? the last one at 90? So you quit or they let you go?

                  I left

                  Now the question is why?

                  1. I hated the way everyone, not even just myself was treated. Every director there had their resume's out. We were all miserable.

                  2. I didn't have the knowledge required to completely re-create their infrastructure, which was basically what was required at that point.

                  I really don't want to talk about this point in my life. It was arguably the darkest point I've had, truly. Laura saw me literally waste away in a matter of months.

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                  • DashrenderD
                    Dashrender @DustinB3403
                    last edited by

                    @DustinB3403 said in Feedback on Resume:

                    @Dashrender said in Feedback on Resume:

                    @wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:

                    @Dashrender said in Feedback on Resume:

                    @wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:

                    @DustinB3403 said in Feedback on Resume:

                    @wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:

                    I started at 32k

                    And you've had 4 jobs correct? So you're at or around 77K currently, correct?

                    Is the cost of living so high that you feel you desktop support starts at that range?

                    I jumped to 90 but took a paycut to 50 where i currently work. The reality is I couldn't do the job I was hired to do. Sad fact. Remember, 15k was the minimum not every jump.

                    Couldn't do what job? the last one at 90? So you quit or they let you go?

                    I left

                    Now the question is why?

                    Because he didnt want to be a leech?

                    That would be super moral if that was the reason.

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                    • coliverC
                      coliver @Dashrender
                      last edited by coliver

                      @Dashrender said in Feedback on Resume:

                      @DustinB3403 said in Feedback on Resume:

                      @Dashrender said in Feedback on Resume:

                      @wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:

                      @Dashrender said in Feedback on Resume:

                      @wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:

                      @DustinB3403 said in Feedback on Resume:

                      @wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:

                      I started at 32k

                      And you've had 4 jobs correct? So you're at or around 77K currently, correct?

                      Is the cost of living so high that you feel you desktop support starts at that range?

                      I jumped to 90 but took a paycut to 50 where i currently work. The reality is I couldn't do the job I was hired to do. Sad fact. Remember, 15k was the minimum not every jump.

                      Couldn't do what job? the last one at 90? So you quit or they let you go?

                      I left

                      Now the question is why?

                      Because he didnt want to be a leech?

                      That would be super moral if that was the reason.

                      Which fits... from what I've seen of @wirestyle22

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                      • wirestyle22W
                        wirestyle22
                        last edited by

                        It's half of the reason. The other half is I was miserable and I mean that as much as I possibly can. Absolute misery.

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                        • IRJI
                          IRJ
                          last edited by

                          Generally organizations are willing to train you in the necessary areas if your job requires it.

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                          • wirestyle22W
                            wirestyle22 @IRJ
                            last edited by

                            @IRJ said in Feedback on Resume:

                            Generally organizations are willing to train you in the necessary areas if your job requires it.

                            Not a single job has trained me. I have never had even a mentor at any of my jobs teaching me anything. I learned everything I know myself (except for ML). I haven't even had a job pay for some shitty cert for me.

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                            • DashrenderD
                              Dashrender @wirestyle22
                              last edited by

                              @wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:

                              It's half of the reason. The other half is I was miserable and I mean that as much as I possibly can. Absolute misery.

                              While I suppose it's possible for you, I suspect that most people, if the environment was so toxic, would have stayed, especially considering a near 50% paycut.

                              Oddly enough - I do have a friend who did just up and quit, no notice, just he was fed up, walked away. Had no job to go to, I think took a 60%+ paycut at the job he did end up getting.

                              I guess I consider myself lucky that I've worked in such a toxic environment.

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                              • wirestyle22W
                                wirestyle22 @Dashrender
                                last edited by wirestyle22

                                @Dashrender said in Feedback on Resume:

                                @wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:

                                It's half of the reason. The other half is I was miserable and I mean that as much as I possibly can. Absolute misery.

                                While I suppose it's possible for you, I suspect that most people, if the environment was so toxic, would have stayed, especially considering a near 50% paycut.

                                I doubt it

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                                • scottalanmillerS
                                  scottalanmiller @IRJ
                                  last edited by

                                  @IRJ said in Feedback on Resume:

                                  Generally organizations are willing to train you in the necessary areas if your job requires it.

                                  Especially if you are interested and attempting to grow.

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                                  • scottalanmillerS
                                    scottalanmiller @wirestyle22
                                    last edited by

                                    @wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:

                                    @IRJ said in Feedback on Resume:

                                    Generally organizations are willing to train you in the necessary areas if your job requires it.

                                    Not a single job has trained me. I have never had even a mentor at any of my jobs teaching me anything. I learned everything I know myself (except for ML). I haven't even had a job pay for some shitty cert for me.

                                    Since you never work for IT organizations, this is something that you have to manage. There isn't someone to handle this for you as you have no mentor. So you have to take the bull by the horns.

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                                    • wirestyle22W
                                      wirestyle22 @scottalanmiller
                                      last edited by wirestyle22

                                      @scottalanmiller said in Feedback on Resume:

                                      @IRJ said in Feedback on Resume:

                                      Generally organizations are willing to train you in the necessary areas if your job requires it.

                                      Especially if you are interested and attempting to grow.

                                      I challenge you guys to find a single person who is more interested in learning and growing than I am. I'll never make the claim that I am great at it, but I'm definitely one of the most motivated people I've ever met

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                                      • DashrenderD
                                        Dashrender @wirestyle22
                                        last edited by

                                        @wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:

                                        @Dashrender said in Feedback on Resume:

                                        @wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:

                                        It's half of the reason. The other half is I was miserable and I mean that as much as I possibly can. Absolute misery.

                                        While I suppose it's possible for you, I suspect that most people, if the environment was so toxic, would have stayed, especially considering a near 50% paycut.

                                        I doubt it

                                        I mistyped - I meant, I but if the environment was a good place to work that most people would have stayed there making 90K. A good environment would have been investing in you to make themselves and you better. So perhaps they over paid you to start, but you'd grow into it.

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                                        • DashrenderD
                                          Dashrender @IRJ
                                          last edited by

                                          @IRJ said in Feedback on Resume:

                                          Generally organizations are willing to train you in the necessary areas if your job requires it.

                                          really? I consider myself lucky that this employer budgets $2500/yr for education for me. The consulting company provided training as well - but I really think that was more a requirement to maintain their gold whatever status with partners. The job before that - yeah no, you want training, go away!

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                                          • IRJI
                                            IRJ @scottalanmiller
                                            last edited by

                                            @scottalanmiller said in Feedback on Resume:

                                            @IRJ said in Feedback on Resume:

                                            Generally organizations are willing to train you in the necessary areas if your job requires it.

                                            Especially if you are interested and attempting to grow.

                                            Remember what I said earlier about marketing yourself. Give a business reason why you need training and how it will save the company money

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