>
> (Just to be fair: Crypto is useful, and has lots of applications.
> It's just not a cure-all, and can't help with most of the big security
> weaknesses one sees in the real world.)
<humor>
Does employment security improve if you get a job in crypto?
</humor>
For the tenth time in 10 years (the third time in the last 12 months),
I'm looking for a new job. Harvard is closing the Initiative in
Innovative Computing at the end of June. I'll probably end up with a
great new position building on my talents and network of connections
-- but not unless I get the word out. So, that's the first reason for
this message. Sorry if it was done so badly? But what's the best way
to broadcast to all your friends and colleagues that you are
officially in job search mode? Change your status on Facebook and
LinkedIn?
To make lemonade out of lemons, I have thought about writing about my
employment saga. Sadly, I think it's an example of an all-too-common
experience for Technology workers over the past decade. Then I stop
and ask "What's the point?" Sounds like a boring book that nobody
will care about. What do you think? Maybe it would be a good idea
just to create a forum where tech workers could don an avatar and
complain about work in Dilbert-esque ways for the cathartic value.
I'm a cheerful, positive attitude kind of person, but when I think
about the negative impact that job insecurity has had on my family, I
think I'm ready for some venting.
Another perhaps more interesting idea I had was to do an "Open Source"
job search -- doing the search in an open website with daily entries
about the job search process and actual details, thoughts, emotions,
of the search. I would invite all parties (recruiters, employers,
friends) to participate. How would it work if I were entertaining
multiple offers? Would an open process help with important decision
points like "accept this offer", or, continue for the chance to
potentially win a better position. What were the results of siteA vs.
siteB? What was it like dealing with a recruiter? How did I prepare
for an interview? What is the company like? The concept would
probably garner some interest, and I can imagine that it could
actually help the search process for all involved. I can also see a
bunch of ways that it wouldn't work. I'm sure it is an idea that is
way too "risky" for some people to touch. Still, every time I think
that it's a stupid idea, I ask myself if I'm satisfied with the way
things work now. I'm not. The job search process is tedious, grossly
opaque, lop-sided and inefficient. I think of Doc Searles and others
who embrace the (open) Free Culture movement. What do you think of
this conept?
--
Greg Rundlett
Web Developer - Initiative in Innovative Computing
http://iic.harvard.edu
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