This Business and Moment...

[Noxia]

Don't knock qualifications but in the same breath don’t get cocky!

I remember that one interview had tons of programming qualifications but couldn’t explain multithreading.

Agree. I could've done the course in 5 days, but I did through an apprenticeship scheme which required case studies and evidence of working knowledge in each area (you have to be in the PM function to get on the scheme). This helped to make sure you can actually walk the walk instead of just talk and why I chose to do it that way. This is why it took 13 months.

 

[blairw]

Final day after 6 and a half years this coming Thursday... just back from 2 weeks annual leave so doesn't feel like I have had much of a notice period at all! Started looking after annual review process didn't deliver what I was looking for and found the market to still be very hot for Tech Sales.. multiple offers / interviews without really pushing the issue. Getting a great step up in responsibility and package so v happy!

 

[randomshenans]

Final day after 6 and a half years this coming Thursday... just back from 2 weeks annual leave so doesn't feel like I have had much of a notice period at all! Started looking after annual review process didn't deliver what I was looking for and found the market to still be very hot for Tech Sales.. multiple offers / interviews without really pushing the issue. Getting a great step up in responsibility and package so v happy!

Well played man! Great way to do it and sales I think are always pretty hot, especially when markets are down!

 

[blairw]

Yep, it's scary leaving somewhere so big and that has actually become a little part of my identity but really excited for the change, will learn lots, smaller (but still pretty big) pond so more chance of senior progression etc

 

[Ev0]

Good stuff, I’m what area do you do tech sales in?

I made the move from tech sales in a huge place to smaller, jury is still out as to whether it was the right move to make though!

 

[Black Noir]

1 month in to a 3 month notice period and my motivation is officially non-existent.

Was prepping for a formal handover but it doesn't look like the business is hiring a replacement as it's announced a hiring freeze. I don't particularly want to write a massive handover document for someone to come in and not read it so just sort of spend my time browsing the internet and reading emails

 

[SideWinder]

Is there a 'Do you run your own business and what do you do?' thread? Had an idea to make one.

 

[randomshenans]

Is there a 'Do you run your own business and what do you do?' thread? Had an idea to make one.

I tend to put stuff in here, but for sure start a specific one! Could be useful for specific things on running your own!

 

[blairw]

Good stuff, I’m what area do you do tech sales in?

I made the move from tech sales in a huge place to smaller, jury is still out as to whether it was the right move to make though!

I'm leaving the second largest Public Cloud Vendor to work for one of the largest data management focused ISVs globally - I will be focusing on persistent applications on Kubernetes across Hybrid / Multi-Cloud deployments (Protection, Mobility and Storage)

 

[Malevolence]

I hate being honest and truthful at times. Currently going through the bureaucracy of starting a new job, have 99% got the job but I got a phone call yesterday asking me if I could pop-in today for a risk assessment. The reason? On the application form I was honest and ticked the box saying that I'd received a court fine when I was 16/17 for a minor offence, the story is strange but it boils down to the fact that I received a fine for criminal damage due to me ripping a jumper during a scuffle. Now because my enhanced DBS check came back clean I had to go in for this risk assessment. The real kicker is the girl I had the meeting with today said that if I hadn't ticked the box then there's no way they would've found out.

On the plus side, she said that whilst the decision is not up to her, it's up to HR and she's recruitment, she couldn't see how it would affect my future employment. Let's hope she's right.

Good news. Got a phone call this morning telling me I had the job and asking me If I can start 5-days of induction on the 31st.

 

[NickK]

Started at 8am.. just finished now for the day and it's there's still more. The Joys of "C" level..

 

[Throrik]

Started at 8am.. just finished now for the day and it's there's still more. The Joys of "C" level..

Usually the other way round, all our C levels finish on time and make me work the 20 hour days

 

[Felon]

Good news. Got a phone call this morning telling me I had the job and asking me If I can start 5-days of induction on the 31st.

Nice work.

It always sucks when things get thrown into question because of silly bureaucracy, but glad to hear that it was all sorted in the end

 

[Freefaller]

Currently sifting through 2 dozen CVs - this is the stuff that's always tough, how to do you ensure you're not missing out on a diamond in the rough based on a CV!!

Some really strong candidates though.

 

[Freefaller]

Started at 8am.. just finished now for the day and it's there's still more. The Joys of "C" level..

Sucks - I'm "C-grade" but technically not on the board which is fine by me... albeit it doesn't stop me working long days. I feel your pain, but it's worth it in the long term if you get the results, but don't burn yourself out!

 

[NickK]

Sucks - I'm "C-grade" but technically not on the board which is fine by me... albeit it doesn't stop me working long days. I feel your pain, but it's worth it in the long term if you get the results, but don't burn yourself out!

It's getting better - the issue we have is simply around expectations, solidly managing them and demonstrating the fires are being quenched. It does mean that you're working more than one job. Now I have to work longer hours to get my real role back into the normal rhythm. There's also backfill in the roles too so fingers crossed we can get some stability.

Like you, I have "Chief" title.. there's strategic work from Group I have to get involved so it's got "C" but it's "C" of an area.. not the entire thing. Two months (1 month of actual access) and I'm starting to feel happier but as always it's sorting everyone issues by day and doing your work into the evening if required. No real different to what I've done before, but I can't select, build or alter my own teams easily (at this point it's a little less than Chief).

 

[ChrisD.]

Looking for some CV help. I'm applying for an internal role and I'm trying to articulate that pretty much every customer I've worked with has asked for me back on new projects. It's for a pre-sales role, rather than delivery.

I am TERRIBLE at writing CVs.

Any pointers?

 

[ChrisD.]

I'm on the bench this week so took the VCAP Deploy exam yesterday, which renewed my VCIX.

It was interesting doing it from home, the larger screen real estate definitely helped with the lab compared to those at the test centres. However it being a ~3h30 exam and not being able to go for a pee made me wish I was in a test centre so you can at least go to the toilet. I also find that going to the toilet at a test centre really helps in terms of getting away from the screen for a few minutes, something you might have blanked on before comes back to you.

 

[Felon]

Looking for some CV help. I'm applying for an internal role and I'm trying to articulate that pretty much every customer I've worked with has asked for me back on new projects. It's for a pre-sales role, rather than delivery.

I am TERRIBLE at writing CVs.

Any pointers?

Less is more imo,

I get everything onto a single page, no exceptions.

I want to give the biggest dose of important/impactful stuff to someone scanning the first page in the first 10 seconds, if I can't do that - adding more pages to it isn't going to do any good.

I tend to keep away from filling it full of acronyms and instead write in sentences with relation to the things I've done. I have no qualifications or certifications on mine at all - just work experience. No personal interests, no hobbies section or anything - literally just work experience or skills from the last 10 years.

##Funny story

In a previous role not long ago, I was interviewing candidates and I got this CV was a guy in the UAE. His CV was 15 pages long, and it had literally every single ******* thing this guy had ever done in his life on it. But even more mad - he actually had a page at the back, where it was like a certificate of authenticity or some sort of legal declaration that he'd put together himself, signed by him and his dad, proving that the things in the CV were real and legit.

 

[ChrisD.]

Thanks. My CV is two pages. Page one is an 'opening statement' (I hate that term), my core skills and most recent role + achievements. Page two is all my other roles and as I go back in time, I either combine them into one block of 'stuff' I did as what I did 10+ years ago isn't really relevant to the roles I'm applying for now. I sift technical CVs and do technical interviews for anyone joining my team, I hardly ever look past the first page.