Pay me to learn
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As a Senior level Software Engineer I can learn new languages and technologies pretty darn quickly. I feel like I am stagnating in my current skill set's as I watch the industry take off with new software engineering technologies. Working a full time job makes it difficult to find the time to teach myself and trying to get my current employer to "move up" is a waste of oxygen. So how do you convince a prospective employer to hire you at a senior salary knowing there will be an amount of spin-up time where you are just learning, but that the return will well be worth it?
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As a Senior level Software Engineer I can learn new languages and technologies pretty darn quickly. I feel like I am stagnating in my current skill set's as I watch the industry take off with new software engineering technologies. Working a full time job makes it difficult to find the time to teach myself and trying to get my current employer to "move up" is a waste of oxygen. So how do you convince a prospective employer to hire you at a senior salary knowing there will be an amount of spin-up time where you are just learning, but that the return will well be worth it?
change job! you allways have to learn new stuff as you change job. sometime you don't like that too... ;P
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As a Senior level Software Engineer I can learn new languages and technologies pretty darn quickly. I feel like I am stagnating in my current skill set's as I watch the industry take off with new software engineering technologies. Working a full time job makes it difficult to find the time to teach myself and trying to get my current employer to "move up" is a waste of oxygen. So how do you convince a prospective employer to hire you at a senior salary knowing there will be an amount of spin-up time where you are just learning, but that the return will well be worth it?
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change job! you allways have to learn new stuff as you change job. sometime you don't like that too... ;P
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ha... hum... I'm still learning to read myself!... :laugh: ha well... it's interview tip you are after it seems then? Well I'm not the best source for that. However I could assure you that if: 1. if you have a motivated attitude 2. already a good IT background (although in other languages/API that the one you seek) 3. understand the needs of your future employer and are proposing some solutions to those (even if these solutions involve spending some time learning new stuff) 4. have a polite and friendly attitude you've got to be a winner in just a few attempt....
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:confused: Hi, you can use the 'New Message' link at the top of the forum. Probably better than hitching onto someone elses post.
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If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
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ha... hum... I'm still learning to read myself!... :laugh: ha well... it's interview tip you are after it seems then? Well I'm not the best source for that. However I could assure you that if: 1. if you have a motivated attitude 2. already a good IT background (although in other languages/API that the one you seek) 3. understand the needs of your future employer and are proposing some solutions to those (even if these solutions involve spending some time learning new stuff) 4. have a polite and friendly attitude you've got to be a winner in just a few attempt....
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As a Senior level Software Engineer I can learn new languages and technologies pretty darn quickly. I feel like I am stagnating in my current skill set's as I watch the industry take off with new software engineering technologies. Working a full time job makes it difficult to find the time to teach myself and trying to get my current employer to "move up" is a waste of oxygen. So how do you convince a prospective employer to hire you at a senior salary knowing there will be an amount of spin-up time where you are just learning, but that the return will well be worth it?
A good employer will already take learning time into account. You probably can't be completely "green" when it comes to any sort of work that your new employer is doing, but so long as you bring something to the table, anybody worth working for would be willing to take a shot on you(provided you have the background, etc...to show you can do it). For instance, I never really did any C#, but I had plenty of COM. My current place saw the connection, and brought me on under the assumption that my basic engineering skills were good enough, and I'd learn the symantics as I went. Best thing to do, is start looking, and go for it with the companies/technologies you're interested in. If you're not in a rush, you'll eventually come upon something that will work out beautifully. Good Luck, J
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As a Senior level Software Engineer I can learn new languages and technologies pretty darn quickly. I feel like I am stagnating in my current skill set's as I watch the industry take off with new software engineering technologies. Working a full time job makes it difficult to find the time to teach myself and trying to get my current employer to "move up" is a waste of oxygen. So how do you convince a prospective employer to hire you at a senior salary knowing there will be an amount of spin-up time where you are just learning, but that the return will well be worth it?
robasmith wrote:
So how do you convince a prospective employer to hire you at a senior salary knowing there will be an amount of spin-up time where you are just learning, but that the return will well be worth it?
work here. :)
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)