undeserved dotcom disrespect
If you believe this NYTimes piece in the IHT, you'd think that every frizzy haired 20- or 30-something who swigged a Mountain Dew while on the job at Kozmo, Webvan, or I dunno, 3Com, is now an unhireable pariah simply because they took some risks and came up short. I'm sure there are a few fresh college grads who thought the hang-out culture of a well-funded startup was the end and not the means, but I think a great many of us who participated in a dotcom of some stripe or another just believed we could move faster and execute more creatively than we did in the last giant place we worked. At least I did, and still do. It comes down to your workplace values, not your environment. Have you been �
� then I think you should be in fine shape no matter what you do or where you work. Besides, effective job interviews leave you no place to hide, and you'll better understand your shortcomings after the fact.
If anything, someone who can speak nobly about failure and how they learned from the burn-up is the sort I'd rather work with vs. someone who played it safe and took few risks beyond their slot on the org chart.
- surrounding yourself with smart people
- taking responsibility for your own actions
- delivering what's asked of you, especially when you're depended upon by others
- when seemingly stuck, making the decision and accepting the consequences if it's wrong vs. being paralyzed by noncommitment
� then I think you should be in fine shape no matter what you do or where you work. Besides, effective job interviews leave you no place to hide, and you'll better understand your shortcomings after the fact.
If anything, someone who can speak nobly about failure and how they learned from the burn-up is the sort I'd rather work with vs. someone who played it safe and took few risks beyond their slot on the org chart.
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