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I hate the notion that if you arent working, its bad… Fuck off… if i can afford it, maybe i dont want to work…
I did that for nearly a year in my mid 20’s after getting off a 5 year job that managed to save me a whopping $3k… So I squatted on my cheap ass house with a roomie and just got drunk, played games, and got really into reddit.
Was it worth it then? Yeah, was it worth it now? Eh. Passive income would’ve been nice but eh. I did enjoy my time. And I found I could 100% be one of those people that never worked a day in their life and would have no issue.
I wish i could do this for a month each year.
We’re looking at you Europe!
Also gotta find those jobs with nice PTO hours. Or try to start changing them yourself.
I just recently changed jobs to the local “good job” company. Two weeks of vacation until 5 years seniority. Kill me.
At least this job has unpaid leave but i doubt that it’s a realistic avenue.
I suspect it’s the implication you were doing illegal things to survive. And they don’t want to be listed as your employer if those things catch up with you later.
Also, if you can say you were living on savings you’d be fine, I assume.
If you tell a job you have savings, they’re going to think you’ll just leave the job whenever you want. They don’t want that. They want dependable workers, as in, the workers depend on the job to live.
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Can you explain this gap in your resume?
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Yes. I can.
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So?
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So what?
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Why don’t you explain it?
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Because you didn’t asked me to explain it, you asked me if I could explain it.
“What’s your greatest weakness?”
“Interpreting the semantics of a question but ignoring the pragmatics.”
“Could you give me an example?”
“Yes, I could.”
A lawyer’s dream client. Only answer the exact question asked.
“Do you have the time?”
“Yes.”
“…”
Found the teacher
Person with ASD, more likely.
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I just say “it’s personal, and I won’t be discussing it.” If they don’t want to hire me because of it, I don’t want to work there anyway.
It’s absolutely none of their business what I was doing, especially that I went into a deep depression after my mom died and my live-in ex cheated on me while I was caring for her, and then spent a couple years selling her non-sentimental possessions to live off. And I’m not willing to make up some bullshit to hide it either, it happened and I’m not ashamed of it, but I’m not sharing it with interviewers. Meh meh.
Good on you man. It’s critical to work somewhere that respects people for their skills and work ethic. Not arbitrary expectations.
Similar situation myself.
Some places will understand. Many don’t. I’ll be either brutally honest in a interview or I’ll set those boundaries.
“I signed an NDA and cannot say more.”
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“Where do you see yourself in 5 years?”
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“I signed an NDA and cannot say more.”
If you are the hiring manager you are LEGALLY REQUIRED to tell me
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Can you explain this 20 year gap in your resume?
Well it all began when big smoke came to my house and told me to sell his weed on the streets.
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After a while I was organzing the whole drug distribution of the town.
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Because I always thought working in the porn industry is fun I used my contacts to get a job there too.
It was a bit difficult to get the whole drug job and beeing a porn actor done, but I managed.
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So after breaking out of prison and changing my name I came here to this job Interview.
Tell them you did something unverifiable but technical.
“I started a game studio with a buddy from college. No, sorry, I don’t have a TIN (tax identification number [IRS])”
Give them a number to a burner phone and fake an accent.
“Tom? Yeah we worked together at ___ I felt like he was a great guy to work with.”
Tell them you were deathly sick.
“Yeah I had skin cancer. Nothing major but I had to take it easy and after beating it we all went on vacation to celebrate”
Tell them you lived the software engineer dream life
“After leaving my last job I wanted a change of pace so I went to become a bartender in Melbourne. It was all under the table”
Tell them you were deathly sick.
“Yeah I had skin cancer. Nothing major but I had to take it easy and after beating it we all went on vacation to celebrate”
It may depend on where you live, but it may be illegal for an employer to ask about anything medical in an interview. I have a two plus year gap and if I get asked about it, I just say, “illness.” They can’t ask any follow up questions.
I have occasionally expounded on it, saying, “I’m fully recovered now.” Just to reassure them that I don’t expect to miss work due to illness in the future.
Nobody ever asks about gaps on my CV. They always turn me down, list some bullshit reasons, like not enough experience and end with “and then there are some gaps on your cv so yeah”
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If you want to improve it, with some work, take online or community classes.
Join a local mutual aid or similar org. and volunteer in your city.
Then you spice up your resume with those options.
That would help with the questions.
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Thx mate, but this is a meme, my actual CV is perfect! 🤡
Great to hear.
Many do not know of such options, I did not that far back.
“That’s classified”
I’ll explain the gap in my resume when you’ll explain the gap in your hairline
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What’s your greatest weakness?
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Being straightforward and honest
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Huh, well!.. we don’t think that’s a weakness…
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I don’t give a shit about your opinion
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those were the daaaays
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