ER_Hopeful
Recycles dryer sheets
This is a sequel thread spawned from my other thread http://www.early-retirement.org/forums/f30/what-is-being-an-independent-contractor-like-54894.html#post1041910
So I went to a couple in-person interviews, one of the problems I faced now is that I no longer have that gong-ho attitude I once had now that I've converted to the FIRE religion. But this kind of lack-lust attitude is detrimental at interviews (of course I'd never show it), so how do you psych yourself into wanting to wo*k again? are there some mental exercises you can do? I need to keep rowing before I can reach other side of the river. Here's a playback of some recent memorable moments:
interviewer: what is your dream job?
me: a job where I can continue to improve myself, keep on learning new technologies and use them effective in my projects, where I can be proud to show my kids and say "look, I built this."
my inner self: huh? did that really come out of my mouth? my dream job is doing whatever I want.
interviewer: do you have a iphone?
me: not yet
my inner self: no, you idiot, after 8 hrs at work spitting out code, last thing I want to do is keep myself plugged in. If i have a few hundred to blow, I'd pick up a beat up zodiac on craigslist, patching it up and motor it around the marina.
interviewer: how do randomly shuffle an array of integers into another array and what is its access time using big-o notation?
me: (trying to come up with some semi correct answer at the whiteboard, felt like doing some monkey dance in front its master. )
my inner self: I really don't care, go google it yourself
according to my spreadsheet, I need to wo*k at least another 10 yrs before FIRE...
So I went to a couple in-person interviews, one of the problems I faced now is that I no longer have that gong-ho attitude I once had now that I've converted to the FIRE religion. But this kind of lack-lust attitude is detrimental at interviews (of course I'd never show it), so how do you psych yourself into wanting to wo*k again? are there some mental exercises you can do? I need to keep rowing before I can reach other side of the river. Here's a playback of some recent memorable moments:
interviewer: what is your dream job?
me: a job where I can continue to improve myself, keep on learning new technologies and use them effective in my projects, where I can be proud to show my kids and say "look, I built this."
my inner self: huh? did that really come out of my mouth? my dream job is doing whatever I want.
interviewer: do you have a iphone?
me: not yet
my inner self: no, you idiot, after 8 hrs at work spitting out code, last thing I want to do is keep myself plugged in. If i have a few hundred to blow, I'd pick up a beat up zodiac on craigslist, patching it up and motor it around the marina.
interviewer: how do randomly shuffle an array of integers into another array and what is its access time using big-o notation?
me: (trying to come up with some semi correct answer at the whiteboard, felt like doing some monkey dance in front its master. )
my inner self: I really don't care, go google it yourself
according to my spreadsheet, I need to wo*k at least another 10 yrs before FIRE...
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