The academics never consider the fact that an individual may do better socially in different cultures. Everyone ignored me in America, but after living abroad for 8 years in 12 countries, I was shocked how I was able to make more friends with people (men and women) in other cultures. The people who rejected you do not define your own value and worth in this world.
my heart rate was pounding when I couldn't login and couldn't reset my password just now. Seeing this HN post made me come back down to normal. I'm now going to move away from FB, Google, and all other major tech companies I rely on.
Surprised more people on here aren't saying nice, relaxed, sunny places like SE Asia. I'm a white american citizen and I've been living in SE Asia for 3 years having the time of my life while working remotely. I couldn't imagine living anywhere else. Looking back at the US, I don't miss the jerks everywhere, the value system of work, work, work and more money. Here in SE Asia, they value quality of life, being happy, family, and friends over money and "success" which is what Americans value.
The United States is an overworked, competitive culture to the point of being toxic.
For me, the key to a long, fulfilling life is finding what makes you happy in life. It really is too short to be miserable.
Right now, I'm working remotely from a sunny, beach city in Vietnam and was previously touring many islands in Thailand. Southeast Asia has been EPIC. I love not being in the United States right now. I strongly suggest traveling to a country you've wanted to go to. Also meditation in group classes really helps.
I lift weights and run both almost every day. However, I would say 40% for fitness and 60% for releasing stress and anger. After I run 5-6 miles, all my built up anger from the day dissipates and then it slowly builds back up and then I need to work out again to release it!
I would be interested in knowing how many other people on HN feel this way.
There is nothing I like about recruiters after understanding that they are in the business of finding and selling people for their own profit or their company's profit.
I find them to be pushy, inconsiderate, unthoughtful, and lacking real, hard skills that are useful to society. I find it interesting to think that in colleges / universities there is not a career path to be a "professional recruiter" like there is for "doctors, lawyers, engineers". Most people do not go to college to be a "recruiter".
In fact, after many terrible experiences with them, it is my goal to develop software which can completely replace human recruiters and automate their jobs.
It must be a hard day at work to do the following:
Task: Find candidates for a list of positions
Steps To Complete:
#1) Search LinkedIn, Other professional databases, Google, and other sources
#2) From #1, write a list of prospective candidates
#3) Email or call prospective candidates to discuss the position and optionally set up an interview
#4) Connect the prospective candidates with the client company.