“You WANT to be pigeonholed. I'm #1 on Google because of being pigeonholed.”(philipmorganconsulting.com)
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“You WANT to be pigeonholed. I'm #1 on Google because of being pigeonholed.”
http://www.philipmorganconsulting.com/blog/jonathan-stark-on-the-key-to
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"they like Python and want to go at Python conferences"
What prevents them from doing this?
What prevents them from doing this?
Jobs that don't let (or help) developers go to conferences that appear to be of little immediate or long-term business value.
$1500 ticket prices and employers that won't pay unless it's directly related to the work you do?
I see--thank you!
I was thinking of this more from the independent consultant's perspective, not the FTE viewpoint.
I was thinking of this more from the independent consultant's perspective, not the FTE viewpoint.
Oh yeah, that's one thing I miss from being independent. "Conference"? You mean "tax deduction"!
I second sdeveloper's comment. This is about establishing authority, not being pigeonholed. Pigeonholing is something done to you regardless of what you do. Pigeonholing doesn't make you the #1 result on Google for a term. Pigeonholing tells you that because you're the #1 result for "French chef" in Google, you're not qualified to make tacos.
You're right, that part of the interview really was more about the fear of pigeonholing for the independent dev/consultant, not the actual results of pigeonholing for the FTE.
When programmers talk about pigeonholing it usually means they like Python and want to go at Python conferences where people talk about math, science and machine learning, but they are pigeonholed in Java EE and surrounded by people who only talk about POJOs and beans.
And to top it all off, Java experience is badly regarded in Python tech companies and long term pigeonholing usually cuts you off from the world you want to be in.