Jeremy Johnstone

Like certain friends of mine, I love seeing my name online on the web, when used in a positive way of course, and love hearing my name mentioned in conversation when people think I am not listening. Because of this, it’s no surprise when a good friend of mine sent me the following IM this morning, it brought a bit of a smile to my face: Read the rest of this entry »

Recruiters these days never cease to amaze me. I am constantly hit by a barrage of “crap”, and I do mean “crap”, on a regular basis. Take an email I received today, not sure what’s supposed to entice me in this, but here’s the email as sent to me:

Since you’ve communicated with [company name] in the past, I wanted to touch base and get caught up with you on your potential career advancement. We’ve been placing many of your Yahoo colleagues lately, and are currently working with many Yahoo employees on their passive job searches, both at the individual contributor level and Management/Director level. Based on these dynamics and the information we have gathered, it looks like the timing is looking better and better to get out of Yahoo! Even if Yahoo is trying to bribe you into staying with promotions, counteroffers, or severance packages, don’t be fooled. The smartest people will leave now. One example: we had a candidate making 160k at Yahoo that would have gotten a 1 year severance package if he stayed till after the Microsoft acquisition, but he still left and is happily placed at a much better company. Read the rest of this entry »

It’s been a long time in the coming, but I have finally updated my website. I’ve still got a couple pieces to finish porting to the new design, namely the photo and code galleries, and a couple things I need to build still but for the most part it’s now live. Read the rest of this entry »

Reading an old blog post of a friend today, it reminded me that I hadn’t taken a personality profile in a long time. I’ve never been a fan of personality tests because they are so easily corruptible once you learn the differences between the questions. I’ve found the only way I can really be honest on them anymore is to go through the test rapidly and try to avoid thinking about the question and just go with my first gut reaction. Prompted by Terry’s post, I decided to take a couple profiles today and see if there was any change, which somehow not surprisingly there was. Read the rest of this entry »