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		gumby on Oct 4, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Career Advice (2013) My gf asked me to apply for a big company job (she’s worked for all of FAANG). The second time a recruiter asked me to explain to them what the “narrative” was in my resume cause they couldn’t see it, I figured I had good reason not to work for one of those places. They were looking for a simple A -> B -> C while my life has been more A -> G -> B -> -> -> Q... I haven’t worked for a big company in 35 years, and I can’t imagine they are any more interested in me than I am in them. Even my own companies...by the time they get to a couple of hundred people they are too big for me.

r0rshrk on Oct 6, 2023 [–]

Thing is though, they're literally just looking for that - a narrative. Could be as difficult as layoffs or as easy as just that you were bored.

They're just looking for a compelling reasoning behind it. Source: interviewed for FAANG companies with a similar resume

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