hazel

My take is that gen Z grew up around much more anti–capitalist, anti–work rhetoric, and had more realistic expectations about how well life within the system was going to go for them. Millennials really thought that if they studied hard, worked hard, remained loyal to their employer and kept climbing that ladder, they would live comfortably and happily ever after. Gen Z didn’t have to break that programming. To them, it was much more obvious that the system was rigged against them, and they were better off focussing on whatever works for them right now. They’re just as financially screwed, of course, but possibly have a better attitude about it.

The pores on my face as seen by the naked eye.

Oh… Poor baby 🥺

They’re releasing all the source code and assets for the community to pick up though, right? So that it’s not a shitload of wasted time and effort?

Problem with VPFs is irrigation throttling, or lack thereof. Most people are cool, but I’ve heard of people hosting exotics which just max out downstream 24/7. Plus everyone has root access which gets abused frequently.

Silly lungs. You extract oxygen from air. Putting air into the bloodstream is very bad.

As others have commented, a gap in your resume shouldn’t even be a part of the conversation since it’s just an absence of anything that would be relevant to the hiring process. Doesn’t mean you won’t be asked though, unfortunately, and I have experience being the candidate with a long gap, so I can tell you how I handled this.

Sitting on the hiring side of the table, my only concern is that you weren’t just twiddling your thumbs. If you had personal matters to take care of, unpaid projects to focus on, family to look after, that is all part of life and none of my business. When explaining my own employment gap, I was frank about how my previous appointment had taken its toll on my mental health, and that I wanted to reconnect with other aspects of my life before taking on another role. I didn’t go into any specifics, but made sure to mention that part of this time was spent studying stuff that’s relevant in my field and exploring emerging technologies.

No matter how long a gap, it’s not something you should acknowledge or attempt to explain in your resume or cover letter, and it’s not something you need to bring up yourself in the interview. My view is that it’s bad etiquette to even ask, and you should try to adopt this mentality yourself so that you project confidence if you have to answer the question. You have nothing to hide or be ashamed of. Your life is more than your CV.

This is exactly my take as well. The means by which you got your CV on my desk is irrelevant to me. In fact, the CV itself is like the pretty picture on a bottle of wine that persuades me to choose it over the other basically identical pinots. And shorts and a t–shirt looks as professional to me as a suit. Actually better because suits give me C suite vibes. I literally only want to have a conversation and see how much you sound like you’ve done this before and know how to not fuck it up.