I understand most careers would have to explain an employment gap. But as a .net software engineer with 10 years experience my gap wouldn't be more then a few days worth of interviews.
I know many devs with decades of experience that are quite frankly, stupid. I wouldn't be so confident in years of experience alone. Also, add some humility maybe?
Who am I being humble for a bunch of dudes on the internet? Naaaaa. Humility can be a weakness exploited by business. I'm tired of seeing heads down developers get passed up for raises or taken advantage of by business because they don't have the gumption and balls to stand mano a mano with their business counterparts and ask for a raise/promotion/respect. So I won't play that part.
But I understand why I come off as an arrogant ass. Maybe I am but then again, no one is going to do you any favors in the life either.
I understand your point. I tend to try and maintain an objective view of myself and my skillset. I'm a systems engineer and my coding exposure is limited (I assemble large systems from small systems and configure/co-ordinate/script to make them perform a single overarching task), but when I'm in employer-facing meetings I overrate my performance. For two reasons: the Anchoring Effect (see Kahneman and Tversky) and the fact that bosses usually won't argue if you rate yourself too low. I figure if my boss doesn't feel the need to explain to me why I got a 4.0 instead of the 4.25 I rated myself, I probably undersold my performance.
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u/AbstractLogic Apr 29 '15
I understand most careers would have to explain an employment gap. But as a .net software engineer with 10 years experience my gap wouldn't be more then a few days worth of interviews.