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> never interview at Canonical, never work for them, don't even entertain the idea of seeing yourself getting a paycheck while working on tools that seemingly have zero traction outside of Canonical

All this vitriol seems like an over-strong reaction to an executive panel rescinding his offer. Canonical should definitely have been clear about the entire process up-front, but making decisions before you have a full confirmation doesn't seem sensible.

When we hire we send out an offer letter after all the interviews are done, but that offer is explicitly still contingent on right-to-work checks and satisfactory references. This is normally a formality but there's always a chance something might go wrong.

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If you look at his work history on LinkedIn, I can see why there would be an issue. Many jobs held less than a year. That's not a pattern anyone wants to hire.

You'd be surprised.

I've done a mix of contracts and perm jobs. Had one interview say that, and the next interview it was seen as a plus and was hired.

For the employer it’s a business, for employee it’s personal life. Many businesses are simply not worth more than couple of months of the employee’s life.

Yeah - I'm still looking for that job fit. Takes a while sometimes.

Problem is, if I'm looking at hiring you I'm not sure if I'm going to get my money's worth. Hiring is not cheap, plus there's the ramp up time, and the impact on other people's performance while you're ramping up.

If your work history shows you're not likely to stick around for a couple of years, that will count against you in any consideration.

Some times you need to make decisions about how much crap you'll put up with, so that your job history makes you more marketable.

Your resume / work history is one of the first things a recruiter or hiring manager will see about you. It has to speak for you on what kind of employee you are, and you have to assume they're going to take it the worst way.

I got asked a lot of hard questions in recent round of interviews about the one gap out of a history that's quite long. Haunts you if you don't have a good story up front.

The same applies to short periods of employment. Take your time during updating the CV to create convincing language-neutral explanation, because „they were among the stingiest cheapskates in this part of the continent”, or „their codebase was monumental dried pile of Java” will not work in your favor.

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