Hey there, email me ryan@flexport.com we will get you in the interview loop. We don't require college that is a big mistake on our part.
You put me in the interview loop last time after Sam introduced us via email in 2018. I even told you in that email that I lacked a degree, 2 months later received the following email from someone at Flexport:
>Hope all is well, Ryan! I wanted to extend a virtual wave and thank you for your interest in joining our team. You obviously have many of the skills we're looking for. However, for the Customs Brokerage role we require a BA/BS degree as well as previous experience in a broker role doing entries and customs classifications.
>Based on your background, there is no doubt that you will shine in your next career endeavor. In the meantime, I hope you have a fantastic rest of your week!
>All the best,
>REDACTED
At that time I was unmarried and did not own a house and was somewhat open to moving to another state to work for you. Now that's not much of an option, my wife is a public school teacher and we've been home owners for a year now.
> At that time I was ... open to moving to another state to work for you. Now that's not much of an option
Many tech orgs are much more supportive of remote working now than they used to be, so you might be able to be a remote member of their team. Chances are they now (post covid) have most of the infrastructure and culture already in place to support that. This seems like a golden opportunity to join an engineering team where you can grow and thrive.
>Hope you're doing well, Ryan. I wanted to drop you a note to let you know that after discussions with the team, it seems we’re not quite the right fit for your skills at this time.
>Please know that this was an incredibly tough decision for us to make as REDACTED and I enjoyed getting to know you.
Sometimes an opportunity isn't worth jumping on. I was sent a rejection email while actively on the call still being interviewed... after they had already told me I wasn't good enough for not having a degree when I told the founder of the company I did not have a degree before he passed me off to an internal recruiter.
I'm not sure I want to work for a company that rejected me twice in one process, one of the times by shooting me an email rejecting me while I was still on the phone with them in the middle of an interview. To me that says I was already rejected and the interview was a formality to check a box as the individual REDACTED was the one on the phone with me, so how did he confer with her - while still on the phone with me for several more minutes- to decide I wasn't a good fit?
I may want a new job, but sometimes you have to exercise some serious skepticism and even just say no.
Either way, why not give them another chance? Flexport has a lot of credibility in the tech space and can be a good resume item to move into other areas of tech. Besides, the hiring market is way better than in 2018... companies are desperate for good workers and can't afford to pass on them these days.
It actually makes me wonder how responsible you are for the misfortune you've experienced in your career.
I doubt a recruiter is going to have the ryan@ email address over the CEO/founder.