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Ask HN: Where would you work and why?

5 points by lukeqsee ↗ HN
I am in school and will soon be looking for a job. I have a couple of questions in this regard:

(I consider a job anything you do to make money.)

1. What is your "dream" job? Why? 2. Share why you love your current (even if it is the dream) job. Share why you don't.

I'm looking forward to it.

Thanks HN!

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famousactress
I don't know what field you're in, but this is probably portable: work somewhere that's doing hard things. If you're an engineer, take a job somewhere that's got really significant technical challenges. Early in your career, it sets a bar. You'll develop so much faster if you're challenged and around really bright people. The harder the better.. That'd be close to my only priority for a first position.

[edit] Forgot to answer the other question. I just accepted my dream job. It's a tiny startup with three humblingly bright and passionate people, and we're building something really amazing that we think will revolutionize our space.

And... We're hiring :)

devmonk
Second that, but would go further and say to be sure to ask those that are interviewing you a number of questions about what they like about their job, what they like about the tools they use, what they like about the people they work with, how they are compensated for their work, whether they feel appreciated on a day to day basis, whether they fill fulfilled, whether they love their job, etc.

Don't just accept a job. Do what you love and accept a challenge!

devmonk
where would I work/what is my dream job?

dream job:

- running my own company from local office. I almost don't even care what I'm doing. I want to be an entrepreneur. Just trying to find something I really care about enough to be good at it is the current issue, and have family and bills to pay.

second best:

- telecommuting full-time/contract from local coffee shop

why do I hate my current job?

- IT, not a real dev shop. (lesson learned- if you like development, don't work anywhere with IT in the name or the dept. or organization)

- political. disorganized. unmotivating. no accountability. low morale rampant. (lessons learned: ask about these during interview. Consider not working for a large company, non-profit, nor educational institution if you like the idea of owning your own business and like business)

- don't care about business/money or doing what is best for customer (lessons learned: ask about this during interview and don't work for a large company, non-profit, or educational institution)

- no ability to create change. (lesson learned- don't work for a large company, nor larger mid-sized)

- hate the culture (lesson learned- do your best to understand culture via research of org you want to work for)

- hate the location (I took the job because it was convenient to interview there after previous company moved, but they had moved to a location I didn't want to work at)

- hate the commute (this is hard to avoid)

steveitis
I want to do web appliction penetration testing, or really any type of security work.

I've been doing it my entire life as a hobby, and since a recent Reddit post wherein I expressed my frustration at being listened to for bug reports I've gotten a couple of dialogs with companies started... So I may end up getting to.

Current job == Unemployed. I hate it. All I do all day is either look for work (of any kind that pays well enough to cover my child support) , or get frustrated and drink.