Comments on: Employment Gaps http://jrothman.com/blog/htp/2008/01/employment-gaps.html Hiring technical people and being hired can be difficult, no matter what the economy is doing. Use the tips here to hire better, or find a new job. Sat, 30 Aug 2008 07:16:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: HR World » Blog Archive » Eye on the Blogosphere: Friday Edition http://jrothman.com/blog/htp/2008/01/employment-gaps.html#comment-1341 HR World » Blog Archive » Eye on the Blogosphere: Friday Edition Sat, 02 Feb 2008 02:23:07 +0000 http://jrothman.com/blog/htp/2008/01/employment-gaps.html#comment-1341 [...] Technical People talks about gaps in employment and returning to the workforce (like after leaving to raise your [...] [...] Technical People talks about gaps in employment and returning to the workforce (like after leaving to raise your [...]

]]> By: Scientific Ink » links for 2008-01-31 - not particularly objective musings on odds and ends - Dunrie Greiling, Ann Arbor, MI 48103 http://jrothman.com/blog/htp/2008/01/employment-gaps.html#comment-1325 Scientific Ink » links for 2008-01-31 - not particularly objective musings on odds and ends - Dunrie Greiling, Ann Arbor, MI 48103 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 23:25:40 +0000 http://jrothman.com/blog/htp/2008/01/employment-gaps.html#comment-1325 [...] Hiring Technical People » Employment Gaps I just read Penelope Trunk’s Quit work for a while to have kids. Your career will be just fine. [...] [...] Hiring Technical People » Employment Gaps I just read Penelope Trunk’s Quit work for a while to have kids. Your career will be just fine. [...]

]]> By: George Dinwiddie http://jrothman.com/blog/htp/2008/01/employment-gaps.html#comment-1321 George Dinwiddie Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:47:50 +0000 http://jrothman.com/blog/htp/2008/01/employment-gaps.html#comment-1321 My take-away from this posting is that a significant gap in employment (in a technical field such as software development) is like starting from scratch--fresh out of school. The additional maturity should make it easier to identify and pick up the important parts. The previous experience might help, or it might hinder, depending on which parts of that experience the person held onto. For example, I've seen previous procedural experience hinder understanding object-oriented development. But I've seen previous experience thinking of the system as a whole be of great value when dealing with new, complex systems. I guess I could boil this down to, in general, understanding principles will help, depending on practices might get in the way. My take-away from this posting is that a significant gap in employment (in a technical field such as software development) is like starting from scratch–fresh out of school. The additional maturity should make it easier to identify and pick up the important parts.

The previous experience might help, or it might hinder, depending on which parts of that experience the person held onto. For example, I’ve seen previous procedural experience hinder understanding object-oriented development. But I’ve seen previous experience thinking of the system as a whole be of great value when dealing with new, complex systems. I guess I could boil this down to, in general, understanding principles will help, depending on practices might get in the way.

]]> By: Jeremy Langhans http://jrothman.com/blog/htp/2008/01/employment-gaps.html#comment-1316 Jeremy Langhans Wed, 30 Jan 2008 23:10:02 +0000 http://jrothman.com/blog/htp/2008/01/employment-gaps.html#comment-1316 lol -- i'm all about "taking time off", but yah ur right ....after 20 yrs you might not have a clue about Tech ;-) Cheers! Jeremy lol — i’m all about “taking time off”, but yah ur right ….after 20 yrs you might not have a clue about Tech ;-)

Cheers!
Jeremy

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