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Hello everyone, I'm Jerry. If you've been following the news in the US recently, you should know that human resources here have caused a huge shortage of human resources due to the impact of the epidemic and the supply chain. The most common phenomenon we see now is that many companies can't recruit people and it's hard to keep talent. No matter in the technology industry or in other industries, it's the same. I feel very deeply because I'm in the technology industry. There is this feeling that big technology companies like Facebook and Amazon are working very hard to recruit people, but it's really not easy to find.

I basically receive a message from recruiters every day or on LinkedIn, someone will send me a message saying they want to interview me, invite me to interview. If I see a very interesting company, a company that I am interested in, I will still go to interview.

It's not that I want to skip work or change jobs. As a software engineer, I think any profession is the same, especially in this age. It's important to open the door of opportunity. Don't keep yourself locked in the comfort zone. Go and find out what kind of talent the company is looking for. I think it's a good opportunity to confirm your ability. If you find that you are having a hard time in the interview or encounter a lot of difficulties in the interview,

Or you can't get an offer Then you may have to consider strengthening your weaknesses Or your skills have expired Or you haven't interviewed for too long Have forgotten how to do those algorithmic topics This is all a pretty dangerous signal It means that if you accidentally lost your job today You can't be handsome like me, no way to get in touch Immediately find the next company willing to hire you There is a word called MOTE in entrepreneurship or business They say that building your MOTE is very important The meaning of MOTE on the word is your mutual support

It's a protective layer that keeps you competitive in the market. I think this is also very important in the workplace. You have to spend time to build your own mode. Because the company will always put their own interests before your interests. So you have to put your own interests in the company. Countless customers make sure they have the greatest competitiveness in the market. This is the biggest insurance you can give yourself.

For example, after the outbreak of COVID last year, those employees who were paid for their work at Airbnb, each of them received at least 14 weeks of salary. This is the minimum. The longer you stay in the company, the more you will have. Of course, there are stocks and insurance, and a few other things. They are all part of the salary. Then I met someone who was fired and immediately found a job without any results.

Basically, it's like making 14 weeks of salary for free So I strongly recommend if you feel that life is too comfortable, the weekend may be too boring, don't know what to do You can think about your own employment ability, is it as strong as before? Even stronger, so you never need to worry about finding a job You don't have to watch the boss of the company do things, so when you're not happy, you just pat your butt and leave

Another important point is that when you stay in a company for too long and feel too comfortable, you will often ignore the real value of yourself in the market. Maybe many companies outside are willing to pay 500,000 to hire you, but your current company only gives you 200,000 salary. Then if you work hard every day, you finally grow to the next level, maybe the company will give you a salary of 250,000. If you don't look at the market you are in now, you may never find these.

I have a friend who has been working at Amazon for about 7 years. The same level of new employees, every salary is higher than him. No way, a company wants to attract talents, to close them off, to sign their offer, then they can only spend this money to invite them in. Such a big company, they don't care about the loyalty, they only care about whether they can recruit people to do things. For employees who have already entered, they have no motivation to give you more salary. Make sure that the salary they give you now has competitiveness in the market. This is not what they care about. They don't care about these things at all.

Because they know that people are easy to enter the comfort zone When you enter the comfort zone You will be lazy to move They are using this human weakness to save money I hope to use the cheapest way to let you continue to do things for them So my suggestion is No matter how much you like this job Or how much you like this company Maybe you think your salary is already very high I think don't look at your skills occasionally How much is the value of this market You don't have to jump the tide when you get the offer, right? I think it is a very good reference value

It doesn't mean you have to resign or change jobs. At least when you have the right to choose, this power will be transferred to you. You will have more confidence and more confidence in your own values. Your mindset will become that the company needs you, not that you need the company. Now this era is different. Technology has improved very quickly. Today, the most needed is probably automatic driving AI technology. It may be different in two years. In the valley of Xigu, I have seen too many people's resume. There are only about one or two years of work on it. Today, it's a leap. In fact, this is very normal.

Including myself I haven't been in any company for more than two years Of course, I believe in a good company Take a long time to climb up There is also a sky There is also a road that belongs to you But I think like me I'm a software engineer In this regard Half of the salary is the company's stock or equity Can a company always go to the positive development? Not what I can control His stock may go up The company may go down

The stock market may become a waste of money So I think rather than Spending 4-5 years on one company I personally prefer to spread the risk Just like investment Even if I am optimistic about Tesla Most of the stocks are on Tesla But I still have investments Like Apple, Amazon, large ETF real estate, encrypted currency

A human doctor may only work for 30 years. How do you effectively manage to manage your risk in these 30 years? Enhance your interests I think this is more important than investing in stocks. And the more you frequently interact with new environments and cross the comfort zone, you will become more flexible. I know how to adapt to a new environment, a new team, and new projects. With new technology, it will make you more competitive in the market. In Google engineers, it is actually quite difficult to go from level 5 to level 6. Because the competition is very intense, you have to have a lot of impact.

尤其是內部跟其他員工的關係要非常的好 你才會有機會去升職從五到六 那其實有一個比較簡單的捷徑 你可以先跳槽到另外一家公司 直接變成L6 然後在那一家公司住了兩年之後 再回來Google 那時候你在進來的時候 肯定就是一個L6的身份進來 因為你想想 如果你要從內部升職的話

you may need to put in a lot of effort, and it may take years of impact to accumulate results to make you promoted. If you are a "jumpstart", you may only need to be able to convince that person in an hour's interview to prove that you are capable of taking on this level, right?

Because sometimes it's not that you don't have the ability, it's that there are too many people with the ability, there are too many competitors. So you have to drag yourself out of so many people to prove that you are the one who can be promoted. It will take a lot of energy and time. You need to convince a lot of people. Compared to the interview process, it is relatively difficult. Okay, that's it for today. Let's summarize today's content. I don't think no matter what you do today,

No matter what you do in the technology industry or in any industry, it's the same. Only you can master the competitiveness of your position. It's not 20 years ago. No company can guarantee that it will always exist. Not to mention your job. Even if you love your job very much and don't want to change jobs, I think everyone should be paid the salary they should be paid.

Because time is your biggest asset Since you are using time to exchange money today Then you should optimize your income And then spread the risk If you think this episode is helpful to you today Remember to give me a thumbs up You are also welcome to tell me in other comments Your opinion and your thoughts Or share your own experience See you next time