“When hiring in secondary markets, choose employees with the assumption that you’ll work together for at least 10 years.”
A nice idea, but I haaaaaated lying to interviewers about my intentions when they asked me, “where do you see yourself in five or ten years?” Is it really not ok if I put in two solid years solving your interesting problems?
I feel like most programming jobs outside of Silicon Valley are just like any other corporate job. They tend to get paid more because it's harder to replace a programmer analyst for your company than it is someone in accounting (not saying ones easier than the other).
A nice idea, but I haaaaaated lying to interviewers about my intentions when they asked me, “where do you see yourself in five or ten years?” Is it really not ok if I put in two solid years solving your interesting problems?