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Below is a list of conditions and preferences that’s good to know before we talk. These are the
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things i won’t bend in, no matter what.
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* I’m a family man, and with a wife who has a much stricter schedule it is i who transport the
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children between schools and home. This means that:
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* I’m a father of two, and with a mother who has a really strict schedule it is i who transport the
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children between schools and home every now and then. This means that:
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1. i need a really flexible schedule
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2. i work remotely. If that’s not an option for your client, stop right now; that’s something
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i won’t reconsider anytime soon. Occasional visits to HQ is OK, though.
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2. i work remotely. If that’s not an option for your company/client, stop right now; that’s
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something i won’t reconsider anytime soon. Occasional visits to HQ is OK, though.
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* i use a Fedora Linux workstation for work. I won’t install any corporate spyware on it like
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activity or time trackers. Corporate-specific apps for things like messaging and VPN might be
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OK but many of those are suspicious. I’m willing to run different operating systems in
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virtual machines for testing purposes, but changing my working environment must be my choice,
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not my employer’s.
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* Python is my main programming language, but i’m happy to learn new ones. I won’t, under any
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circumstances, work with Java, PHP, and Perl, unless the job is to migrate away from those
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not my employer’s. A company provisioned laptop can relax this rule, but even in that case: spying
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on me and my home is not an option.
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* Python is my main programming language, but i’m happy to learn new ones. I won’t, however, under
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any circumstances work with Java, PHP, and Perl, unless the job is to migrate away from those
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languages.
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* if i have to do some coding on a whiteboard during the interview, solve problems that are
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already solved in widely used libraries (like implementing a linked list), or solve some brain
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you can put my skills to the test in a realistic setting. I guess the work you’re hiring for
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is not “writing nonsense programs on whiteboards”.
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* i will never work for Google/Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Oracle, Meta/Facebook, or most banks and
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financial institutions. If you are trying to recruit me for one of these, just stop; both of
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our times are more precious than that.
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financial institutions. If you are trying to recruit me for one of these, please say so in
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advance; it might save both of us some time which is probably our most precious resource.
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* i do understand that a lot of you recruiters are bound by NDAs and such, but if you find me fit
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for a position and don’t mention the company who you’re recruiting for, the position is out of
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question. This way i can’t do *my* part of the research, to check if *i* want to work with that
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offering more. However, if you’re recruiting in Hungary (or *from* Hungary hoping that it will
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be cheap), be prepared that my expectations are probably higher than you might think.
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Please also keep in mind that i’m happily employed at the moment, and am not actively looking for
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a change. I might be interested in your offer, but there’s a high chance that i’ll just refuse.
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If all the above are OK with you, feel free to contact me. Also, instead of writing me an email,
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you might want to `book a time slot <{filename}appointments.rst>`_ instead.
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