Rejection for Tech Professionals

I understand where Eli is coming from but for one, rejection is one thing, not at least sending out a message to a person you INTERVIEWED, is another thing. It is  simply rude and inconsiderate. A person takes time out of his or her life to do an interview. This person will never get that time back; it is gone forever. Giving the person a simple heads up at least allows the person some closure and the wherewithal to move on.

Second, if your  car is about to be repossessed, your rent is overdue and the other  bills are mounting, rejection does become personal. Many of us cannot afford being rejected a thousand times; we have families to support and bills to pay. Being one step away from becoming a beggar or becoming one is quite personal.

Lastly, as alluded to by Eli himself, competing with dozens if not hundreds of others for a job tends to foster an atmosphere filled with tension and apprehension. While the systems hails this as the best of all worlds, in actuality it is a world that benefits the few and moreover, combined with the gamut of other social pressures and fissures (i.e. corrupt institutions, a two-party duopoly, cultural decay, non-nonsensical media and so on) this 'me first and let the devil take the hindmost mindset'  is a key factor in the growing levels of alienation and anomie amongst the population. Some of whom, with disturbing regularity, lash out with deadly effects.

There's gotta be a better way to live.

Thanks bro, I was getting down about a network admin position I didn't get recently. Back to the grind

this isn't elithecomputerguy this is elithelifecoach! lol love your videos

If there are so many more IT employees than IT jobs is this a good industry to go into?  Times seem to be better all my non IT friends and family members are employed and making money.  All I see are rejected unemployed IT people.

Hey man I'm 17 and I won't to learn something
What's the best thing to learn in computer ?? ( technology)

You or someone needs to do people relations for geeks.  I have found that there are some REALLY smart geeks who can't relate to humans!  I could say so much about this subject. It is almost like the personality type that makes one a good geek, also makes you somewhat anti social. But bottom line, humans write paychecks! If you can't get along with humans, you are going to starve!

Many Time I Didn't Get Hired Due to My Beard

Thanks.

Thanks.

Sound advice; wish I'd heard it years ago Thanks Eli!

wunderbar  Eli   good  stuff  i  hope  i  can  use  it -danke -

you should come to idaho some time.

Haha that's an ugly font

Great topic. It's part of life and we ALL have to go through it in our personal and business lives.  And I love the beginning part about giving up.  In general, people give up wayyyy to easy on everything.  Like you said, you have to keep pushing forward.

mountain man

Eli, love the vids! That is either a very large bench, or you are a very small guy!!!!!

Eli is a sage

You're channel is such a wealth of information. Thank you so much for sharing your passion and knowledge.

Im not even thinking of getting into computers, as you can tell from my comment, but i really like your personality , you offer good advice overall . P.S , They didn't like my face.

Add I love your videos man ! Out door nature, didnt they see your other videos behind a desk ? smh You should have your own company then you can call the shots. So when you going to release a Ebook ; rejection , chapter ?

You look good with the beard man.

hi eli, i am loving your video's as late, my question is about linuxcnc gui screens, please you please point me in the right way how to learn how to write new gui screens, the reason is i am try to learn but the linux world seams like "go read about it " why cant people said i read it and this is wot to do ????? thanks for your time, Daniel

As far as these show gigs that call you then drop you, you might consider hiring an agent to deal with them on a per cost basis. Also, you might consider demanding 1/3 up front non-refundable. If they really think you are as awesome as they keep telling you you are, they will pay. Might give them some incentive too.

Paperwork in the woods, LOL Nice location for a video Eli

I like the black list story. Sounds like I am probably on more black lists then I even knew I was on. I remember being told once, "You'll never work in this industry again !!!". That was about 20 jobs ago, and from my prospective, those words just ended up as words without actions. Sometimes people let their emotions get the best of them. Hard to see in advance, but I ended up doing better without that job.

WOW! Are you speaking DIRECTLY to me? lol

Man this is good advice!

Is Eli going for the Guru beard?

thank you eli you are so wise :-). Learn a lot from your videos

I don't take rejection harshly at all anymore. If you don't even get into an interview, modify your CV and your letter to the company. If you make it to the interview then often getting hired is circumstantial: You aren't a cultural fit, you lack a certain skill that someone else has (could be a single thing) etc. You could get hired to the same company, but on a different time.

Be confident, go there to represent YOURSELF and don't sweat what the company requires you to be (as long as you choose within your scope... just don't take pressure on pleasing the interviewer)

You pastafarian, or just joking?

Eli,

I understand that I will get rejected numerous times before I can close the sale, but I will still side with Ayn Rand on this one in the sense that "Failure is not a mortgage on success." I've seen people get a job right off the bat with no issues and others apply for hundreds of jobs just to get rejected hundreds of times. There doesn't seem to be any kind of rhyme or reason and shit just happens.

Everything is talking about deer. and lost the plot Eli has put here.

Man, good you've brought up this topic. So many people have to deal with this. I call this also "the impostor syndrome". Good points. A lot of programmers will identify with it

Thank you for the encouraging discussion!

Wow, best vid yet--spot on for sure......Thanks!

must keep fishing to catch fish if you don't put a line in water. sometimes look at rejection as the fish you didn't want to keep anyways

I gave up IT years ago due to constant rejection. I am study really hard to try again.

Real Recognize Real. You da truth.

Are there bears in these woods ?

"build it and they will come".

Just wondering how long you can talk-talk-talk non-stop without getting tired?

Just going through your old videos before Susan B. snaps her fingers

LOL. IT companies (DuckDuckGo, among others): You are a white male... Resume in the trash.

Fantastic video.