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Things I wish I'd done differently in my first two weeks of searching
Three things I'd change if I started over today.
1, I'd talk to humans before I touched the application portal.
I spent the first 4 days in spreadsheet mode, building lists, researching companies, organizing my pipeline. I should have spent those days messaging 10 people in roles I was curious about. The intel I got later from real conversations was 10x what I got from job descriptions.
2, I'd batch my tasks instead of jumping between modes all day.
The first two weeks I was researching, applying, networking, and prepping in the same hour. By Friday I was exhausted and couldn't tell you what I'd actually moved forward. Two hour blocks for each type of work, one type at a time, would have doubled my output and cut the burnout in half.
3, I'd have given myself a daily stop time.
The search will eat your entire day if you let it. I had days where I worked until 11pm, applied to 20 to 30 roles in a single day, and was still trying to prep for the next morning's interview. A clean stop time at 6pm would have made the whole month sustainable.
What would you do differently in your search if you started over tomorrow?
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Things I wish I'd done differently in my first two weeks of searching
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