Kottke.org is on a very small list of sites that I will subconsciously type into the browser when bored. I wish he would team up with a sales guy or maybe patio11 so the site could make more money. Seems like it’s often teetering on the brink.
I suspect that the more palatable path would be “normalize resume gaps”, with the first step being public data on just how damaging they currently are. It’s plausibly zero if you are technical and spent a (even small) fraction self-learning, though I truly don’t know what the data would show.
Anecdotal: A friend took about 3mo off, then spent 3mo practicing and doing FAANG-adjacent interviews for a mid career technical role. Ended up OK, taking a little longer than expected but two offers above previous salary.
Ditto. Just beginning to ramp back up to interviewing again. I'm happy to report that I _am_ excited and eager to return to working (I was pretty worried that I would discover that all I wanted to do was live the life of leisure - which is pleasant, but unsustainable!), but that I'm doing so with a much healthier mindset and attitude towards work.
I'll skip the details and say that I finally had the time to work through a lot of trauma from my childhood, as well as having enough time away from being required to work that I really was able to hone in on what I am good at and passionate about.
Was there are a controversial hot take from Mt. Kottke that may have made me stop reading his stuff? I remember him from the early 00's but for some reason stop tuning in.
