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Employed lemmings, how did you get hired? (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by ViscloReader@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

I know what RAM looks like. That's literally what got me hired over the other candidate at my current MSP job. Other candidate didn't know that RAM doesn't have screws and removed the SSD of the laptop in the practical interview. I'd never seen an SSD before, but knew RAM didn't have screws. I took out the RAM and put it back in and was offered the position an hour later.

I had been fired from a tech support job 4 days before that very suddenly got absolute bullshit reasons and I was having a terrible time psychologically. This job is a million times better than my old one, so getting fired was actually the best thing to happen to my career.

I'm a level one helpdesk tech rn, but will probably become level two in a year or two. My company is really pushing me to grow and advance my career and it's so great.

I still struggle with the emotional damage getting fired in such a devastating way caused, but I'm going to be getting therapy so I can finally get over it.