Comments on: The 5 Most Important Criteria For Career Happiness According To Skrud http://www.geekflex.com/2009/07/09/the-5-most-important-criteria-for-career-happiness-according-to-skrud/ Adventures in post-college life Wed, 18 May 2011 00:30:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Baagasama http://www.geekflex.com/2009/07/09/the-5-most-important-criteria-for-career-happiness-according-to-skrud/comment-page-1/#comment-268 Baagasama Wed, 18 May 2011 00:30:00 +0000 http://www.geekflex.com/?p=212#comment-268 <p> interesting!!! </p>  interesting!!! 

]]> By: Gurumurthy A (Guru) http://www.geekflex.com/2009/07/09/the-5-most-important-criteria-for-career-happiness-according-to-skrud/comment-page-1/#comment-267 Gurumurthy A (Guru) Tue, 17 May 2011 18:15:00 +0000 http://www.geekflex.com/?p=212#comment-267 <p>Hey Skrud, I googled for "three most important criteria in job" and it pulled your blog. haha. What a surprise ! Was good read and totally agree with you. Now after reading this, i ve changed from 3 to 5 criteria. :D Nice meeting you at Amazon.</p> Hey Skrud, I googled for “three most important criteria in job” and it pulled your blog. haha. What a surprise ! Was good read and totally agree with you. Now after reading this, i ve changed from 3 to 5 criteria. :D Nice meeting you at Amazon.

]]> By: Between a Rock and a Hard Place | Geekflex http://www.geekflex.com/2009/07/09/the-5-most-important-criteria-for-career-happiness-according-to-skrud/comment-page-1/#comment-147 Between a Rock and a Hard Place | Geekflex Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:32:38 +0000 http://www.geekflex.com/?p=212#comment-147 <p>[...] a dozen, but I’m not looking just another job. I want to start my career. To that end I know what I’m looking for, and it’s not easy to find. I need something that will enable me to grow as a software [...]</p> [...] a dozen, but I’m not looking just another job. I want to start my career. To that end I know what I’m looking for, and it’s not easy to find. I need something that will enable me to grow as a software [...]

]]> By: Gail Carmichael http://www.geekflex.com/2009/07/09/the-5-most-important-criteria-for-career-happiness-according-to-skrud/comment-page-1/#comment-113 Gail Carmichael Sun, 12 Jul 2009 15:26:19 +0000 http://www.geekflex.com/?p=212#comment-113 <p>Totally feel you on number five - though for me I feel I have to stay in Ottawa rather than leave it ;). I have been pursued more than once for an internship at Google, and still want to do one before my PhD is done, but it's so hard to think of leaving even for one semester! Most people think I'm crazy... heh.</p> Totally feel you on number five – though for me I feel I have to stay in Ottawa rather than leave it ;). I have been pursued more than once for an internship at Google, and still want to do one before my PhD is done, but it’s so hard to think of leaving even for one semester! Most people think I’m crazy… heh.

]]> By: Martin Morissette http://www.geekflex.com/2009/07/09/the-5-most-important-criteria-for-career-happiness-according-to-skrud/comment-page-1/#comment-112 Martin Morissette Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:43:17 +0000 http://www.geekflex.com/?p=212#comment-112 <p>Excellent post Skrud, I could not have found a better way to express what it is I am looking for in my carreer. Like Sebastien, I too have found such hapiness in my epxperience working on the SONIA AUV project, or any other student project for that matter. After graduating, I thought I would never again find such a challenging and engaging job experience. Luckily, it only took me little over 6 months to find the perfect job for me. This said, I think it is important to know what it is you want and not stop looking until your really find it!</p> <p>Again great post!</p> Excellent post Skrud, I could not have found a better way to express what it is I am looking for in my carreer. Like Sebastien, I too have found such hapiness in my epxperience working on the SONIA AUV project, or any other student project for that matter. After graduating, I thought I would never again find such a challenging and engaging job experience. Luckily, it only took me little over 6 months to find the perfect job for me. This said, I think it is important to know what it is you want and not stop looking until your really find it!

Again great post!

]]> By: Vijeta http://www.geekflex.com/2009/07/09/the-5-most-important-criteria-for-career-happiness-according-to-skrud/comment-page-1/#comment-111 Vijeta Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:05:50 +0000 http://www.geekflex.com/?p=212#comment-111 <p>I think what Skrud meant by "friends" is people you can talk to about stuff other than work from time to time. From the way he makes his job sound, it seems like the only time people contact him is for work-related business.</p> <p>Where I'm working now, the team regularly goes out for lunch together. After our offsite, people went drinking together and so on. They don't have to be your good friends (people you hang out with all the time) just friendly acquaintances so that you can associate them with more than just work.</p> I think what Skrud meant by “friends” is people you can talk to about stuff other than work from time to time. From the way he makes his job sound, it seems like the only time people contact him is for work-related business.

Where I’m working now, the team regularly goes out for lunch together. After our offsite, people went drinking together and so on. They don’t have to be your good friends (people you hang out with all the time) just friendly acquaintances so that you can associate them with more than just work.

]]> By: SekhmetDesign http://www.geekflex.com/2009/07/09/the-5-most-important-criteria-for-career-happiness-according-to-skrud/comment-page-1/#comment-110 SekhmetDesign Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:19:28 +0000 http://www.geekflex.com/?p=212#comment-110 <p>Typo error: "Yes, it can be could to be on a friendly level"</p> <p>Read "Yes, it can be good to be on a friendly level"</p> Typo error: “Yes, it can be could to be on a friendly level”

Read “Yes, it can be good to be on a friendly level”

]]> By: SekhmetDesign http://www.geekflex.com/2009/07/09/the-5-most-important-criteria-for-career-happiness-according-to-skrud/comment-page-1/#comment-109 SekhmetDesign Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:17:51 +0000 http://www.geekflex.com/?p=212#comment-109 <p>I don't agree with your point #2: Friends. Why? Simply because I worked before with a bunch of friends, and while it was amazing all the stuff we could do together, it was also ugly when fights happened over a decision on who was going to do the stuff, who would pay for this, who would do this, and that...And let's not forget, personal dramas could happen too. It would reflect in the workplace, and having to deal with a double-dose of drama at work AND with your friends outside of it...I had to deal with this situation before, and I promised myself to never engage in this type of work relationship again. Yes, it can be could to be on a friendly level with your coworkers, having people to exchange Youtube, talks, chat, exchange on books and social activities to do during the week-end...but sometimes it can get ugly outside of work too. I prefer a separation between work and personal life. You need a place outside of work to vent all the negative emotions that can sometime happen ;) Bt otherwise, I agree with the rest of the post. We don't live to work, we work to pay for our life outside of work!</p> I don’t agree with your point #2: Friends. Why? Simply because I worked before with a bunch of friends, and while it was amazing all the stuff we could do together, it was also ugly when fights happened over a decision on who was going to do the stuff, who would pay for this, who would do this, and that…And let’s not forget, personal dramas could happen too. It would reflect in the workplace, and having to deal with a double-dose of drama at work AND with your friends outside of it…I had to deal with this situation before, and I promised myself to never engage in this type of work relationship again. Yes, it can be could to be on a friendly level with your coworkers, having people to exchange Youtube, talks, chat, exchange on books and social activities to do during the week-end…but sometimes it can get ugly outside of work too. I prefer a separation between work and personal life. You need a place outside of work to vent all the negative emotions that can sometime happen ;) Bt otherwise, I agree with the rest of the post. We don’t live to work, we work to pay for our life outside of work!

]]> By: Reb http://www.geekflex.com/2009/07/09/the-5-most-important-criteria-for-career-happiness-according-to-skrud/comment-page-1/#comment-108 Reb Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:56:42 +0000 http://www.geekflex.com/?p=212#comment-108 <p>Good job on the points! It's what I look for when I go into the interview too (or at least try to spot as much as possible when at the place). They make me miss my old design studio but this one is alright.</p> <p>I think the working environment is important too. If it's stale, it tends to be soulsucking, especially if you're not allowed to decorate. It's basically your second home since you're there for hours a day. And I agree with Tien: appreciation is nice.</p> Good job on the points! It’s what I look for when I go into the interview too (or at least try to spot as much as possible when at the place). They make me miss my old design studio but this one is alright.

I think the working environment is important too. If it’s stale, it tends to be soulsucking, especially if you’re not allowed to decorate. It’s basically your second home since you’re there for hours a day. And I agree with Tien: appreciation is nice.

]]> By: SPACEBAR http://www.geekflex.com/2009/07/09/the-5-most-important-criteria-for-career-happiness-according-to-skrud/comment-page-1/#comment-107 SPACEBAR Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:12:01 +0000 http://www.geekflex.com/?p=212#comment-107 <p>As usual: brillant! Thanks for sharing this with us and keep up the good work :-)</p> As usual: brillant! Thanks for sharing this with us and keep up the good work :-)

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