People tend to do the bare minimum of what’s expected of them. Make a resume. Create a cover letter. Apply online. Go to a networking event. Clean up the drunk prom photos from Facebook. Make a spiffy resume online. Practice mock interviews for 1 hour in your Pajamas.… Read the rest

One of my good friends in middle school — I’ll call him J— came from a poor family and lived in a trailer park with his mother. His parents had divorced at an early age (I later found out his father was abusive).… Read the rest

You get an offer from Amazon (congrats!) but decide not to take it, for whatever reason. It was probably a tough choice.

A few months or years down the line you want to re-apply.

Do you still have a shot at getting in?… Read the rest