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0 pointsSonOfLilit12y ago0 comments

In fact, two weeks ago I had to take a similar gambit. Here is what I sent this time (to a large group of alumni of the unit I served in). I got a few offers, but I'm still open to propositions:

My CV in one sentence: "Ask anyone in 8200."

I'm busy with my venture (spreading code literacy as wide as literacy), so I can only help you at 30% capacity or for a short period.

I'm looking for the project where my experience and entrepreneur mindset would bring the most value. Hire me to prototype your new product, automate your workflow, refactor your MVP into a maintainable architecture, research new technology, fix the bug you gave up on, mentor your juniors, or just join your team.

I take full responsibility for my work. This is especially valuable in organizations where the bottleneck for R&D is management attention. Does it describe you?

To summarize, I won't solve every problem you have, but I may be able to solve one, without taking up precious manager time.

I'm also available for consulting.

Cheers, Aur

P.S. My hobby is to join companies for 1-2 days. Any such job offer would be accepted automatically עד גמר המלאי [while supplies last - AS]. Need something done but your developers are crunching? Need a really simple MVP? Want a second pair of eyes on your design? I can probably deliver. Ask me.

I shine with Python and C, programmed professionally in C#, Ruby, Haskell, C++, Java, Javascript, and x86 assembly language, and learn fast. I write unit tests for my hobby projects.

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sytelus12y ago· 1 in thread

One line CVs are good but it would help if you also mention your current location and related preference (are you willing to move/commute-on-demand/telecommute-only and preference to work abroad as well as any work permits you might need). Are you open to full time positions or just contracting? Lot of big projects either requires full time commitments or long term contract. From career perspective I would also highly recommend not to shoehorn yourself as "cryptography" or security developer - unless that's what you want to genuinely only thing focus on. Typically people's expertise are mere coincidence of jobs they managed to get first time and it's generally good thing to develop skills in other fields such as computer vision or machine learning and stuff.

SonOfLilitOP12y ago

> your current location and related preference

Irrelevant in Israel. We're that small. Since this is now posted internationally I should mention I'm willing to work remotely.

> Are you open to full time positions or just contracting?

"I can only help you at 30% capacity or for a short period."

> Lot of big projects either requires full time commitments or long term contract.

Indeed, which is why I had to take this gambit. It worked, I got very interesting offers.

> not to shoehorn yourself as "cryptography" or security developer

"Hire me to prototype your new product, automate your workflow, refactor your MVP into a maintainable architecture, research new technology, fix the bug you gave up on, mentor your juniors, or just join your team."

The cover letter was written years ago for a specific security/crypto position. This "one line CV" is much more general.

> Typically people's expertise are mere coincidence of jobs

Indeed, never understood that. I always loved so many different things...

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