Rachel M. Murray
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I think if you've looked at over one THOUSAND resumes and you haven't found anyone, you have to ask yourself 'who are you looking for - Da Vinci? Picasso? Bill Gates?' Who? The Second Coming?
For a product manager position? Really?
I don't even like referring to musicians as rock stars - the musicians I look up to don't believe in egos, either. I don't believe ego should dictate your professional work ethos - your commitment to a team, a vision, and social good matter more than one's ego ever should. The culture that says an individual ego - a Steve Jobs, a Bill Gates, a 'insert your CEO of inspirationhere' - is very individualistic - which fits with the American dream, the 'Horatio Alger', the 'you too can make it big in business' mentality. And that thinking has more problems than solutions.
I mean no disrespect against the CEO who posted this, the company or their software. I'm sure they're all grand, and that they'll eventually find their dream Rawk Star PM. This is just another very emblematic example of how Silicon Valley works on many, many levels, and the current business climate when you have a Buyer's Market - where companies decide the terms.
There are a lot of very competent, passionate, hard working people who are looking for work - and not a gig as just another Rawk Star. The trick is to match those people with the companies they're looking for - and vice versa. It's almost as hard as dating - and that's difficult enough without adding the Rock Stars to the equation.
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I think if you've looked at over one THOUSAND resumes and you haven't found anyone, you have to ask yourself 'who are you looking for - Da Vinci? Picasso? Bill Gates?' Who? The Second Coming?
For a product manager position? Really?
I don't even like referring to musicians as rock stars - the musicians I look up to don't believe in egos, either. I don't believe ego should dictate your professional work ethos - your commitment to a team, a vision, and social good matter more than one's ego ever should. The culture that says an individual ego - a Steve Jobs, a Bill Gates, a 'insert your CEO of inspirationhere' - is very individualistic - which fits with the American dream, the 'Horatio Alger', the 'you too can make it big in business' mentality. And that thinking has more problems than solutions.
I mean no disrespect against the CEO who posted this, the company or their software. I'm sure they're all grand, and that they'll eventually find their dream Rawk Star PM. This is just another very emblematic example of how Silicon Valley works on many, many levels, and the current business climate when you have a Buyer's Market - where companies decide the terms.
There are a lot of very competent, passionate, hard working people who are looking for work - and not a gig as just another Rawk Star. The trick is to match those people with the companies they're looking for - and vice versa. It's almost as hard as dating - and that's difficult enough without adding the Rock Stars to the equation.