Show Notes
Heather Reid shares her difficult job search journey and how she overcame self-doubt and kept trying until she found the perfect job. Although Heather had been active in the testing community for over a decade, when she was searching for her newest role, she heard she wasn’t a tester and that she had been gone too long gone.
We also talk about: - bad interview experiences - why she was seen as "too long gone" in testing - how to handle job rejections - how she proved everyone that rejected her during job interviews wrong - advice for job seekers and people interviewing in tech.
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