This actually infuriates me. All those people who spent the last 20 years building adtech and social media. Thanks! You created a world that is now skeptical of tech and makes the rest of our jobs harder.
Frankly, Id be worried with social and ad tech companies on my resume. I basically throw these away now.
> Frankly, Id be worried with social and ad tech companies on my resume. I basically throw these away now.
I sort of unintentionally ended up in ad tech recently, and deeply regret it. I enjoy the technical issues, but...ironically, anybody who would throw out my resume because it has ad tech on it is exactly the kind of person I would want to work for. C'est le vie, I guess I'll stay in ad tech.
I have tons of gap years, Id rather struggle and fail at my own idea the given in. These experiences ultimately impress employers and clients more than any employer name I list.
Some day it will be seen as a ridiculous thing like Tulip Mania, except in this case it requires much more smarts. Also we needed a ton of STEM smarts to prevent a climate disaster, oops.
Frankly, Id be worried with social and ad tech companies on my resume. I basically throw these away now.