Ask HN: Maintain a good living with lukewarm interview skills/personality?
I&#x27;ll be up front and say I don&#x27;t shine at job interviews but I am great at what I do at the job. Anyone that is open to &quot;don&#x27;t hire good interviewers, hire good workers&quot; is gonna get a mutual agreement with me.<p>The typical interview -&gt; job pipeline is not the best fit for me so I need another way around for getting jobs I want.<p>On top of that I&#x27;ve been failing to get any decent paying job offers for software development in the jobs market since 2011.<p>And this is all during a good time in the economy. If I can&#x27;t get a good job during the good times, how should I prepare for and survive during the bad?<p>Also, don&#x27;t confuse this with &quot;I want to work jobs in isolation&quot;. I am NOT asking for lone wolf jobs. I am generally regarded as a good worker and collaborate well with others.<p>I am just not good at being collaborative outside of work. While I am fine working with others <i>at</i> work, what I am asking for is how to develop my career in isolation.<p>I&#x27;m pretty bad at following up with peers at work or school after I say goodbye to them. People generally don&#x27;t hold my interest for the long run. So I&#x27;ll need to know how to survive without necessarily having decent interviewing skills or having a network around me.