New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Being Badmouthed in the Industry
Ask HN: Being Badmouthed in the Industry
11 by baybal2 | 4 comments on Hacker News.
Hello HN, Three years ago, I ran into a nasty individual during a job interview (details https://ift.tt/1rjiAo8) That would've been a long forgotten story if it didn't came back to bite me. Recently, I was trying to get in touch with my industry contacts, talking about moving jobs as my current employer ran into financial troubles. I had a LinkedIn conversation with an owner of one very successful iot chip company 3 years ago, but he abruptly stopped responding to my messages back then. It is just now that I realised that the guy mentioned above got connected to him on LinkedIn right around that time, and to other people in my social circle. This is why I suspect that it is possible that he went badmouthing me after our argument, especially given him emanating that "Internet weirdo" feel (despite him being a very business like smooth talker on a first look.) That man owns his own non-insubstantial business, and has some reputation in the industry. Right now, it is very important to me to repair that relationship. Two things are possible: 1. The owner of the company was simply too busy to answer random messages, and I am just too paranoid. 2. The scenario above actually happened, and I am in trouble now. Have anybody encountered anything similar? Question to 40-50+ people, how would've you handled that? How would've you prepared an email taking in account both possibilities (CEO being pissed off about randoms contacting him directly, or him being disinformated.)
11 by baybal2 | 4 comments on Hacker News.
Hello HN, Three years ago, I ran into a nasty individual during a job interview (details https://ift.tt/1rjiAo8) That would've been a long forgotten story if it didn't came back to bite me. Recently, I was trying to get in touch with my industry contacts, talking about moving jobs as my current employer ran into financial troubles. I had a LinkedIn conversation with an owner of one very successful iot chip company 3 years ago, but he abruptly stopped responding to my messages back then. It is just now that I realised that the guy mentioned above got connected to him on LinkedIn right around that time, and to other people in my social circle. This is why I suspect that it is possible that he went badmouthing me after our argument, especially given him emanating that "Internet weirdo" feel (despite him being a very business like smooth talker on a first look.) That man owns his own non-insubstantial business, and has some reputation in the industry. Right now, it is very important to me to repair that relationship. Two things are possible: 1. The owner of the company was simply too busy to answer random messages, and I am just too paranoid. 2. The scenario above actually happened, and I am in trouble now. Have anybody encountered anything similar? Question to 40-50+ people, how would've you handled that? How would've you prepared an email taking in account both possibilities (CEO being pissed off about randoms contacting him directly, or him being disinformated.)
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