Hate to say it but Amazon was hiring the folks getting laid off from major banks a few years ago. They abandoned hiring only the best a long time ago.
Sounds like you were a slacker almost certainly getting paid way above average, and got fired way later than you should have. No sympathy.
I'd like to think that but, hiring for a couple open roles posted only internally at a FAANG, I definitely received emails from external individuals inquiring about the role - and found out there's a whole cottage…
I've worked in both sorts of companies. The constant questioning may work well at smaller scale but kills productivity at larger scales. Putting aside that it inevitably becomes a political exercise as much as a…
At some point, the cargo cult are the promo reviewers and then the two become the same thing.
Depends on who you count as employees - Sergey? Larry?
The dogma generally becomes accepted because it outperforms other known strategies. In a game like Go, that could previously take a while because there are so many possible follow-ups that it takes time to accumulate…
As a thought experiment, let's say Facebook did this. The red team designs a new streamlined look with less click baity posts and fewer ads. Users flock to it, abandoning the existing platform. The new platform isn't…
Having experience both inside and out, I find large tech to be uniquely bad in this regard, but for an unexpected reason. Whereas outside large tech, managers are typically part product manager, part tech lead, part…
Hard pass - many languages simply don't prioritize the experience of executing shell commands.
Glad to hear it's a non-profit but do you publish executive compensation? Particularly given these are loans to businesses, it sounds like lots of people are making a profit from these projects, but not the people…
Yes, but it only takes a very small generator to power the fans vs. a huge one to power a heat pump.
The only thing stopping me from buying a great pump is how unreliable the power grid is in my area. Lines are above ground, with numerous trees overhanging them so a snow storm is high risk for a power outage at a time…
Funny how crypto folk constantly talk about libertarian ideals, except when other people exercise their right not to do business with planet destroying scam artists.
Honestly, the article rambled & ranted as much as it informed. TL;DR: Check cashing exists because banks don't want to deal with people who deposit checks with a high risk profile (whether due to fraud or lack of funds…
Not admitting senior leaders screwed up the strategy and over-hired.
Saw a variation of this during the recent bout of tech layoffs. Shortly before end of year eval time, a senior executive sent out emails questioning whether it was even possible for new hires to have made sufficient…
That sounds like an attempt to ban political expression that is certainly protected by the First Amendment.
I think most people on here are citing US based conditions, particularly with respect to healthcare costs and various taxes.
Stick to consumer banks, they're laid back. Investment banks or asset managers tend to be more cutthroat.
Because it implies these are people have far fewer excuses for the seeming lack of care about user feedback than some unpaid volunteer. Considering many companies have contacts ranging from millions to hundreds of…
And statistically, they're virtually all correct.
This seems like it should be identified as an Ad, rather than an organic post.
My solution is aggressively unfollowing or disconnecting from people. There may still be a lot of low value interactions, but at least I don't have to see them.
Very often find an answer - from 10 years ago, and an entirely different version of the language/library - from more recently, but it's been closed as a duplicate - with a specific caveat, but that guy ignored and the…
Hate to say it but Amazon was hiring the folks getting laid off from major banks a few years ago. They abandoned hiring only the best a long time ago.
Sounds like you were a slacker almost certainly getting paid way above average, and got fired way later than you should have. No sympathy.
I'd like to think that but, hiring for a couple open roles posted only internally at a FAANG, I definitely received emails from external individuals inquiring about the role - and found out there's a whole cottage…
I've worked in both sorts of companies. The constant questioning may work well at smaller scale but kills productivity at larger scales. Putting aside that it inevitably becomes a political exercise as much as a…
At some point, the cargo cult are the promo reviewers and then the two become the same thing.
Depends on who you count as employees - Sergey? Larry?
The dogma generally becomes accepted because it outperforms other known strategies. In a game like Go, that could previously take a while because there are so many possible follow-ups that it takes time to accumulate…
As a thought experiment, let's say Facebook did this. The red team designs a new streamlined look with less click baity posts and fewer ads. Users flock to it, abandoning the existing platform. The new platform isn't…
Having experience both inside and out, I find large tech to be uniquely bad in this regard, but for an unexpected reason. Whereas outside large tech, managers are typically part product manager, part tech lead, part…
Hard pass - many languages simply don't prioritize the experience of executing shell commands.
Glad to hear it's a non-profit but do you publish executive compensation? Particularly given these are loans to businesses, it sounds like lots of people are making a profit from these projects, but not the people…
Yes, but it only takes a very small generator to power the fans vs. a huge one to power a heat pump.
The only thing stopping me from buying a great pump is how unreliable the power grid is in my area. Lines are above ground, with numerous trees overhanging them so a snow storm is high risk for a power outage at a time…
Funny how crypto folk constantly talk about libertarian ideals, except when other people exercise their right not to do business with planet destroying scam artists.
Honestly, the article rambled & ranted as much as it informed. TL;DR: Check cashing exists because banks don't want to deal with people who deposit checks with a high risk profile (whether due to fraud or lack of funds…
Not admitting senior leaders screwed up the strategy and over-hired.
Saw a variation of this during the recent bout of tech layoffs. Shortly before end of year eval time, a senior executive sent out emails questioning whether it was even possible for new hires to have made sufficient…
That sounds like an attempt to ban political expression that is certainly protected by the First Amendment.
I think most people on here are citing US based conditions, particularly with respect to healthcare costs and various taxes.
Stick to consumer banks, they're laid back. Investment banks or asset managers tend to be more cutthroat.
Because it implies these are people have far fewer excuses for the seeming lack of care about user feedback than some unpaid volunteer. Considering many companies have contacts ranging from millions to hundreds of…
And statistically, they're virtually all correct.
This seems like it should be identified as an Ad, rather than an organic post.
My solution is aggressively unfollowing or disconnecting from people. There may still be a lot of low value interactions, but at least I don't have to see them.
Very often find an answer - from 10 years ago, and an entirely different version of the language/library - from more recently, but it's been closed as a duplicate - with a specific caveat, but that guy ignored and the…