...he's not saying tech hiring is beyond criticism. He's saying this person's opinionated talk smacks of entitlement. Which it does when compared with the rest of the working world outside of the SF tech bubble.
6x your salary is pretty high. I've stuck to 4x personally.
I think that's kind of the point. If you have to study for an interview, the interview is most likely not representative of real work one would find on the job. Let's face it. "Big Co" interviewing is about passing an…
But FB is a public company. If shareholders thought that was the case, they could vote with their dollars. Looking at the stock price, they seem to have no problem with the way FB is hiring engineers. The market is okay…
That may be true. But in the end, does it matter? Until we see someone taking market share away, I'd argue it doesn't. Facebook still retains top tier people regardless of any perceived quality problems. Sorry you left.…
Really? Links?
You're absolutely right. It's the people involved that make or break the codebase, and transitively, the project itself.
I could not agree with your comments more. The more we realize that there are cultural divides other than skin color, I think we as a collective species can see that the constructs that have been used to divide us in…
North Jersey confirming same.
Classifying Gracie Jiu Jitsu as re-brutalizing Judo isn't the term I'd use. To be completely honest, it's simply wrong to describe BJJ as such. Brutal is the last word I would use to describe it. Jiu-jitsu lends itself…
My company did as well. We've hired about 5. 2 had 2-3 years experience post boot camp. They are excellent mid-senior devs. They are from Flatiron School. We have hired 3 juniors straight out of camp. All are on…
...he's not saying tech hiring is beyond criticism. He's saying this person's opinionated talk smacks of entitlement. Which it does when compared with the rest of the working world outside of the SF tech bubble.
6x your salary is pretty high. I've stuck to 4x personally.
I think that's kind of the point. If you have to study for an interview, the interview is most likely not representative of real work one would find on the job. Let's face it. "Big Co" interviewing is about passing an…
But FB is a public company. If shareholders thought that was the case, they could vote with their dollars. Looking at the stock price, they seem to have no problem with the way FB is hiring engineers. The market is okay…
That may be true. But in the end, does it matter? Until we see someone taking market share away, I'd argue it doesn't. Facebook still retains top tier people regardless of any perceived quality problems. Sorry you left.…
Really? Links?
You're absolutely right. It's the people involved that make or break the codebase, and transitively, the project itself.
I could not agree with your comments more. The more we realize that there are cultural divides other than skin color, I think we as a collective species can see that the constructs that have been used to divide us in…
North Jersey confirming same.
Classifying Gracie Jiu Jitsu as re-brutalizing Judo isn't the term I'd use. To be completely honest, it's simply wrong to describe BJJ as such. Brutal is the last word I would use to describe it. Jiu-jitsu lends itself…
My company did as well. We've hired about 5. 2 had 2-3 years experience post boot camp. They are excellent mid-senior devs. They are from Flatiron School. We have hired 3 juniors straight out of camp. All are on…