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> ... and even told me he thought I was a better programmer than him. Probably that's exactly why you were ignored. The guy was scared of competition. (Maybe t

> ... and even told me he thought I was a better programmer than him. Probably that's exactly why you were ignored. The guy was scared of competition. (Maybe they were looking for a tech lead and he felt threatened by your expertise.)

kejaed 11y ago
A's hire A's and B's hire C's. http://www.hrdusa.com/As_hire_As.html http://www.hrdusa.com/As_hire_As.html
- Someone1234 11y ago
  That seems more aspirational than realistic.
  - dashoffset 11y ago
    That's because B's are much more common than A's.
- jameshart 11y ago
  And since everybody knows they're an A, the only explanation for a 'no hire' decision must be that the interviewer is a B.
  - ska 11y ago
    Or more likely the overwhelming majority of people who think they are "A" just aren't. Funnily enough, often people who clearly are top rate don't think so (impostor syndrome). Dunning–Kruger appears to be very healthy in development circles.
    - iolothebard 11y ago
      I'm a C, I hire A++ and steal all the credit!
      - disbelief 11y ago
        You're an A because you know you're a C and have employed this workaround to compensate ;)
        iolothebard 11y ago
        Well now you and my wife can agree on that. So I've got two people in my corner! I'm actually a mediocre software engineer. Making an accounting system do XYZ for the 4000th time isn't interesting anymore. Doing it in Angular with all the new whizbang whistles and shit is more annoying than fun. I'm looking at a career switch or something different. I can't keep creating the same nonsense over and over and watch IT run by people that largely wouldn't be good as managers of a McDonald's much less an entire organization's IT department. The first way to see if a company actually understands the importance of IT is to see whether they have a CIO or a Director of IT / VP Engineering / Other less than CIO role. If they can't even commit a C role, what do you think their thoughts are on IT? </rant former IT Director> :-)
  - cpeterso 11y ago
    Who hires the Bs in the first place? :)
    - jack9 11y ago
      People with no budget.
15155 11y ago
> The guy was scared of competition. Or being moved down in the stack ranking and cut.
- ryandrake 11y ago
  This is a great point. I wonder how many good candidates get rejected simply because an interviewer's bonus depends on him remaining the most talented person on the team?
  - pvaldes 11y ago
    A lot probably. Is very common among scientists hiring another scientists in my opinion.
pekk 11y ago
The guy who wants to get you ignored due to potential competition is not likely to frankly admit that you are better. He will have some excuse, like you didn't use enough design patterns.

kejaed 11y ago

A's hire A's and B's hire C's. http://www.hrdusa.com/As_hire_As.html http://www.hrdusa.com/As_hire_As.html

Someone1234 11y ago
That seems more aspirational than realistic.
- dashoffset 11y ago
  That's because B's are much more common than A's.
jameshart 11y ago
And since everybody knows they're an A, the only explanation for a 'no hire' decision must be that the interviewer is a B.
- ska 11y ago
  Or more likely the overwhelming majority of people who think they are "A" just aren't. Funnily enough, often people who clearly are top rate don't think so (impostor syndrome). Dunning–Kruger appears to be very healthy in development circles.
  - iolothebard 11y ago
    I'm a C, I hire A++ and steal all the credit!
    - disbelief 11y ago
      You're an A because you know you're a C and have employed this workaround to compensate ;)
      - iolothebard 11y ago
        Well now you and my wife can agree on that. So I've got two people in my corner! I'm actually a mediocre software engineer. Making an accounting system do XYZ for the 4000th time isn't interesting anymore. Doing it in Angular with all the new whizbang whistles and shit is more annoying than fun. I'm looking at a career switch or something different. I can't keep creating the same nonsense over and over and watch IT run by people that largely wouldn't be good as managers of a McDonald's much less an entire organization's IT department. The first way to see if a company actually understands the importance of IT is to see whether they have a CIO or a Director of IT / VP Engineering / Other less than CIO role. If they can't even commit a C role, what do you think their thoughts are on IT? </rant former IT Director> :-)
- cpeterso 11y ago
  Who hires the Bs in the first place? :)
  - jack9 11y ago
    People with no budget.

15155 11y ago

> The guy was scared of competition. Or being moved down in the stack ranking and cut.

ryandrake 11y ago
This is a great point. I wonder how many good candidates get rejected simply because an interviewer's bonus depends on him remaining the most talented person on the team?
- pvaldes 11y ago
  A lot probably. Is very common among scientists hiring another scientists in my opinion.

pekk 11y ago

The guy who wants to get you ignored due to potential competition is not likely to frankly admit that you are better. He will have some excuse, like you didn't use enough design patterns.