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The blogger is writing about what's happening in maybe 4 (top) schools. The rest of the country doesn't have this "problem." Why the downvotes?

busterarm 11y ago
It's happening outside of schools. In my own network I know roughly 100 or so junior to mid level devs who have sought jobs in the last year and roughly 25% of them have dealt with exploding offers from NY and SF companies -- most frequently from the smallest and/or lowest-paying companies. One of my friends saw an offer explode in less than an hour. They had emailed him at 3pm on a Friday and had made another offer and received an acceptance from somebody else by 3:45 and didn't tell him till he emailed his acceptance around 6pm. I've never seen someone so pissed off.
- kafkaesq 11y ago
  What makes it really fun sometimes is when a company ignores you or just dithers for months and months... and then out of nowhere comes at you with "Ummmm, so we'd like to hire you, can you decide in the next 48 hours?"
  - busterarm 11y ago
    Yes! Even better than that is when you turn them down (for offer or interview) because you have another job already and then a month or two later you receive _their_ rejection letter saying that you're not the right candidate. And I was an employee referral that time -- thanks Mattermark!
- newman314 11y ago
  While that absolutely sucks, I would say that he dodged a bullet there. If a company is willing to pull an offer in a hour, there's a very good chance you don't want to work for them.
  - busterarm 11y ago
    Total agreement there. There's so many indicators like that though and it's hard to find a company that doesn't tick one of them during the interview process. I lucked out with my current job, for sure, because even though they're sometimes disorganized, my work and my person are valued and treated with respect.
    - newman314 11y ago
      True but I find behavior during the hiring process to be a useful indicator. Purely anecdotal of course but I dissuaded my partner from taking a job because I felt that they did not negotiate in good faith. There was some resentment until I was vindicated several years later when said company was fined millions for fraud.

busterarm 11y ago

It's happening outside of schools. In my own network I know roughly 100 or so junior to mid level devs who have sought jobs in the last year and roughly 25% of them have dealt with exploding offers from NY and SF companies -- most frequently from the smallest and/or lowest-paying companies. One of my friends saw an offer explode in less than an hour. They had emailed him at 3pm on a Friday and had made another offer and received an acceptance from somebody else by 3:45 and didn't tell him till he emailed his acceptance around 6pm. I've never seen someone so pissed off.

kafkaesq 11y ago
What makes it really fun sometimes is when a company ignores you or just dithers for months and months... and then out of nowhere comes at you with "Ummmm, so we'd like to hire you, can you decide in the next 48 hours?"
- busterarm 11y ago
  Yes! Even better than that is when you turn them down (for offer or interview) because you have another job already and then a month or two later you receive _their_ rejection letter saying that you're not the right candidate. And I was an employee referral that time -- thanks Mattermark!
newman314 11y ago
While that absolutely sucks, I would say that he dodged a bullet there. If a company is willing to pull an offer in a hour, there's a very good chance you don't want to work for them.
- busterarm 11y ago
  Total agreement there. There's so many indicators like that though and it's hard to find a company that doesn't tick one of them during the interview process. I lucked out with my current job, for sure, because even though they're sometimes disorganized, my work and my person are valued and treated with respect.
  - newman314 11y ago
    True but I find behavior during the hiring process to be a useful indicator. Purely anecdotal of course but I dissuaded my partner from taking a job because I felt that they did not negotiate in good faith. There was some resentment until I was vindicated several years later when said company was fined millions for fraud.