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> If you spent one day working at Google, in the worst case you can now be called a "former Google employee". Next time you hand out resumes, you can just hand

> If you spent one day working at Google, in the worst case you can now be called a "former Google employee". Next time you hand out resumes, you can just hand out a blank sheet of paper that says "I worked at Google" scribbled in crayon and you'll still get interviews. Pretty funny and also sadly true. The author is the same person that is currently building a C compiler for the one page CPU: http://recc.robertelder.org/ http://recc.robertelder.org/. Suffice it to say this person should just be hired on the spot. Any interviewing is a waste of time for both parties.

JustUhThought 10y ago
Sure, definitely. If the employer can afford them and wants what they are willing to work on, and either is ok with that person working on their own or is confident they can fit well with the team. But yeah, otherwise, all unthinking praise be to the rockstar programmer.
- JustUhThought 10y ago
  No. You know, this is important stuff. I'm going to say something serious. I worked on Wallstreet for 5 years and this is the exact same attitude reserved for Goldman Sachs types, and that pervades Wallstreet in general. But do you know how most people get into GS? Because GS says, "I like the school on your resume and the friends you keep." But do you know how most people get to go to that school and make those friends? Their parents. Their parents move to Westchester, living next to other well-to-dos, and then send their kids off to exclusive colleges and grad, very often on the basis of letters of recommendation from neighbors. Yes, many of these students will be smart and well educated. But they have almost without exception bought into and willing, consciously or not, to perpetuate the system that provided them their privileged place in our society. This the polar opposite of what Silicone Valley was supposed to be. But it's not turning out that way. Sadly.

JustUhThought 10y ago

Sure, definitely. If the employer can afford them and wants what they are willing to work on, and either is ok with that person working on their own or is confident they can fit well with the team. But yeah, otherwise, all unthinking praise be to the rockstar programmer.

JustUhThought 10y ago
No. You know, this is important stuff. I'm going to say something serious. I worked on Wallstreet for 5 years and this is the exact same attitude reserved for Goldman Sachs types, and that pervades Wallstreet in general. But do you know how most people get into GS? Because GS says, "I like the school on your resume and the friends you keep." But do you know how most people get to go to that school and make those friends? Their parents. Their parents move to Westchester, living next to other well-to-dos, and then send their kids off to exclusive colleges and grad, very often on the basis of letters of recommendation from neighbors. Yes, many of these students will be smart and well educated. But they have almost without exception bought into and willing, consciously or not, to perpetuate the system that provided them their privileged place in our society. This the polar opposite of what Silicone Valley was supposed to be. But it's not turning out that way. Sadly.