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Throwback to that one time Google wouldn't hire @mxcl. ;) https://twitter.com/mxcl/status/608682016205344768 https://twitter.com/mxcl/status/608682016205344768

by Empact 10y ago

Throwback to that one time Google wouldn't hire @mxcl. ;) https://twitter.com/mxcl/status/608682016205344768 https://twitter.com/mxcl/status/608682016205344768 Well done Mike and contributors! It's a great piece of work.

sergiotapia 10y ago
He couldn't even ${college_level_gotcha}! No wonder he wasn't hired!
- Kequc 10y ago
  After it has been determined that there is a certain level of capacity to perform, then it should be about how excited they are to learn and integrate into the company's technology stack and culture. Technology stacks have become complex enough in recent years that it is a little bit unreasonable to expect a candidate to be familiar with all of it. The same way it is a little bit unreasonable that the developer would know or remember every college level gotcha you could throw their way. For instance what if they code in such a way that they haven't run into that problem in years as it is internalised. Or maybe they make use of tools that eliminate a lot of problems, such as TypeScript or similar. A good developer comes in many forms and increasingly often from all over the world.
- ssalazar 10y ago
  According to him. The only context is one tweet from one side of the story.
itchynosedev 10y ago
It's hard for me to understand the issue with this. Google didn't hire the guy who wrote software that had a big impact on the community. Does it mean Google misses good engineers because of their less-than-ideal interview process, or simply Google hires only people who are a good fit for their organisation? Writing the overly bitter tweet surely won't help with improving hiring points. Seems highly unprofessional and childish.
- asendra 10y ago
  Well, he's at Apple now in charge of the Swift Package Manager, so I think he did okay.
  - hboon 10y ago
    He left.
    - asendra 10y ago
      Really? I didn't know that. I'm sure he has plenty of options though.
    - deleted 10y ago
      [deleted]
    - faitswulff 10y ago
      Source?
      - steveklabnik 10y ago
        https://twitter.com/mxcl/status/773573824201699328 https://twitter.com/mxcl/status/773573824201699328
        faitswulff 10y ago
        Thanks!
    - hueving 10y ago
      Looks like Google was onto something when they rejected him to start with...
    - allsystemsgo 10y ago
      Yeah I'm curious why he left. From what I could tell it sounded like changes in Swift took an act of congress basically. Which is fine, and how it should be, given how important it is to get it right. I wonder where he went.
tommeader 10y ago
Found the thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9695102 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9695102
mesozoic 10y ago
After using the terrible piece of software that Homebrew is I don't blame them.

by Empact 10y ago

sergiotapia 10y ago

He couldn't even ${college_level_gotcha}! No wonder he wasn't hired!

Kequc 10y ago
After it has been determined that there is a certain level of capacity to perform, then it should be about how excited they are to learn and integrate into the company's technology stack and culture. Technology stacks have become complex enough in recent years that it is a little bit unreasonable to expect a candidate to be familiar with all of it. The same way it is a little bit unreasonable that the developer would know or remember every college level gotcha you could throw their way. For instance what if they code in such a way that they haven't run into that problem in years as it is internalised. Or maybe they make use of tools that eliminate a lot of problems, such as TypeScript or similar. A good developer comes in many forms and increasingly often from all over the world.
ssalazar 10y ago
According to him. The only context is one tweet from one side of the story.

itchynosedev 10y ago

It's hard for me to understand the issue with this. Google didn't hire the guy who wrote software that had a big impact on the community. Does it mean Google misses good engineers because of their less-than-ideal interview process, or simply Google hires only people who are a good fit for their organisation? Writing the overly bitter tweet surely won't help with improving hiring points. Seems highly unprofessional and childish.

asendra 10y ago
Well, he's at Apple now in charge of the Swift Package Manager, so I think he did okay.
- hboon 10y ago
  He left.
  - asendra 10y ago
    Really? I didn't know that. I'm sure he has plenty of options though.
  - deleted 10y ago
    [deleted]
  - faitswulff 10y ago
    Source?
    - steveklabnik 10y ago
      https://twitter.com/mxcl/status/773573824201699328 https://twitter.com/mxcl/status/773573824201699328
      - faitswulff 10y ago
        Thanks!
  - hueving 10y ago
    Looks like Google was onto something when they rejected him to start with...
  - allsystemsgo 10y ago
    Yeah I'm curious why he left. From what I could tell it sounded like changes in Swift took an act of congress basically. Which is fine, and how it should be, given how important it is to get it right. I wonder where he went.

tommeader 10y ago

Found the thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9695102 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9695102

mesozoic 10y ago

After using the terrible piece of software that Homebrew is I don't blame them.