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Very cool - I always have problems with asking interviewers questions in general. This is a unique and valuable niche imo. I'll definitely try to use this in a

by bllguo 9y ago

Very cool - I always have problems with asking interviewers questions in general. This is a unique and valuable niche imo. I'll definitely try to use this in a future interview. Enjoyed the fake questions as well - hope the newsletters have more of the same charm Not sure if someone else has said this - one thing is that I was slightly overwhelmed at first by how many values there were to choose from. Maybe you could show the top 3-5 most popular values in each category (Daily Routines, Team Values, etc.) and let users expand the list if they want? Someone might not care for anything in Strategy, for instance, and wouldn't need to see the entire sub-list.

lynnetye 9y ago
It's really hard for me to maintain two separate personas (which is why I have always highly valued "Friends Outside of Work") so I'll do my best to keep it as real as I can in my newsletters. Thanks for giving me a chance! Re: too many tags, I get really mixed feedback on this. In some ways, my goal with Key Values is to expose people to the diversity of engineering cultures that exist! While it may be overwhelming, it says a lot about what's out there and will hopefully provide encouragement for people and help them get excited about changing jobs (when it is otherwise a pretty dreadful experience). Woops, I'm rambling! tldr: you're right. Some day, I'll A/B test this.
- bllguo 9y ago
  Hah, that was the most striking value in the entire list to me as well That's a good point, I got over being overwhelmed real quick once I started picking values. At that point I was more impressed at how many there were. I'm definitely aware that there are two sides to this coin edit: wondering if you thought about eventually sharing this information to companies as well? Definitely has to be an opt-in thing for the user. Some teams within companies might differ in some key values, so knowing what a candidate prefers could lead to a more granular and accurate match. Would be valuable for a company to know - enough for them to want to pay you, possibly I personally would use such a feature, although the privacy concerns and such might be too hairy to deal with

by bllguo 9y ago

lynnetye 9y ago

It's really hard for me to maintain two separate personas (which is why I have always highly valued "Friends Outside of Work") so I'll do my best to keep it as real as I can in my newsletters. Thanks for giving me a chance! Re: too many tags, I get really mixed feedback on this. In some ways, my goal with Key Values is to expose people to the diversity of engineering cultures that exist! While it may be overwhelming, it says a lot about what's out there and will hopefully provide encouragement for people and help them get excited about changing jobs (when it is otherwise a pretty dreadful experience). Woops, I'm rambling! tldr: you're right. Some day, I'll A/B test this.

bllguo 9y ago
Hah, that was the most striking value in the entire list to me as well That's a good point, I got over being overwhelmed real quick once I started picking values. At that point I was more impressed at how many there were. I'm definitely aware that there are two sides to this coin edit: wondering if you thought about eventually sharing this information to companies as well? Definitely has to be an opt-in thing for the user. Some teams within companies might differ in some key values, so knowing what a candidate prefers could lead to a more granular and accurate match. Would be valuable for a company to know - enough for them to want to pay you, possibly I personally would use such a feature, although the privacy concerns and such might be too hairy to deal with