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Entitled and immature. Not disputing that the author had a negative experience on this attempt to land a job he is clearly interested in, but his response to it
by intellectronica 8y ago
Entitled and immature. Not disputing that the author had a negative experience on this attempt to land a job he is clearly interested in, but his response to it doesn't take into account:
1. That in all likelihood nobody deliberately tried to make his experience negative - people (and companies, even very successful ones) make mistakes.
2. That the process of trying to get a job (like everything else in life) involves luck and hardship. Life isn't "fair" and nobody owes us exclusively positive experiences.
3. That interviewing for a job one wants is often stressful. We all wish to be validated and being put to a test is bound to colour our experience at least a bit negative. It's on us to discount that when judging others. Calling this experience a "horror story" sounds hysterical and out of proportion. Some people out there really experience horror stories trying to make a living and survive. A programmer being invited to apply to a slightly better job isn't one of them.
If the author did manage to get an offer he would be joining a large company where there are daily opportunities to feel wronged and deprived and complain about how unfair the world is. If he couldn't handle it for one day of interviewing, it's probably for the best if he doesn't make it his daily job.