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IMHO, this is the worst possible approach to finding a job. The opportunity cost of doing this over working on interesting problems and letting that guide you
by wesleytodd 8y ago
IMHO, this is the worst possible approach to finding a job. The opportunity cost of doing this over working on interesting problems and letting that guide you to pay seems extremely high.
Also, the focus on "top bay area companies" seems misguided at best. If you work more on identifying what type of work you want to be doing you might find there are GREAT opportunities in other regions or at smaller scale companies.
Maybe I am just not the type of person who resonates with this approach, but I cant imagine this being healthy for most people.
- Scarblac 8y agoIt's early in his carreer. I think getting some years of solid experience at a company like this will probably improve his skills a lot, and then he still has plenty of time left to find the really interesting problems.
- Zimahl 8y agoI'm with you. I get that people chase the resume builder companies, even years later it'll be a highlight on a resume that HR folks salivate over. Outside of a handful of the big well-known bay area tech companies, I can't really see what many of them do that other non-illustrious companies do as well. If you are simply a web services developer I don't think I'd waste my time - there's not much you are going to build at Facebook that you aren't going to build at no-name company X.