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> Finally, I realized my brain needs more time than the average programmer to find patterns in this type of problems. > I gave up on my goal to land a job in on
by noncoml 8y ago
> Finally, I realized my brain needs more time than the average programmer to find patterns in this type of problems.
> I gave up on my goal to land a job in one of these big corporations.
Maybe we are just not good enough.. And maybe it's sour grapes for having been rejected by them, but honestly I don't feel I would be a good fit for Google or FB ideologically. I value user privacy and freedom too much. In my eyes they are both evil-corps.
- rhizome 8y agoIt's contextual. I've worked at a big, cool company before, and the things I had to be good at to survive (mostly non-technical) simply were not important to me, nor very useful outside of work. They were core requirements for long-term success there, though.
- chris11 8y agoI'm interested in hearing more about that. What were the non-technical requirements that you didn't like?
- rhizome 8y agoMostly the highly-significant role that social relations play, far beyond what I have experienced at <100ppl companies. This was also in vidya, so it was extra...I don't know if I'd say "vicious," but competitive for sure.
- AlexCoventry 8y agoWhat's vidya?