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Or it means the process is well defined enough that you can create a level field by telling everyone how it works through guides like this instead of giving con
by ummonk 8y ago
Or it means the process is well defined enough that you can create a level field by telling everyone how it works through guides like this instead of giving connected people a leg up due to inside knowledge of a poorly defined process.
- doctorpangloss 8y agoI can guarantee you that more than 90% of people working in highly compensated positions at the world's most famous corporations have had a lot of "leg up" benefits in their lives.
- ummonk 8y agoLeg ups that have helped them become better at software engineering? Sure. Leg ups in the form of insider connections / elites? Less so, particularly for talent they're hiring today. This is a significantly more meritocratic industry than most, and within the industry, the FANGs are relatively more meritocratic than smaller startups.
- Techonomicon 8y agoMeritocratic in the most boring uninteresting sense of the term where you literally only work on things in a way which Google tells you will help advance you up their ladders while not actually working on anything in a way you would find interesting in general.
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- YjSe2GMQ 8y agoYup. It's in th same spirit as SATs - people also practice for that.