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I'd like to be able to consider it but I'm not in their candidate pool (around forty, no regular job for a few years, non-tech schooling, travel, no high tech w
by dtby 16y ago
I'd like to be able to consider it but I'm not in their candidate pool (around forty, no regular job for a few years, non-tech schooling, travel, no high tech work for years before that).
I am not in their candidate pool, either by your standards. Quickly approaching forty, dropped out of 'society' for 5+ years, non-high tech work during that period, no Ivy League degree. And, yet, despite the fact that I have made -exceptionally- clear that I have no interest in working at their company, they will not stop recruiting me.
I think you should go for it and put in that application. It's way more likely that they want you to work there than that you want to work for them.
- alecco 16y agoThis is terrible advice. Going through Google HR's meat grinder you have a small probability to get in. The process is quite random and it takes a lot of time and energies from you. Don't gamble on 1/10. Most likely, you'll feel like crap for nothing. And don't listen to the 1/10ers, they often rationalize and are fooled by selection bias.
- dtby 16y agothey often rationalize and are fooled by selection bias. Assuming you are talking about me, that's crazy. I have asked, literally, a handful of times that they never contact me again. It might be selection bias, but it's not rationalization and it's not fooling me. It's annoying the crap out me. I hope they go bother someone who is interested in working there.
- alecco 16y ago> Assuming you are talking about me Er, no. You implied you are not a googler. Perhaps I was talking to you.
- djb_hackernews 16y agoHmm I wonder what put you on their radar?