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These red flags are the norm in the last decade that I have been interviewing in SV. Issue is that everybody is in the game to further themselves first and fore
by president 6y ago
These red flags are the norm in the last decade that I have been interviewing in SV. Issue is that everybody is in the game to further themselves first and foremost rather than helping the company or the candidate. I have talked to many colleagues and managers who are only looking for people that can be "used" to get them promoted and this mindset shapes how they interview candidates.
- zwieback 6y agoUnfortunately, not just the last decade and not just SV. I've encountered most of these red flags over the past 30 years and I haven't even interviewed that often.
- IggleSniggle 6y agoI am a career switcher who did code "for fun" and only figured out that I would like my life more if I did it as my job in my 30s. Somehow, I had built my life around the assumption that your job had to be "hard" as in "you need to constantly force yourself to do the work" as some kind of masochistic virtue, and it took me that long to realize that I could actually enjoy my work AND get paid well for it if I just did what I loved (software). Anyway, to your comment: there are people like this everywhere, in all industries. The more money there is involved in a domain, the more you will find people that are only in that domain for the money. Doesn't mean those people wont have legit skills that can be utilized, but there are some downsides as you note.