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>On the other hand, if you’re a brilliant engineer who struggles with being told what to do or doing work that you can’t immediately connect to something intrin

>On the other hand, if you’re a brilliant engineer who struggles with being told what to do or doing work that you can’t immediately connect to something intrinsically motivating to you, that FAANG interview just did both you and the company a favor by weeding you out of the process. Or maybe the candidate is willing to do that type of work during work hours, but lacks the time and motivation to do it at home after work.

username90 6y ago
I made way more money practicing interview questions than I did working for a shit company. If I didn't practice I would have stayed at shit companies and continue earning half the salary I got at Google. In the end when I look at the difference in salary progression between me and those who didn't join Google I earned around $300k after taxes for practicing algorithm problems for a few months so far. I'd say anyone who don't want to do that is just plain stupid. When people say "work smarter not harder", practicing algorithm interviews on your free time instead of trying to get a raise at shit companies is exactly the smarter thing to do. By choosing not to do this you make your life way harder.
- bloodorange 6y ago
  > I'd say anyone who don't want to do that is just plain stupid. Please elaborate.
  - username90 6y ago
    You have two options for a job: A. Boring big corporation paying $80k. B. Boring big corporation paying $160k, but you need to spend a few weeks practicing to pass their tests before joining. Many people say they choose A since they don't want to waste their free time coding, like the guy I responded to. That is just plain stupid. Money is ultimately free time, you don't have to work as long as you have money, and many of these well paying companies lets you go down in time.
    - bloodorange 6y ago
      Consider it an entertaining exercise to try and come up with a way of looking at this which doesn't involve people who don't think like you do being labelled stupid. One way to find at least one promising line of thought in that direction is to consider that every choice has a cost and not just a benefit.
- throwaway_dcnt 6y ago
  300K after taxes? In california, that's practically 600K gross. Well done. Considering you mentioned you doubled your income, does that mean boring corp was paying you 300K gross? That is pretty impressive and honestly, I didn't think broing corp paid this much.

username90 6y ago

I made way more money practicing interview questions than I did working for a shit company. If I didn't practice I would have stayed at shit companies and continue earning half the salary I got at Google. In the end when I look at the difference in salary progression between me and those who didn't join Google I earned around $300k after taxes for practicing algorithm problems for a few months so far. I'd say anyone who don't want to do that is just plain stupid. When people say "work smarter not harder", practicing algorithm interviews on your free time instead of trying to get a raise at shit companies is exactly the smarter thing to do. By choosing not to do this you make your life way harder.

bloodorange 6y ago
> I'd say anyone who don't want to do that is just plain stupid. Please elaborate.
- username90 6y ago
  You have two options for a job: A. Boring big corporation paying $80k. B. Boring big corporation paying $160k, but you need to spend a few weeks practicing to pass their tests before joining. Many people say they choose A since they don't want to waste their free time coding, like the guy I responded to. That is just plain stupid. Money is ultimately free time, you don't have to work as long as you have money, and many of these well paying companies lets you go down in time.
  - bloodorange 6y ago
    Consider it an entertaining exercise to try and come up with a way of looking at this which doesn't involve people who don't think like you do being labelled stupid. One way to find at least one promising line of thought in that direction is to consider that every choice has a cost and not just a benefit.
throwaway_dcnt 6y ago
300K after taxes? In california, that's practically 600K gross. Well done. Considering you mentioned you doubled your income, does that mean boring corp was paying you 300K gross? That is pretty impressive and honestly, I didn't think broing corp paid this much.