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> someone who worked at a low-status job for four years out of college, then worked at a hot startup for one year. Or someone with no college degree who spent
by leto_ii 6y ago
> someone who worked at a low-status job for four years out of college, then worked at a hot startup for one year. Or someone with no college degree who spent time working in "low-status" tech roles but has one popular GitHub project.
The parts about "hot" startups and popular GitHub projects do sound a lot like prestige to me. Incidentally I have worked for quite some time at a "hot" startup (in Europe) and I can tell you that its "hotness" was in no way justified by tech fundamentals - it was mostly fueled by great sales and marketing. GitHub popularity is also not necessarily related to fundamentals - remember things like the isEven, isOdd etc. packages?
- lacker 6y agoWell, yes, but the point is that tech recruiters are very willing to look at people who have done 3 low-status things, and 1 high-status thing. The article complains about recruiters who insist that resumes reject any sign of low status. If your resume has nothing interesting on it at all, then it's going to be hard to get an initial phone screen at a tech company, because there are so many resumes just like it.