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Apply the Lindy rule[0]: To get a job at a startup, have an app portfolio. To get a job at a Big N, go to an elite university, another Big N, or grind Leetcod
by ipnon 6y ago
Apply the Lindy rule[0]:
To get a job at a startup, have an app portfolio.
To get a job at a Big N, go to an elite university, another Big N, or grind Leetcode for months.
To get a job at a corporation, grind Leetcode and have recruiters spam your resume.
Different jobs require different applicants. A balanced, general approach, would be to do 1 Leetcode problem and send 1 application per day. It'd be hard to still be underemployed after doing that for any while.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_effect
- AnimalMuppet 6y agoHow are any of those recommendations related to the Lindy Effect?
- ipnon 6y agoShow an ability to survive in the different constraints unique to each type of software engineering job
- AnimalMuppet 6y agoHow is that related to the Lindy Effect? Just throwing in the word "survive" doesn't automatically mean the Lindy Effect is in play...
- ipnon 6y agoI would like to respond in equal manner: Show an ability to survive in the different constraints unique to each type of software engineering job
- wcarss 6y agoI'd never heard of the Lindy effect before and it seems very interesting. As I understand it, it suggests "the longer a non-perishable thing is present, the longer it likely will be present." Not trying to razz you here, but I don't quite follow how this is an application of it. Could you elaborate a bit? (edit: rats, I took too long to try to word this request tactfully)
- BossingAround 6y ago> and have recruiters spam your resume What does this mean? Do you mean the applicant to spam recruiters with their resume? Or use Leetcode directly for hiring, because corpos will hire through Leetcode?
- ipnon 6y agoGet some buzz in recruiting circles, and have them do the hardwork of getting your name out