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Plenty of "top" candidates don't work and don't want to work at a faang company.

by rozap 6y ago

lostcolony 6y ago
Quite honestly I have my doubts FAANG selects for "top" candidates anyway. Unless you define "top candidate" as "those FAANG selects".
- disgruntledphd2 6y ago
  The loop variance is very high, so there's a lot of error, but in terms of the overall quality of my co-workers, the FAANG i spent five years at was definitely the best. I do notice a substantial difference in average quality between them and less successful Bay Area companies, which does suggest that they are doing a reasonably good job at getting pretty good people in the door.
  - decafninja 6y ago
    I think passion comes into play here. You've got to have at least some amount of drive beyond "clock in at 9 and leave at 5 sharp to collect a paycheck" to get into these top tech companies. Even if at the end of the day, it's still a job, I don't think you can get into these companies unless you dedicate a way-above-average amount of time and effort to do so. Ignore all of the above if you are a natural leetcode wizard; yes I know there are some people like that.
    - buttscicles 6y ago
      > You've got to have at least some amount of drive beyond "clock in at 9 and leave at 5 sharp to collect a paycheck" to get into these top tech companies. I can't say how true this is or not, but I know there are plenty that _want_ to get in exactly so they can clock in & out without doing much
      - disgruntledphd2 6y ago
        Dunno, I got in relatively early without any leet-coding at all. To be fair though, I work in DS and was in the greater sales org, so there was more of a focus on what I could actually do. That being said, I think that it was that they (used to) hire people with drive, give them autonomy and a choice of what to work on from the large set of hard problems, and watch the money roll in.
  - lostcolony 6y ago
    Sounds like you're saying FAANG is above average. Which I'd grant, but that's not really a negation.

Plenty of "top" candidates don't work and don't want to work at a faang company.

by rozap 6y ago

Plenty of "top" candidates don't work and don't want to work at a faang company.

Quite honestly I have my doubts FAANG selects for "top" candidates anyway. Unless you define "top candidate" as "those FAANG selects".

disgruntledphd2 6y ago
The loop variance is very high, so there's a lot of error, but in terms of the overall quality of my co-workers, the FAANG i spent five years at was definitely the best. I do notice a substantial difference in average quality between them and less successful Bay Area companies, which does suggest that they are doing a reasonably good job at getting pretty good people in the door.
- decafninja 6y ago
  I think passion comes into play here. You've got to have at least some amount of drive beyond "clock in at 9 and leave at 5 sharp to collect a paycheck" to get into these top tech companies. Even if at the end of the day, it's still a job, I don't think you can get into these companies unless you dedicate a way-above-average amount of time and effort to do so. Ignore all of the above if you are a natural leetcode wizard; yes I know there are some people like that.
  - buttscicles 6y ago
    > You've got to have at least some amount of drive beyond "clock in at 9 and leave at 5 sharp to collect a paycheck" to get into these top tech companies. I can't say how true this is or not, but I know there are plenty that _want_ to get in exactly so they can clock in & out without doing much
    - disgruntledphd2 6y ago
      Dunno, I got in relatively early without any leet-coding at all. To be fair though, I work in DS and was in the greater sales org, so there was more of a focus on what I could actually do. That being said, I think that it was that they (used to) hire people with drive, give them autonomy and a choice of what to work on from the large set of hard problems, and watch the money roll in.
- lostcolony 6y ago
  Sounds like you're saying FAANG is above average. Which I'd grant, but that's not really a negation.