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> Your writing is not strong, I don't know. I think he has pretty decent writing. Kinda reminds me of William Gibson. It may be stylistically unusual, but it's
by dcolkitt 6y ago
> Your writing is not strong,
I don't know. I think he has pretty decent writing. Kinda reminds me of William Gibson. It may be stylistically unusual, but it's definitely better than the median SWE. At least in terms of clearly conveying his thoughts.
- kyawzazaw 6y agoI don't have much experience but that begs me the question, how bad were the SWEs you were working with that had even poorer communication tone than this person.
- DetroitThrow 6y agoI agree, I understood his point and the emotions he's probably feeling as it's an HN post, but so many red flags brings up some significant disconnect in the expectations he had of the audience. I hope he's able to get some good advice from this thread, he seems bright.
- onlyfortoday2 6y agoexactly... his writing is fine.
- stevenhuang 6y agoThe writing is disjointed and does not easily flow. It's too curt and while that's alright for a casual i.e., HN audience, if that's how one communicates in other contexts there will be miscommunication.
- lkm93 6y agoAnd you just used "i.e." incorrectly. Congratulations. Hey snakedoctor! You're probably not a sociopathic, autistic, illiterate narcissist like everyone here is telling you. For one, your writing is just fine, and beyond that any of your bad decisions can simply be explained by youth and (understandable) desperation. I would suggest staying away from HN for life advice. People here might have some money but, aside from that, they are mostly low-intelligence failures.
- urda 6y agoThe entire post flows awkwardly and feels more like an angry ramble than a coherent thought process was applied. This coupled with being a dropout. quitting job after job, and basically phising executives for attention makes this candidate a high risk hire and is not worth the time. Poster: You will need to extend your hard skills and demonstrate why a group should take the risk of your background on. It may be brutally honest, but the world is tough.
- Kluny 6y agoI wouldn't hire William Gibson tbh.
- atoav 6y agoWhat is lacking however (and what seems to impact the opinion of many here negatively) is the total lack of self reflectivity. E.g. the previous jobs at the 3 big companies. Why did OP stop working there? Who ended the contract and why? If OP quit themselves, we lack any reason to understand why and whether this was a good idea in hindsight. Similar situation with the spoofing thing: this is an incredibly daring thing to do. A very self reflective person might ask themselves question like: "Maybe that was a mistake? How did the other side perceive this?" — especially after a rejection. With OP I get two vibes: 1. The issues that lead to them not getting the job they deserve are external. For OP it is out of the question that their behaviour/path they took in the world could have to do with how they are judged. From what I read there is no really rational ground for this confidence. 2. Instead of asking how to change the perception the other side has of them, OP seems to be more interested in the question how they can exploit their way into the position they think they deserve, without putting the leg work and trustbuilding into it. Technically and stylistically the writing is okay, it just seems to be written from the perspective of someone who didn't follow through on reflecting their own position in the job market and their own flaws when it comes to human interaction.
- wwn_se 6y agoTotally agree, combined with the fact that op seems to focus on big tech giants that are generally hard to get in to is a big red flag. My advise is to find a smaller company in a "boring field" (think local schools, manufacturing and retail not google/apple) and try to get the most entry level job that's still gives hands on programming / sysadmin experience. Many small help desks let juniors have small side projects improving something specific for example.