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That may be your point of view, but can you hire a lot of people with this attitude? Companies in tech successfully attract talent on the basis that they provi
by ridaj 5y ago
That may be your point of view, but can you hire a lot of people with this attitude?
Companies in tech successfully attract talent on the basis that they provide an opportunity to "have impact in the world". I work in tech and I hear this all the time from candidates in interviews, when asking why do you want to work here. Nobody says they just want to make a lot of money for the shareholders and a little for themselves.
The meaning of work and quality of workplace environment is incredibly important to people who work in tech. That's part of the job market situation.
If there was a massive surplus of qualified candidates to do the work, sure the "entrepreneurs" could be telling their staff to "shut up and get to work" whenever they talked about anything non-work-related... But at this time, it just isn't something that employers can really afford to do, and they have set themselves up for it too by hyping up their workplace culture and perks, and by positioning themselves not just as money making machines but as beacons of societal progress.
- nradov 5y agoThat's what candidates say in interviews because that's what they think they're supposed to say. How many are telling the truth?
- ridaj 5y agoI also see it very often in internal survey open answers as the answer for why you enjoy working here. These are anonymous, there is no incentive to lie.
- throway98752343 5y agoUnless you're certain it's anonymous, there's incentive to not be fully open.
- sl1ck731 5y ago"Have an impact in the world" is a canned answer. I seriously doubt a large percentage of candidates really care, its just not appropriate (unfortunately) to say we're here for the money.
- lanstin 5y agoA lot of people get into software because we love to make things that are useful and we love world of elegance and beauty that algorithms and abstractions allow us. We tolerate but don’t support the people that want to become some rich and famous person. I cannot tell the difference during an interview, fortunately, but you can after a while of working with people.