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That's interesting - at least from what I've seen they've been able to lowball folks (relatively) and still get hires in. Given that they can only hire mediocr
by slownews45 5y ago
That's interesting - at least from what I've seen they've been able to lowball folks (relatively) and still get hires in.
Given that they can only hire mediocre tech talent, this speaks to perhaps the success of the HR management that they were able to build what looks like a market leading offering in AWS (the scale of which is absolutely huge - all built by these mediocre engineer!)
- luffapi 5y agoStructural barriers to entry will mask all manner of incompetence (c.f. Microsoft in the 90s). It’s important for our industry to recognize what actually leads to success instead of cargo culting horrible managerial practices that only succeed because the practitioners have first mover advantage, regulatory capture, network effects…