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> the two things for me are whether you can do technical cave diving like figuring out what happened to that threading issue, and whether you have the capacity
by wwweston 5y ago
> the two things for me are whether you can do technical cave diving like figuring out what happened to that threading issue, and whether you have the capacity to read and understand a large amount of text, like being a lawyer or political science student.
Aaaand this is the moment where I worry that I'm a decade or two into the wrong track, because while my math degree says I'm not chopped liver at the former, I'm probably better at the latter.
- lordnacho 5y agoBut actual work experience is an even better hint that someone can do a job...
- shapefrog 5y agoIs it really? I doubt I am the only one who has worked with a highly regarded colleague, who when you actually do the work on the ground with, you discover they are incredibly unimpressive. Promotions for incompetence, serial job hoppers who move on before being discovered as being shit ... etc
- lordnacho 5y agoI've been in that situation as well. It's not like signals can't be wrong. Question is who do you want to hire, someone with no experience or someone with some years doing the job?
- shapefrog 5y agoNaturally experience, ultimately hiring managers have never seen a cv without experience, the choice is how you differentiate different experiences. Ultimately it all comes down to 'which candidate do I want to (or can tolerate) spending more time with than my own family'.