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I think OP probably means he was rejected from working for codecademy. Their loss judging by codeamigo.

duxup 5y ago
Possible loss, on the other hand "this guy wants to build his own site / make the decisions" might not be a great hire if you're trying to hire a worker drone to build a given widget. Lots of different situations could apply.
- plondon514 5y ago
  I would've been very happy to contribute on any level. I have a desire and passion to be in the ed-tech space. Eventually I just figured that the lowest barrier to entry was building my own site.
  - wila 5y ago
    Cool site and congrats on a successful launch! Tip: Add it to your HN profile.
    - plondon514 5y ago
      Thanks for the tip!
- officialchicken 5y ago
  The only possible situation here is "A-types hire A-types; B-types hire C-types". If a single applicant can replace your entire engineering team (which definitely happened in this case) why wouldn't you hire them to build a widget?
  - duxup 5y ago
    >If a single applicant can replace your entire engineering team (which definitely happened in this case) why wouldn't you hire them to build a widget? Because possibly that's not what they want to do, build a widget.
  - playpause 5y ago
    Haven’t you answered your own question? Because they don’t want to build the widget you want them to build. They want to replace your whole engineering team. What about hiring them to replace the whole engineering team, saving on salaries? Then you’re fucked when that person gets bored and leaves. Hyper passionate individuals don’t make good hires. They might make good founders though.
    - andrew_ 5y ago
      The number of presumptions in your reply is astounding. Based on replies and the blog post, OP clearly has projected the best of intentions. This is classic owning of a clown show hiring process and the hiring wing of Codecademy by the OP. I say "well done."
      - playpause 5y ago
        You've misunderstood. I was directly answering the question in the comment that I was replying to. I know nothing about the OP's situation and said nothing about it.
m00x 5y ago
Really? I don't want to be rude, but that site is really awful-looking and looks like something a bootcamp grad would do for their final project. The complexity though of making something like this though is definitely intermediate+.
- johnwheeler 5y ago
  Oh, you don’t want to be rude? Really? Why just come in here to shit on the devs project? I saw your previous “constructive” criticism. Do you know how hard it is? How many fine details are involved in launching something? Please display some of your solo work, so we can see the merits of your valuable “feedback”
  - m00x 5y ago
    I definitely know how hard it is, I have 10 years of experience and I'm now staff eng and team lead at a 50B+ MC company. I had my own startup, and built many projects first-hand, but I'm not going to de-anonymize myself for the sake of argument. In my opinion, it should always be hard. OP had a good launch and delivered, which is something that's incredible and that only < 1% of devs do, especially by themselves. The design is terrible, but the idea and execution was great. I also love the fact that he did this out of wanting to prove that he could do the work, and not taking the L from the rejection.
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    - ojr 5y ago
      The design doesn't need to be great for an educational site. More frontend tasks can be done to change the css with a library like tailwind ui and it will look better, doing css from scratch is harder but cheaper than the $200 tailwind download. The hardest part of this application is done.
    - rpmisms 5y ago
      I hope I never work on your team, the attitude you're displaying would me an instant no-go from me. Junior devs need encouragement, guidance, and positive feedback. You've managed to wrap semantically positive feedback in a negative mantle. Please leave this guy alone and allow him to continue kicking ass.

Possible loss, on the other hand "this guy wants to build his own site / make the decisions" might not be a great hire if you're trying to hire a worker drone to build a given widget. Lots of different situations could apply.

plondon514 5y ago
I would've been very happy to contribute on any level. I have a desire and passion to be in the ed-tech space. Eventually I just figured that the lowest barrier to entry was building my own site.
- wila 5y ago
  Cool site and congrats on a successful launch! Tip: Add it to your HN profile.
  - plondon514 5y ago
    Thanks for the tip!
officialchicken 5y ago
The only possible situation here is "A-types hire A-types; B-types hire C-types". If a single applicant can replace your entire engineering team (which definitely happened in this case) why wouldn't you hire them to build a widget?
- duxup 5y ago
  >If a single applicant can replace your entire engineering team (which definitely happened in this case) why wouldn't you hire them to build a widget? Because possibly that's not what they want to do, build a widget.
- playpause 5y ago
  Haven’t you answered your own question? Because they don’t want to build the widget you want them to build. They want to replace your whole engineering team. What about hiring them to replace the whole engineering team, saving on salaries? Then you’re fucked when that person gets bored and leaves. Hyper passionate individuals don’t make good hires. They might make good founders though.
  - andrew_ 5y ago
    The number of presumptions in your reply is astounding. Based on replies and the blog post, OP clearly has projected the best of intentions. This is classic owning of a clown show hiring process and the hiring wing of Codecademy by the OP. I say "well done."
    - playpause 5y ago
      You've misunderstood. I was directly answering the question in the comment that I was replying to. I know nothing about the OP's situation and said nothing about it.

m00x 5y ago

Really? I don't want to be rude, but that site is really awful-looking and looks like something a bootcamp grad would do for their final project. The complexity though of making something like this though is definitely intermediate+.

johnwheeler 5y ago
Oh, you don’t want to be rude? Really? Why just come in here to shit on the devs project? I saw your previous “constructive” criticism. Do you know how hard it is? How many fine details are involved in launching something? Please display some of your solo work, so we can see the merits of your valuable “feedback”
- m00x 5y ago
  I definitely know how hard it is, I have 10 years of experience and I'm now staff eng and team lead at a 50B+ MC company. I had my own startup, and built many projects first-hand, but I'm not going to de-anonymize myself for the sake of argument. In my opinion, it should always be hard. OP had a good launch and delivered, which is something that's incredible and that only < 1% of devs do, especially by themselves. The design is terrible, but the idea and execution was great. I also love the fact that he did this out of wanting to prove that he could do the work, and not taking the L from the rejection.
  - deleted 5y ago
    [deleted]
  - ojr 5y ago
    The design doesn't need to be great for an educational site. More frontend tasks can be done to change the css with a library like tailwind ui and it will look better, doing css from scratch is harder but cheaper than the $200 tailwind download. The hardest part of this application is done.
  - rpmisms 5y ago
    I hope I never work on your team, the attitude you're displaying would me an instant no-go from me. Junior devs need encouragement, guidance, and positive feedback. You've managed to wrap semantically positive feedback in a negative mantle. Please leave this guy alone and allow him to continue kicking ass.