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I don't really see how this looks bad for OP. If anything he(?) looks like a very capable engineer with strong technical skills. (I hope your username trollied

I don't really see how this looks bad for OP. If anything he(?) looks like a very capable engineer with strong technical skills. (I hope your username trollied isn't in bad faith.)

Maro 4y ago
Which part of the story paints the OP as a capable engineer?
- user_7832 4y ago
  The multiple facts that a)both the Product Manager and team were surprised, b)another person from another team reached out pretty soon to try to take OP on their team (having worked with op in the past) And c) recruiters who kept reaching out, AND op kept passing interviews till the HR part
  - natly 4y ago
    Recruiters reaching out barely means anything, they're usually just automated
    - user_7832 4y ago
      Yeah but unless I'm mistaken the technical interviews aren't done by bots but humans Edit: I kinda see your point, my c point is more of 1 than 2 points in that sense
  - Sebb767 4y ago
    > a)both the Product Manager and team were surprised, Which doesn't mean much. I try to avoid privately siding against anyone in my company, too. It's entirely possible that his colleagues did the same and he interpreted it as siding with him. They might also haven't known the full details of the conflict. > b)another person from another team reached out pretty soon to try to take OP on their team (having worked with op in the past) Who most likely did not know about the conflict, either. > c) recruiters who kept reaching out, AND op kept passing interviews till the HR part Passing interviews is a skill not necessarily related to job performance, as discussed here quite often. On the other hand, we know for a fact that he clearly did not handle this conflict well, and that Spotify decided not to hire him again (which might be unfair or might be due to their side of the story being different - we don't know). We also only have his impression of the impression of his colleagues for work performance and the fact that he choose to publicly post this & name the company, despite clearly not being perfectly in the right. Not an ideal candidate in my view, but, as they say, you need to fit to the company culture - so feel free to hire him :)
- Zekio 4y ago
  not giving out completely false estimates for an unknown is pretty good indicator
- Aeolun 4y ago
  Being re-hired the day after you are let go is a pretty big one in my opinion.
throwaway98797 4y ago
“Does not play well with others” he may be capable and probably is, but it doesn’t appear like the dev knows how to deal with less than stellar people. managing sub par people both up and down is an important skill.
prawn 4y ago
Most companies will run a mile from someone who buys a domain and attempts to bring negative publicity out of revenge. While claiming it to be therapy! Maybe their story is accurate, maybe it isn't - either way, that sort of behaviour is an unnecessary risk for the employer.
trollied 4y ago
"trollied" is nothing to do with "troll". It's slang for "drunk" in the UK (and was also a poor comedy show based in a supermarket).

I don't really see how this looks bad for OP. If anything he(?) looks like a very capable engineer with strong technical skills. (I hope your username trollied isn't in bad faith.)

Maro 4y ago

Which part of the story paints the OP as a capable engineer?

user_7832 4y ago
The multiple facts that a)both the Product Manager and team were surprised, b)another person from another team reached out pretty soon to try to take OP on their team (having worked with op in the past) And c) recruiters who kept reaching out, AND op kept passing interviews till the HR part
- natly 4y ago
  Recruiters reaching out barely means anything, they're usually just automated
  - user_7832 4y ago
    Yeah but unless I'm mistaken the technical interviews aren't done by bots but humans Edit: I kinda see your point, my c point is more of 1 than 2 points in that sense
- Sebb767 4y ago
  > a)both the Product Manager and team were surprised, Which doesn't mean much. I try to avoid privately siding against anyone in my company, too. It's entirely possible that his colleagues did the same and he interpreted it as siding with him. They might also haven't known the full details of the conflict. > b)another person from another team reached out pretty soon to try to take OP on their team (having worked with op in the past) Who most likely did not know about the conflict, either. > c) recruiters who kept reaching out, AND op kept passing interviews till the HR part Passing interviews is a skill not necessarily related to job performance, as discussed here quite often. On the other hand, we know for a fact that he clearly did not handle this conflict well, and that Spotify decided not to hire him again (which might be unfair or might be due to their side of the story being different - we don't know). We also only have his impression of the impression of his colleagues for work performance and the fact that he choose to publicly post this & name the company, despite clearly not being perfectly in the right. Not an ideal candidate in my view, but, as they say, you need to fit to the company culture - so feel free to hire him :)
Zekio 4y ago
not giving out completely false estimates for an unknown is pretty good indicator
Aeolun 4y ago
Being re-hired the day after you are let go is a pretty big one in my opinion.

throwaway98797 4y ago

“Does not play well with others” he may be capable and probably is, but it doesn’t appear like the dev knows how to deal with less than stellar people. managing sub par people both up and down is an important skill.

prawn 4y ago

Most companies will run a mile from someone who buys a domain and attempts to bring negative publicity out of revenge. While claiming it to be therapy! Maybe their story is accurate, maybe it isn't - either way, that sort of behaviour is an unnecessary risk for the employer.

trollied 4y ago

"trollied" is nothing to do with "troll". It's slang for "drunk" in the UK (and was also a poor comedy show based in a supermarket).