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>The guy was on something like a three month contract, and a good chunk of that time was on-boarding then slowly getting suspicious. My perception after readin
by Dan_Sylveste 4y ago
>The guy was on something like a three month contract, and a good chunk of that time was on-boarding then slowly getting suspicious.
My perception after reading a lot of this thread is that there's so much bloat and checked-outness in the tech sector that it's probably very feasible as an employment strategy to bullshit your way into multiple 3-month contracts, sandbag your way through the onboardings then fail to be renewed (without having done a day's productive work) then rinse and repeat indefinitely.
I don't know how much longer that will persist now that the free money tap has been turned off, though.
It's another world from the startup sector I know where you could tell within a week that a guy wasn't any good and you'd instantly show them the door because you couldn't afford the dead weight for literally another day. shrug
- usrn 4y agoIf you're willing to front load the effort you can also just work hard for a year or two and then coast. There are plenty of holes like this.
- Dan_Sylveste 4y agoSure; if you can do the work. If you can't do the work...
- usrn 4y agoI think any one with average intelligence can probably do software development, it's just a matter of putting in the effort.
- Dan_Sylveste 4y ago>probably do software development Could they get hired at a tech company and put in level-appropriate work for two years? Without domain-specific knowledge and experience? You're saying 'work hard for two years' presumably by that you mean produce level-appropriate or above-level-appropriate work? You're basically saying that you think just anybody off the street with a 100+ IQ can 'just get hired' at a tech firm and do dev work, for two years, and then coast?
- usrn 4y agoStudying to get the job is also part of the effort you put in.