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thats every big company. Eventually there will be someone who makes a spreadsheet, sorts by a column, and makes a decision based on what they see. Or, perhaps
by jabroni_salad 4y ago
thats every big company.
Eventually there will be someone who makes a spreadsheet, sorts by a column, and makes a decision based on what they see. Or, perhaps they will send it to a management consultant who has been in the workforce for all of 6 months to make a powerpoint about the columns.
Make sure you have a good rank on as many columns as possible.
- zffr 4y agoIn my experience, Apple was not like this. I was on a user-facing team, and we hardly looked at metrics related to our product's usage. In some cases we didn't even have meaningful metrics to look at.
- TimSchumann 4y agoMight I point out that this may be too far in the ‘opposite direction’?
- laweijfmvo 4y agosimilar to leetcode-style interviews, no one likes it, but when pressed no one can really come up with a better method (that doesn't open the company up for discrimination lawsuits, which is sadly important)
- mejutoco 4y agoA take home test is such an alternative. I have seen several companies offering either a technical challenge live or a take home test.
- MikeTheRocker 4y agoThis has its own problems. For example, it's easy to cheat and it disadvantages people who don't have a lot of time to do homework assignments, which is common for parents.
- binarycrusader 4y agoFor what it’s worth, I’ve worked for three large tech companies (Sun, Oracle, and currently Microsoft) as a developer and none have been like this. I’m sure someone was tracking metrics but I never had to worry about metrics and have just focused on my development role.
- 121789 4y agoI think it's relevant for consumer products where changes are easily measurable, and especially relevant for data-focused teams (growth teams, ML teams) if you're working on infra stuff, enterprise stuff, or longer term complex projects, not as important