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Did Gayle write this? It’s hard to believe that someone who has published multiple best selling books would be struggling with looking for a job and even with p
by daymanstep 4y ago
Did Gayle write this? It’s hard to believe that someone who has published multiple best selling books would be struggling with looking for a job and even with paying rent.
EDIT: It’s probably not her. Gayle has a CS degree from upenn while the author of this article states that s/he is not university trained.
- ss108 4y agoYeah, this was a very confusing and unhelpful aspect of the post. It's not clear until too far in that it's not her. She should have prefaced it by saying it was reader-submitted (or however it ended up on her substack).
- bmitc 4y agoSo is her blog hacked or is this someone impersonating her? I also generally don't understand her background, and I see this quite a lot with Silicon Valley backgrounds, so it's more of a general commentary on these types of backgrounds. She went from being an engineer for just three years out of school to founding a consulting firm, publishing company, and publishing books on cracking code and project management interviews. How does that jump happen? Where do people like this get the experience and expertise to write books like this and consult despite only ever having one full-time job before jumping into it?
- Mezzie 4y ago> Where do people like this get the experience and expertise to write books like this and consult despite only ever having one full-time job before jumping into it? Networking mostly.
- epicureanideal 4y agoThey might be wealthy and not have needed to spend much time on the traditional career track. Nothing against them for that. I have observed this a few times. Or they may have support in other ways, friends, family, partners, something, such that it was possible to make the switch.
- ericmcer 4y agoMany of the mid-range successful small SaaS companies sell courses/books/newsletters to other people trying to start their own SaaS companies. It is one of the annoying parts about the current indie dev scene. The qualifications of the people running these companies is usually questionable.
- prmoustache 4y agoThe same way sects and religions exist. Because some self appointed guru decide to cry out loud he knows the truth. It is not about expertise.
- strikelaserclaw 4y agoits more profitable to sell shovels. Hell i wish i had the idea for leetcode.com, the amount of time i invested in doing leetcode, i might actually have a viable business instead of spending hours doing random puzzles.
- gaylemcd 4y agoHi, this is Gayle. This substack is impersonating me. Reported.
- mrits 4y agoI assumed it was her earlier in life until half way through.
- abhinavsharma 4y agoThis is so strange. Is it a substack hack? Is it a marketing strategy? It is bad truncation?
- gaylemcd 4y agoIt's an impersonation. Not mine (Gayle).
- napo 4y agoIt's confusing. It feels like it's written as a joke to highlight that we shouldn't feel bad to get interviews rejections. But It's missing the punchline.
- joenot443 4y agoPerhaps there’s some context missing. My assumption though is that this definitely is not Gayle but it’s perhaps part of a kind of advice column?
- gaylemcd 4y agoIt is an impersonation. Not mine.
- elephanlemon 4y agoI took it as a fictional story critiquing the hiring process.
- preommr 4y agoIt's not, it says "Note: Guest Post"
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- ReactiveJelly 4y agoIt now says "This is a guest post" but it does not say who the guest is
- _fizz_buzz_ 4y agoIt now says on top: > Note: Guest Post
- PragmaticPulp 4y agoNo, it’s a guest post. She added a note about it being a guest post now (it wasn’t there when I first read it) Note that the Substack owner (Gayle) has an incentive to convince you that tech hiring is broken; She is the author of a famous book about how to master tech interviews. This anecdote about someone quitting a contract job 3 months in, putting a 4-5 month gap on their resume, and then wondering why they’re not immediately getting job offers from the first companies she applies to in the middle of a huge tech recession isn’t really a mystery. It’s presented as if the person is merely being unfairly rejected by bad interview processes. The implicit story is that you’re supposed to buy the Substack owner’s book about coding interviews to overcome this problem, but the anecdote author is going to have to tap her network and apply to a huge number of jobs to overcome her less than ideal resume.
- robotsquidward 4y agoShe still didn't share who the author is though. Weird.
- ebiester 4y agoWere I the author, I wouldn't want for someone to know my name either. The last thing I would want for a potential employer to know is that I was in a self-confidence crisis or that I might even be right that I wasn't a good developer.
- moneywoes 4y agoMaybe I’m cynical but she wrote a controversial post about hiring to increase her top of funnel traffic for her services and new substack Wouldn’t be the first time
- gaylemcd 4y agoThe substack is an impersonation. Not mine (Gayle).
- gaylemcd 4y agoThis substack is an impersonation. Not mine (Gayle). Reported.
- gaylemcd 4y agoHi, this is Gayle. This is not my substack. This person is impersonating me. Reported.
- candybar 4y agoIt claims to be a guest post, but it honestly reads very much like a fictional story carefully written to emphasize the importance of her books and services, while also maximizing engagement/outrage. The character doesn't seem super plausible either in terms of the history or in terms of how they respond to failures. Edit: Actually looks like it's a very old story instead, which made it seem implausible in modern context: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34289608 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34289608
- gaylemcd 4y agoThe substack is an impersonation. Reported.
- tluyben2 4y agoYep this was pretty confusing, even with the ‘guest post’ but only her name.
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- gregdoesit 4y agoGayle confirmed this site is an impersonation of her and she did not author this. Seems like the post is made up. https://twitter.com/gergelyorosz/status/1611748759553150985 https://twitter.com/gergelyorosz/status/1611748759553150985
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- gaylemcd 4y agoNo. This is Gayle. I did not write this, nor is this my substack. Reported.