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The recruiters just spray and pray wildly. Since 2020, I’ve had: - A recruiter from Google reach out to me about an Engineering Manager position - I’ve never m

The recruiters just spray and pray wildly. Since 2020, I’ve had: - A recruiter from Google reach out to me about an Engineering Manager position - I’ve never managed anyone in my life. - A recruiter from Facebook reach out to me about a senior software engineering position even though the last job I had at the time that had an official title of “software engineer” was two years prior and I had no details about what I did and the company I worked for was unknown - two recruiters reaching out to me from Amazon about “exciting software development opportunities” - while it clearly showed on my LinkedIn profile that I was working at AWS.

andsoitis 4y ago
> A recruiter from Google reach out to me about an Engineering Manager position - I’ve never managed anyone in my life There has to be a first time managing a team, no? Some people view changing roles from IC to leader as career progression. Maybe the recruiter saw something positive on your resume and thought: hey, this person might make a great leader and maybe they’d be interested in a next step in their career. However, judging by your reaction, you probably aren’t / weren’t ready so win/win.
- scarface74 4y ago
  I would hope that Google has more sense than to hire someone as an EM with absolutely no management experience and no experience working at any large company. They would have never hired me. It’s more speaking to recruiters than the hiring practices. Besides my LinkedIn profile where I was reached out at is purposefully sparse.
P_I_Staker 4y ago
To echo others, none of that seems unreasonable: - There's a first time for everything, including management - The facebook thing is a little weird, but if you had some software experience, and two years isn't THAT long ago, it may be worth a try. As much as everyone says you need perfectly crafted resumes, sometimes there's detailed information missing. People know your only human and capable of being a bit vague on a resume, or entertaining opportunities you didn't initially envision. - As far as I understand, this isn't weird at all. It seems the culture at Amazon is to hop around teams, if desired... I think you only have to put in 18 months to be an "unrestricted free agent". I've been told that a big part of success at amazon is predicting the right time to leave doomed teams.

andsoitis 4y ago

> A recruiter from Google reach out to me about an Engineering Manager position - I’ve never managed anyone in my life There has to be a first time managing a team, no? Some people view changing roles from IC to leader as career progression. Maybe the recruiter saw something positive on your resume and thought: hey, this person might make a great leader and maybe they’d be interested in a next step in their career. However, judging by your reaction, you probably aren’t / weren’t ready so win/win.

scarface74 4y ago
I would hope that Google has more sense than to hire someone as an EM with absolutely no management experience and no experience working at any large company. They would have never hired me. It’s more speaking to recruiters than the hiring practices. Besides my LinkedIn profile where I was reached out at is purposefully sparse.

P_I_Staker 4y ago

To echo others, none of that seems unreasonable: - There's a first time for everything, including management - The facebook thing is a little weird, but if you had some software experience, and two years isn't THAT long ago, it may be worth a try. As much as everyone says you need perfectly crafted resumes, sometimes there's detailed information missing. People know your only human and capable of being a bit vague on a resume, or entertaining opportunities you didn't initially envision. - As far as I understand, this isn't weird at all. It seems the culture at Amazon is to hop around teams, if desired... I think you only have to put in 18 months to be an "unrestricted free agent". I've been told that a big part of success at amazon is predicting the right time to leave doomed teams.