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> I used to wish there was a way I could talk to an engineer in a company over coffee There is. You offer to buy them coffee. In practice, this is actually ho
by ef4 15y ago
> I used to wish there was a way I could talk to an engineer in a company over coffee
There is. You offer to buy them coffee.
In practice, this is actually how much of business (and that includes hiring) gets done.
The whole "Send resume, pass phone screen, do interview, get offer" thing is more the exception than the rule, especially for really desirable jobs.
- eshvk 15y agoIt's kind of hard to be a struggling grad student in Austin and offer to buy engineers in San Francisco coffee. :-) However, having said that, what you say does make a lot of sense.