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Lots of attrition of good engineers. Management is not held accountable for failures, only engineers are scapegoated. As a result, remaining engineers are disgr

Lots of attrition of good engineers. Management is not held accountable for failures, only engineers are scapegoated. As a result, remaining engineers are disgruntled and don't care. Source: https://www.teamblind.com/company/GitHub/reviews https://www.teamblind.com/company/GitHub/reviews

no_wizard 3y ago
Blind is an echo chamber, and attracts a certain type of person, for sure. Vast majority of engineers I know aren't even on it and often haven't heard of it. I think Blind is a data point, but its one of many, and certainly not definitive in my opinion
- jonny_eh 3y ago
  It's like a bitter GlassDoor.
- nine_zeros 3y ago
  > Blind is an echo chamber, and attracts a certain type of person, for sure. It certainly is a misery-loves-company community. But I have found them to be the most honest representation of a company and its tech and management practices. It is also a reliable source of compensation data. For example, I look at Meta's reviews there and that matches my experience. Nobody cares about their apps. All people care about is performance reviews with fake impact. That was exactly my experience in the company.
  - no_wizard 3y ago
    To add some nuance to what I'm saying: I've found its accurate for Meta / Microsoft / Google / Apple / Netflix / Amazon. Having worked at Apple for half a decade, it seemed (mostly) accurate. I have found it less accurate for other companies that are big and desirable but not nearly as sought after to work for in the last decade. For startups or smaller companies, its not the best data point Don't know where I'd put GitHub, maybe the signal to noise ratio is closer to one of the big companies than not, however my current employer has a Blind channel and its not very accurate to my experience
    - tough 3y ago
      You realise Github is Microsoft nowadays right?
      - no_wizard 3y ago
        I do, however for the purpose of this discussion, I'm treating them separately, as GitHub is a distinct employer from Microsoft on Blind.
        tough 3y ago
        Oh I see, I never checked out Blind, in LinkedIn Jobs tho the Github Offers seem very much Microsoft Offers to me.
- websap 3y ago
  Lol! If you're an engineer and you don't spend even a little time on Blind, you're signing up to get hustled. Learned so many interesting tidbits from Blind that I was able to use to get ahead in my career. Is it negative, yes; can you still benefit from it, yes.
  - tester756 3y ago
    Let's dont act as if the Blind was the only place where you can have discussion about stuff like this
    - websap 3y ago
      Yet to see a more honest, transparent and non-posturing discussion board about tech.
tester756 3y ago
This site feels like a terrible joke Do really "serious" people use this?
numpad0 3y ago
Businesses that can turn profit from monkeys as employees are best businesses. Running such businesses on tightly standardized PhDs is best for its own survival. So that's what everyone does to various degrees, and it's also such a horrible thinking.

no_wizard 3y ago

Blind is an echo chamber, and attracts a certain type of person, for sure. Vast majority of engineers I know aren't even on it and often haven't heard of it. I think Blind is a data point, but its one of many, and certainly not definitive in my opinion

jonny_eh 3y ago
It's like a bitter GlassDoor.
nine_zeros 3y ago
> Blind is an echo chamber, and attracts a certain type of person, for sure. It certainly is a misery-loves-company community. But I have found them to be the most honest representation of a company and its tech and management practices. It is also a reliable source of compensation data. For example, I look at Meta's reviews there and that matches my experience. Nobody cares about their apps. All people care about is performance reviews with fake impact. That was exactly my experience in the company.
- no_wizard 3y ago
  To add some nuance to what I'm saying: I've found its accurate for Meta / Microsoft / Google / Apple / Netflix / Amazon. Having worked at Apple for half a decade, it seemed (mostly) accurate. I have found it less accurate for other companies that are big and desirable but not nearly as sought after to work for in the last decade. For startups or smaller companies, its not the best data point Don't know where I'd put GitHub, maybe the signal to noise ratio is closer to one of the big companies than not, however my current employer has a Blind channel and its not very accurate to my experience
  - tough 3y ago
    You realise Github is Microsoft nowadays right?
    - no_wizard 3y ago
      I do, however for the purpose of this discussion, I'm treating them separately, as GitHub is a distinct employer from Microsoft on Blind.
      - tough 3y ago
        Oh I see, I never checked out Blind, in LinkedIn Jobs tho the Github Offers seem very much Microsoft Offers to me.
websap 3y ago
Lol! If you're an engineer and you don't spend even a little time on Blind, you're signing up to get hustled. Learned so many interesting tidbits from Blind that I was able to use to get ahead in my career. Is it negative, yes; can you still benefit from it, yes.
- tester756 3y ago
  Let's dont act as if the Blind was the only place where you can have discussion about stuff like this
  - websap 3y ago
    Yet to see a more honest, transparent and non-posturing discussion board about tech.

tester756 3y ago

This site feels like a terrible joke Do really "serious" people use this?

numpad0 3y ago

Businesses that can turn profit from monkeys as employees are best businesses. Running such businesses on tightly standardized PhDs is best for its own survival. So that's what everyone does to various degrees, and it's also such a horrible thinking.