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Amusing qualifications for the senior engineering roles they’re hiring for: “Deep understanding of what is a computer, what is computer software, and how the t

Amusing qualifications for the senior engineering roles they’re hiring for: “Deep understanding of what is a computer, what is computer software, and how the two relate.” Right after the senior ML role that requires people understand how to write “algorithms and programs.” Kinda hard to take those kinds of requirements seriously.

wongarsu 3y ago
The second one isn't that bad in context. But the Senior Systems Software Engineer is wild, with "Deep understanding of what is a computer, what is computer software, and how the two relate" followed by "Experience writing and maintaining production code in C++14 or newer". You'd think the latter would imply the former, but maybe not... They seem to have even lowered expectations a bit. Two months ago [1] they were already hiring for that role (or a very, very similar one), but back then you needed experience with "mission-critical code in C++17", now just "production code in C++14". 1: http://web.archive.org/web/20230922170941/https://lmstudio.ai/jobs.html http://web.archive.org/web/20230922170941/https://lmstudio.a...
- xcv123 3y ago
  > You'd think the latter would imply the former, but maybe not... I wouldn't put C++ devs on too high of a pedestal. I got away with writing shitty C++ code for years before I really knew what I was doing. It still worked though.
xcv123 3y ago
> “Deep understanding of what is a computer, what is computer software, and how the two relate.” Seems like a joke, but many developers do not really understand what's going on behind the scenes. This gets straight to the point. They don't care about HR keyword matching on your CV, or how many years of experience you have of being a mediocre developer with language X or framework Y. I guess during the interview they will investigate whether you truly understand the fundamentals.
- theoldgit 3y ago
  I tend to agree. I have been working in IT for 48 years and it is not at all uncommon to come across developers who have a very narrow and niche view of software development. I have had the privilege to work with a wide range of architects and senior engineers over the years and I have found that the ones who tended to be the most creative (solution wise) were the ones who had deep knowledge right from the bottom of the stack all the way to the top - they did not look at a problem through the lens of a specific language (they all knew multiple languages) - when I have hired for senior positions, unless its been for a very specific skill set, experienced generalists have tended to impress more

wongarsu 3y ago

The second one isn't that bad in context. But the Senior Systems Software Engineer is wild, with "Deep understanding of what is a computer, what is computer software, and how the two relate" followed by "Experience writing and maintaining production code in C++14 or newer". You'd think the latter would imply the former, but maybe not... They seem to have even lowered expectations a bit. Two months ago [1] they were already hiring for that role (or a very, very similar one), but back then you needed experience with "mission-critical code in C++17", now just "production code in C++14". 1: http://web.archive.org/web/20230922170941/https://lmstudio.ai/jobs.html http://web.archive.org/web/20230922170941/https://lmstudio.a...

xcv123 3y ago
> You'd think the latter would imply the former, but maybe not... I wouldn't put C++ devs on too high of a pedestal. I got away with writing shitty C++ code for years before I really knew what I was doing. It still worked though.

xcv123 3y ago

> “Deep understanding of what is a computer, what is computer software, and how the two relate.” Seems like a joke, but many developers do not really understand what's going on behind the scenes. This gets straight to the point. They don't care about HR keyword matching on your CV, or how many years of experience you have of being a mediocre developer with language X or framework Y. I guess during the interview they will investigate whether you truly understand the fundamentals.

theoldgit 3y ago
I tend to agree. I have been working in IT for 48 years and it is not at all uncommon to come across developers who have a very narrow and niche view of software development. I have had the privilege to work with a wide range of architects and senior engineers over the years and I have found that the ones who tended to be the most creative (solution wise) were the ones who had deep knowledge right from the bottom of the stack all the way to the top - they did not look at a problem through the lens of a specific language (they all knew multiple languages) - when I have hired for senior positions, unless its been for a very specific skill set, experienced generalists have tended to impress more