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I guarantee you theres tons of engineers with backgrounds in O.S./Networking that could learn those things very quickly. I bet most people working in it learne

I guarantee you theres tons of engineers with backgrounds in O.S./Networking that could learn those things very quickly. I bet most people working in it learned on the job. The certainly dont teach every single specific detail of the entire tech industry in universities. This is just gaslighting.

alephnerd 3y ago
> could learn those things very quickly Maybe. We didn't have the time to risk on hiring a dud in an industry as competitive as Cybersecurity. When competing with Israeli and Indian companies who are able to tap the Israeli, Eastern European, and Indian talent scene where such skills are much more common, we don't have the time to risk timelines falling behind.
- hasty_pudding 3y ago
  Oh such fear mongering. With an decent background shouldnt take someone too long to get up to speed and that time isnt going to break the company. Its what they do in other countries. lol You clearly have with an agenda.
bluecheese452 3y ago
But none willing to work at the wages and working conditions that company is offering.
- alephnerd 3y ago
  > 200-300k base with 15% annual bonus and equity ($300k-750k when I was working at public companies. I can't speak to my portfolio company's equity practices) is not a shit wage That was what we were offering, but we were also demanding on quality and skill required. We ended up getting some top performers in Israel and India for a fraction, despite being ready to pay the above.
  - bluecheese452 3y ago
    I don’t believe you couldn’t find anyone for 750k. At least throw out a believable number. Also you know very well that the majority of H1b is for generic web dev jobs and not OS internals or whatever you were hiring for.
    - blasphemers 3y ago
      They probably made ridiculous requirements on the listing to show they posted the job and could not find people that met the description so they could hire an H1B
      - belltaco 3y ago
        > to show they posted the job and could not find people that met the description so they could hire an H1B Kinda telling that the so called smart people who have trouble getting hired have no clue that that's not a requirement for H1B. The midwest is not sending their best.

alephnerd 3y ago

> could learn those things very quickly Maybe. We didn't have the time to risk on hiring a dud in an industry as competitive as Cybersecurity. When competing with Israeli and Indian companies who are able to tap the Israeli, Eastern European, and Indian talent scene where such skills are much more common, we don't have the time to risk timelines falling behind.

hasty_pudding 3y ago
Oh such fear mongering. With an decent background shouldnt take someone too long to get up to speed and that time isnt going to break the company. Its what they do in other countries. lol You clearly have with an agenda.

bluecheese452 3y ago

But none willing to work at the wages and working conditions that company is offering.

alephnerd 3y ago
> 200-300k base with 15% annual bonus and equity ($300k-750k when I was working at public companies. I can't speak to my portfolio company's equity practices) is not a shit wage That was what we were offering, but we were also demanding on quality and skill required. We ended up getting some top performers in Israel and India for a fraction, despite being ready to pay the above.
- bluecheese452 3y ago
  I don’t believe you couldn’t find anyone for 750k. At least throw out a believable number. Also you know very well that the majority of H1b is for generic web dev jobs and not OS internals or whatever you were hiring for.
  - blasphemers 3y ago
    They probably made ridiculous requirements on the listing to show they posted the job and could not find people that met the description so they could hire an H1B
    - belltaco 3y ago
      > to show they posted the job and could not find people that met the description so they could hire an H1B Kinda telling that the so called smart people who have trouble getting hired have no clue that that's not a requirement for H1B. The midwest is not sending their best.