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Erm, who says the folks being laid off are the "best of the field?"
by favabeanzzz 3y ago
Erm, who says the folks being laid off are the "best of the field?"
- bossyTeacher 3y agoBest of the field was an exaggeration but I just meant very experienced devs. For newbie devs, it is the same. People that either in paper, in practice or both are better than your average $NONAME company dev. To get a job at FAANG, you need to be a good programmer. The folks at FAANGs aren't regular devs. And they are being laid off.
- JohnFen 3y agoSome are, some aren't. The decisions about who to lay off are not generally connected to how good they are.
- alexeiz 3y agoSupposedly Google only hires the best of the best. Now it appears they hired a lot of mediocrity? So much for their lauded hiring process.
- talldatethrow 3y agoI've posted previously that I knew someone that went to one of the most joke low level public schools around (CSU East Bay - I audited a few classes with them even), and they were so goofy you had to help the through understanding the movie plot of basic movies even. They were fun to hang out with, but honestly pretty goofy. They were also a bit lazy, never really learning much about their field. They were hired as a product manager by Google, based on their years of being a scrum master or whatever at a few other bay companies.
- majani 3y ago"Fun to hang out with" takes you further than you think. If the person is also attractive then he has a giant halo effect going for him
- talldatethrow 3y agoIt was a woman actually, so 10x that.