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I've come across so many devs with "good" CVs who were full of themselves and couldn't do a single pragmatic thing. CVs, degrees, titles seem completely inflate
by sgu999 3y ago
I've come across so many devs with "good" CVs who were full of themselves and couldn't do a single pragmatic thing. CVs, degrees, titles seem completely inflated and mostly meaningless in North America and in tech in particular. Sometimes I'm wondering whether people like you – assuming you are good at your job – shouldn't simply lie on their CV to get their foot in the door.
Regardless, you should have better chances of not being filtered out with small, profitable, companies.
- cqqxo4zV46cp 3y agoA billion of these stories never prepared me for the utter shitshow that laid itself bare to me when I first became a hiring manager. I’m self-taught, am strongly philosophically opposed to educational or past employer ‘prestige’ like working for FAANG or whatever. Still, I learned pretty quickly to not trust a bunch of naive ‘intuitive’ signals.
- smabie 3y agoThe hard truth is that Ivy / FAANG talent is usually higher quality. People just don't want to believe it.
- thelastparadise 3y agoSounds like you are inflating your own ego...
- smabie 3y agoI never graduated college and have never worked at a FAANG.
- nperez 3y agoI began my career in a startup where pretty much everyone else but myself was an Ivy grad, with many coming from FAANG internships, and I have very high opinions of them. We all were very driven and all had things to teach each other. I don't want to downplay the notion that it's an indicator of high quality talent. I just think that it shouldn't be downplayed that growing up developing software out of an interest in the work is a strong indicator too.
- ZephyrBlu 3y agoIt carries signal for being above average relative to the rest of the population, which is a low bar to begin with. It doesn't carry much signal for being great.
- smabie 3y agoThis is true, but any signal for future greatness is really weak I think.
- Comma2976 3y agoI have found that I can take a single look and identify the best engineer and all around smartest guy in a room, often also the funniest, with the caveat that I need a mirror to do it.
- sgu999 3y agoI really thought you were a proper wanker until I reached the end of your sentence, well done