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I read it as them being approached by faang recruiters or hiring managers because they happened to stumble upon their blog and thought they might be a good fit.

by samrus 2y ago

I read it as them being approached by faang recruiters or hiring managers because they happened to stumble upon their blog and thought they might be a good fit. Although idk if that sort of thing happens anymore

scarface_74 2y ago
FAANG recruiters are dumb and not selective. They definitely don’t look at blog posts. - a recruiter from Amazon Retail reached out to me about an SDE 3 (L6) position when I had nothing on my LinkedIn profile aside from a bunch of CRUD jobs on my profile. I - After talking to the recruiter, they suggested I apply for a remote role at AWS Professional Services which I did get. Funny enough, I had two recruiters reach out to me from Amazon on LinkedIn while I was - working at Amazon and it was on my profile. - I had a recruiter from Google reach out to me while I was at Amazon for an Engineering Manager position. The problem is, my current position wasn’t even a software developer on my profile and I had no management experience. - a recruiter from Meta hounded me for months about a senior position as a developer specializing in AI. Did I mention that my most recent role at the time wasn’t as a software developer and I had no AI experience? - Even before working at Amazon, recruiters from Netflix reached out to me. No I wouldn’t have had any chance passing the interview Recruiters - even at BigTech reach out to anyone with a pulse. I still get recruiters from BigTech reaching out to me about software development positions even though for the past five years my profile clearly shows a pivot to cloud consulting and customer engagement.
- janalsncm 2y ago
  > Recruiters - even at BigTech reach out to anyone with a pulse. The purpose of the tech blog isn’t to impress recruiters because as you say they are impressed if you mention drinking a cup of java once or have a pet python. The primary purpose is for your own understanding. The secondary purpose is to impress someone familiar with your field.
InsideOutSanta 2y ago
People inside the company (not recruiters) read my blog and started the recruiting process.

by samrus 2y ago

scarface_74 2y ago

FAANG recruiters are dumb and not selective. They definitely don’t look at blog posts. - a recruiter from Amazon Retail reached out to me about an SDE 3 (L6) position when I had nothing on my LinkedIn profile aside from a bunch of CRUD jobs on my profile. I - After talking to the recruiter, they suggested I apply for a remote role at AWS Professional Services which I did get. Funny enough, I had two recruiters reach out to me from Amazon on LinkedIn while I was - working at Amazon and it was on my profile. - I had a recruiter from Google reach out to me while I was at Amazon for an Engineering Manager position. The problem is, my current position wasn’t even a software developer on my profile and I had no management experience. - a recruiter from Meta hounded me for months about a senior position as a developer specializing in AI. Did I mention that my most recent role at the time wasn’t as a software developer and I had no AI experience? - Even before working at Amazon, recruiters from Netflix reached out to me. No I wouldn’t have had any chance passing the interview Recruiters - even at BigTech reach out to anyone with a pulse. I still get recruiters from BigTech reaching out to me about software development positions even though for the past five years my profile clearly shows a pivot to cloud consulting and customer engagement.

janalsncm 2y ago
> Recruiters - even at BigTech reach out to anyone with a pulse. The purpose of the tech blog isn’t to impress recruiters because as you say they are impressed if you mention drinking a cup of java once or have a pet python. The primary purpose is for your own understanding. The secondary purpose is to impress someone familiar with your field.

InsideOutSanta 2y ago

People inside the company (not recruiters) read my blog and started the recruiting process.