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I think the point is that his (perceived) engineering skills were far better when he worked on those passion projects, yet recruiters didn't care. But after gri
by dgs_sgd 1y ago
I think the point is that his (perceived) engineering skills were far better when he worked on those passion projects, yet recruiters didn't care. But after grinding leetcode and joining a FANG the recruiters are knocking down his door despite him feeling like a much worse engineer.
- spacemadness 1y agoWhich is funny because I remember when people online swore up and down you needed open source projects online to get your foot in the door. It’s never been true, but if you’re lucky it might help. Part of me wondered if it was the industry itself spreading that around so they can continue to profit off the use of free software.
- preciousoo 1y agoBest case scenario they were thinking of that one person (0.01% er) who worked on a project that absolutely wowed them. But then even the homebrew creator couldn’t get his foot in the door