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>>Connect to the business. this is such excellent advice, and it will keep you relevant as an engineer so that you know the thing you're building solves the ac

• elevatortrim 1y ago
  Nope. Connecting to the business keeps you valued at your current job. You do things that are unusual in industry, to create great impact for your company. But if you tell how you achieved those things in an interview, the decision maker, who is usually another technical person, will raise eyebrows hugely. For your next job, it is best to nail industry-accepted techniques, i.e. coding and system design interviews. Stick to business impact in your current role too much, and you become irrelevant to your next job (unless via referral or unconventional routes). This holds true even until senior leadership roles.
  • mooreds 1y ago
    > But if you tell how you achieved those things in an interview, the decision maker, who is usually another technical person, will raise eyebrows hugely. Why would they raise their eyebrows? Do you mean they wouldn't understand or care? > via referral Most of my jobs have been through referral. I think it is a far superior way to get hired when compared to the morass of the normal technical interview. So I'd actually optimize for that.