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Literally one sentence later: "Network engineers who started off as college dropouts but figured it out from years of on the job experience learning to be the b
by emmett 14y ago
Literally one sentence later: "Network engineers who started off as college dropouts but figured it out from years of on the job experience learning to be the best."
So, he wants young creative kids, and also super experienced people. The obvious point is that he wants ambitious people who work hard, not that he wants young people. Some of those people are younger and some people are older.
- MatthewPhillips 14y agoYeah, I kind of regret posting that as it was snarkier than I intended and was undeservedly upvoted a lot. The article mentions young people several times and it rubbed me the wrong way, I got the impression that he likes to hire lower-waged engineers, but after a re-read I don't think that was intentional.
- rdouble 14y agoYounger engineer doesn't necessarily mean lower wages. There's so much funding in Silicon Valley, and such a talent crunch, that startup salaries are often on par with "real jobs" at established companies. In the first dot com boom, startup engineers were often paid sub par wages because much of the funding was allocated to expensive infrastructure and for-show C-level execs. These days, infrastructure is cheap and startups don't hire MBAs, so virtually all of the funding is earmarked for engineering salaries.