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Granted 10 is a bit much. But it depends on who to interview with. If you are good, there are consulting companies like ThoughtBot or PivotalLabs who hire good
by Justsignedup 14y ago
Granted 10 is a bit much. But it depends on who to interview with. If you are good, there are consulting companies like ThoughtBot or PivotalLabs who hire good developers pretty easily. And their interview process is all about checking if you are good and get along with people rather than just if you know how to traverse obscure data structures.
Imposter syndrome does sound quite right. Or the guy is just depressed pretty hard.
- nilkn 14y agoI think it's a combination of both. He sounds ashamed to be a software developer to the extent that he doesn't want his daughter to know. What's up with that? It might not be the same as being a heart surgeon, but at least in the US software engineering is viewed very positively as a career, probably alongside chemical engineering and law (actually law is viewed fairly negatively by many these days).
- Draiken 14y agoEver heard of a heart surgeon that can't pay his bills? Now have you heard of a developer that couldn't pay his bills? That's why he wouldn't want his daughter to know what he does.
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- zpconn 14y agoHeart surgeon? No. But lawyer? Yes. Chemical engineer? Yes. Physician? Yes (private family practice is a dying art in the US). Movie star? Yes. Very few career paths offer absolute job stability and an infallible guarantee of employability. That's no reason to be embarrassed of a career choice.
- doktrin 14y ago> Imposter syndrome does sound quite right. Or the guy is just depressed pretty hard. Setbacks at the interview stage rank among the most depressing and confidence sapping experiences in my professional career. I think it could make anyone fairly depressed, but IANAD.