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I'm merely suggesting that most engineers who take the time to study for these interviews are probably good enough to make money on their own somehow. Whether t
by dsowers 13y ago
I'm merely suggesting that most engineers who take the time to study for these interviews are probably good enough to make money on their own somehow. Whether that is a startup, consulting, lifestyle business, or something else... If people just focused on doing a lot of great work, then the jobs will come to them.
I hate to see talented people wasting their time preparing for these interviews. The opportunity cost is too high. These current hiring practices are robbing the world of great software–code that will never exist because the time was instead spent on superfluous interview tasks.
- orangethirty 13y agoYes, I understand your point. And its valid. Though I disagree with the part where people who are good enough to do X might be good enough to start a business, or consult. From my experience that has not been the case. I've met and helped a lot of brilliant programmers along the way, and few of them were capable of running or learning how to run a business. Note that I don't mean that people can't learn, but my experience has shown otherwise. I wish to be wrong.
- eli_gottlieb 13y agoMeh. Running a business is a different thing from software engineering or coding or computer-science. Why should everyone be suitable for a business role?