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Honestly, I'm amazed that email was enough to get the gig. As an engineer who's admittedly not very social, I would have no trouble writing that email. Are sta
by morgante 13y ago
Honestly, I'm amazed that email was enough to get the gig.
As an engineer who's admittedly not very social, I would have no trouble writing that email. Are standards for non-technical people really this low when someone applying for an engineering position has to go through grueling interviews, code reviews, and resume checks?
(I'm sure that he was a great hire, I'm just amazed that this was sufficient to even get an interview.)
- VLM 13y agoI have a theory that due to long term permanent structural economic changes, there's a whole generation (or more) younger than myself who never worked a "summer"/"teen" job. This would normally be a bit excessive as a filter at that level, but he's probably their first/only/works independently customer service position, so they can't just hire anyone and see how/if he fits. Most "big company" customer service jobs are up or out in a couple months on average, annual turnover ratios in the small integer range. So even if you make a mistake, as long as the hire passed legal, and the general firing policies and procedures passed legal, it doesn't really matter.