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So, how do we find employers that want to hire the most agile, creative, and curious engineers? I've long given up on trying to locate those companies, they are
by scruple 11y ago
So, how do we find employers that want to hire the most agile, creative, and curious engineers? I've long given up on trying to locate those companies, they are unicorns to me after more than 10 years in this industry.
When I switch jobs (for the record, that is > 10 years in and on my 3rd employer), I, too, need to reach for my trusty, old algorithms and data structures books and brush up for whiteboard-style examinations and a few rounds of framework/language trivia.
- sago 11y agoThey are unicorns. Mostly it seems to be a people game. I'm fortunate that I've never needed to work so badly that I couldn't be picky about who I work with, so I treat it as a two way interview. All else fails, I can find something to do myself. But condolences on being in the 'real world' described by the OP. Must be both infuriating and demoralising.
- sago 11y agoOn reflection, I want to say more about this. The problem with "the most agile, creative, and curious engineers", is it is like "above average intelligence" or "good sense of humour". Almost everyone thinks they are agile, creative and curious, because - hey - who doesn't want to be those things? So trying to interview for that is like inviting people to show you their bullshit circuits. People who are genuinely agile, creative and curious are as much unicorns as the people who want to hire them. People who think they are among the most agile, creative and curious engineers are more numerous than sparrows.