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It's a strong warning sign. Anything to the effect of "we want rockstar developers" suggests something unsaid-- that they consider most of the applicants that t

It's a strong warning sign. Anything to the effect of "we want rockstar developers" suggests something unsaid-- that they consider most of the applicants that they get to be of low-quality, which says more about them and the mismatch between what they think they offer and how the market perceives them than it does about the applicants. It's like writing "please be cute" in an online dating profile.

demallien 17y ago
I have to disagree with that, simply based on my current job. It's a big corporation, but my particular team is just a group of 7 engineers who have simply been told to design a brilliant product - we have massive control over what the product does. The problems we face are very similr to those that you get in a start-up, as we are building an entire product from scratch. Yet, if you asked someone that hadn't worked there what they would expect the atmosphere to be like working there, they assume that you're probably going to be a cube-farm drone, putting out more paperwork than code. It sounds like a boring place to work, without actually being a boring place to work. PS: If anyone is a Gentoo guru looking for work in Paris, don't hesitate to contact me :-)
- spudlyo 17y ago
  PS: If anyone is a Gentoo guru looking for work in Paris, don't hesitate to contact me :-) Sorry, I won't work at places where people use the term 'guru' to refer to their workers. ;)
nailer 17y ago
"Anything to the effect of "we want rockstar developers" suggests...that they consider most of the applicants that they get to be of low-quality" Yep. I'm cool with that. I like working at places with high standards, and I'm glad they understand the difference between good people and great people. I'm an infrastructure guy (who happens to program), and I've worked with people who are both competant and people who are great. Both can do the job, but working with the latter makes a world of difference to both the work environment and the output.

demallien 17y ago

I have to disagree with that, simply based on my current job. It's a big corporation, but my particular team is just a group of 7 engineers who have simply been told to design a brilliant product - we have massive control over what the product does. The problems we face are very similr to those that you get in a start-up, as we are building an entire product from scratch. Yet, if you asked someone that hadn't worked there what they would expect the atmosphere to be like working there, they assume that you're probably going to be a cube-farm drone, putting out more paperwork than code. It sounds like a boring place to work, without actually being a boring place to work. PS: If anyone is a Gentoo guru looking for work in Paris, don't hesitate to contact me :-)

spudlyo 17y ago
PS: If anyone is a Gentoo guru looking for work in Paris, don't hesitate to contact me :-) Sorry, I won't work at places where people use the term 'guru' to refer to their workers. ;)

nailer 17y ago

"Anything to the effect of "we want rockstar developers" suggests...that they consider most of the applicants that they get to be of low-quality" Yep. I'm cool with that. I like working at places with high standards, and I'm glad they understand the difference between good people and great people. I'm an infrastructure guy (who happens to program), and I've worked with people who are both competant and people who are great. Both can do the job, but working with the latter makes a world of difference to both the work environment and the output.