engineer40

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   by engineer40 13y ago

   I got to meet Grace Hopper many years ago. She gave me a nanosecond after her talk. This was in the 1980s, probably while she was working for DEC. It made quite an impression on me, and it's now framed on the wall. I wish I'd go
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   by engineer40 13y ago

   There was a previous demographic bubble when the dotcom era meant that all the jocks who would have become lawyers switched to getting CS degrees, despite not really being hackers. Now the same thing is happening, only they want to "
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   by engineer40 13y ago

   Inexperienced people don't value experience, because they lack the experience to know the value of experience. Bay Area Startups hire inexperienced people because they are cheaper, and more willing to take a bad deal. (Experienced peo
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   by engineer40 13y ago

   This is true, but one of the things I've observed about the hiring process for engineers over the past 25 years is this: It's always sucked, and it's not getting better. Example: Recruiters don't know anything about what
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   by engineer40 13y ago

   I've recently given up on applying for jobs with startups in Silicon Valley for this very reason. I recently interviewed with one, which was supposed to be a "phone" interview. We did it over skype. No surprise, but the guy