Comment by darth_avocado
5 days ago
Sometimes it’s just a jobs program to keep people busy so that they can’t build something else that can threaten your business
5 days ago
Sometimes it’s just a jobs program to keep people busy so that they can’t build something else that can threaten your business
If this were remotely true, there wouldn't have huge layoff rounds. The opposite is true: they hire thousands upon thousands of people and teach them how to build scalable software, and then set them loose. I'm frankly surprised by the lack of competition, but I suppose that's gated at multiple levels (visas, personal risk, funding, network effects, etc)
It was true. Then they needed money for other things and whole orgs get laid off.
>teach them how to build scalable software
Don't they screen to hire people who already know that?
> Don't they screen to hire people who already know that?
There was a time when big tech widely hired dor entry-level jobs.
Also, cramming for the design portion of an interview, and doing it for real, and interacting with the architects/design documents are 2 very different things
That was more an issue when rates were low and borrowing capital was “free”.
I am more leaning towards them simply having infinitely more money than sense. So they keep throwing it at anything that looks like it could be something. Well same goes for Google...