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We only hire the trendiest
Josh on Narro
English - December 12, 2019 18:35 - 18 minutes - 1.1 KB - ★★ - 2 ratingsSociety & Culture Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
We only hire the trendiest An acquaintance of mine, let's call him Mike, is looking for work after getting laid off from a contract role at Microsoft,...
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Thomas Ptacek has observedyou look at new grad hiring datacompensation can go much higher for contested candidatescompensation for experienced candidates is probably higher than you expect if you're not a hiring manager who's seen what competitive offers look like todayat Google, I tried to hire one of the most productive programmers I know, who was promptly rejected by a recruiter for not being technical enougheffectiveness at actually teaching undergradsCentaurWe built the fastest deep learning system in the worldThomas Ptacek has this great line about howZach Holmanfundamental attribution errorMoneyballhiring and retainingLTOpays lip service to tooling, but doesn't really value itJoel testhiring "the best" and then crippling themit's a lot cheaperdeveloper hiring and the market for lemons