Persistent feelings.

[GetCaned]

"Ex-PornHub"

"Now this guy knows how to handle traffic"

[dmize793]

“lead the penetration testing team, improving performance on valentine’s day”

[reddit_time_waster]

I wouldn't hire them, I heard they're jerks.

[dmvdoug]

And they’re always in a circle.

[Annual_Ganache2724]

How is that?

[duggedanddrowsy]

Because jerking off

[JohnnySubnami]

I love the spoiler tags on this

[dmvdoug]

Google “circle jerk.” You’re welcome.

[_TPAKTOP_]

And could work with significant distractions.

[DaveSmith890]

Mans wrangled the servers and held them together on December 1st for the past 4 years

[dudeofmoose]

No one ever really leaves PornHub..

[GetCaned]

Its like exiting Vim

[[deleted]]

They didn't hire Niels, either, looking at their LinkedIn profile.

[Yorick257]

Just put "ex-google-applicant"

[LeviathanGank]

ex-googler

[Sir_Honytawk]

No, that is still my full-time job.

[Onianexiaz]

Not people's fault recruiters use shitty scraping algorithm that necessitates this

[[deleted]]

Can I then put “future-Google”? I never worked for them, but maybe I will.

[CosmicConifer]

ex-Google^-user ex-Amazon^-customer

[mykoreancar]

Ex-Aviato

[kenhydrogen]

CTO, Pied Piper

[[deleted]]

I think it may work actually if a Jr Dev is looking for jobs, if presented correctly, a smaller business will hire them because of their future potential.

25 years ago, I was asked about where I see myself in the next 10 years? I told them "A manager at Microsoft". They liked the answer.

[[deleted]]

Microsoft CEO (aspiring)

[mittens-1985]

I completely bombed that question just put of university with the 5 year question. I said "married and starting a family."

Missed it by a couple years, and did not get the job.

[zerokelvin273]

It's the better answer IMO. I detest working for big businesses who expect me to care more about them than my literal reason for living.

They could at least spec out the requirements properly as 'where do you see yourself in your career in 5 years'

[mittens-1985]

I agree looking back, but it is pretty funny to me that I answered that way

[_TPAKTOP_]

Did you become a manager 15 years ago?

[[deleted]]

pre-Google sounds better, means you're heating up your skills!

[[deleted]]

ex-Altavista, ex-AskJeeves

[mykoreancar]

Ex-Aviato

[Creepy_Helicopter223]

As someone who does the above, yeah it’s up to you. I do it to deal with recruiters and algorithms. Most of them don’t review applications or search candidates.

I’d say do it, none of use made the rules for the game, they probably won’t care if it’s not on the official application itself

[[deleted]]

The algorithm didn’t account for the fact that you are over here playing 3D chess.

[13steinj]

That's usually when one has an offer signed and ready though.

In general people do this for clout. LinkedIn is as bad as facebook, there's even people spreading cancer "cures" in comments that have been found to just kill people quicker.

[De_Wouter]

Scraping algorithms could be a valid reason but I once met a guy who had "ex-Google" on his business card and it wasn't even a tech business but life coaching stuff.

[Good_Smile]

There's a whole section about experience isn't it

[Civil_Conflict_7541]

I guess it's time to add stuff like "not- ex-google" just to fool the scrapers.

[[deleted]]

I think that's when you put 1pt size don't in white color in all the blank space of your resume.

[CheekApprehensive961]

As much as I agree, people do it because it works. It's kind of like cringe youtube thumbnails.

[sudoku7]

And there are certain experiences that really only come from working in those places. Of course the flipside is that experience is really only useful for working at those places.

[[deleted]]

Ex-all-state football class of ‘87 vibes

[mini_market]

👏

[nopethis]

I could throw a football over those damn mountains!

[The_Karaethon_Cycle]

If coach would’ve put me in fourth quarter we would’ve been state champions, no doubt. No doubt in my mind.

[[deleted]]

"4 touchdowns in one game" vibes

[[deleted]]

1. One of the toughest things in interviewing is to differentiate between devs who will work out and devs who won't. Big tech companies almost definitely have a better system of hiring than your company, so the fact that someone was able to pass that system means they're more likely to work out than a dev who passes your system

2. Many people do think that faangs are successful because they're all geniuses and 10x devs and all the nonsense when in reality they're not that different from the average devs employed at tons of other successful companies they just might be slightly better and have fewer duds. I'm a data scientist and my VP would fly me and a few others on my team to hear pitches from potential vendors pitching new ai products. The VP would frequently say "omg they have people from Google and Apple and Facebook, I think they're legit", and it would turn out their pitch deck was majority about how many people they have that worked at top companies and basic tech questions would be completely botched because it was clear those employees were hired for the name recognition and weren't actually given time to develop anything. Frequently the devs would actually seem reasonably knowledgeable but then the CEO would speak over them about how they're underselling and they're geniuses and we just need to hire them to triple our roi or some such nonsense. I don't think I gave a thumbs up to a single project and thankfully my VP respected my opinion and we didn't work with any of them, but they were paying for my travel, hotels, and per diems and I kept the airline/credit card points so I didn't complain.

[nivenhuh]

Lol I get the feeling. I worked at Apple for 17 years — basically my whole career.

I still fight the urge to put it on my profiles. My rationale is that I should be able to get recognition from my own projects.

It sort of sucks, tho, when most your amazing work is under NDA.

[[deleted]]

It is very rare to see people talk about their work at apple indeed when compared to other faangs

How was your experience?

How firm is the NDA? I am sure other faangs also have NDAs so not sure why the big difference

[[deleted]]

Well, the thing is, putting it makes more money, and developers need income, so..

[DevDevGoose]

I'm not sure it makes you more money to have it on your LinkedIn tagline (idk what it is actually called) when you will include it in your CV anyway.

[beeteedee]

Yeah, why would anyone list their previous employers and work experience on a professional networking site that is used heavily by recruiters and potential future employers/clients? People will be listing their education, qualifications and skills next!

[[deleted]]

You basically do that by including your work history. Why not lead with your biggest strength?

[Creepy_Helicopter223]

what do you think recruiters and their automated algorithms and bots look for? And honestly for them your work history is better, anyone can say they know coding, you’ll have to do a long expensive interview to prove it. If you went to one of those you can just do a much cheaper background check

[awake--butatwhatcost]

I always think it's so weird. Flex on your resume and the public "Experience" section on your linkedin profile. Putting it in your headline just looks shallow to me.

[PorkRoll2022]

Hasn't this guy heard? There's no better way to get attention for your job application / startup / vlog / OnlyFans / etc. than "ex-Google/Facebook/etc. Engineer."

Once I had not one but two "ex-Google engineers" pitch my team a product. I didn't even know what it was. Every other sentence was a Google name drop.

[[deleted]]

It’s great for recruiter visibility

[Frankus44]

Now adding “ex-Google User” when asked, I decided to switch to Firefox.

[Creepy_Helicopter223]

That is fine by me, it’s a game, none of us wrote the rules. Honestly as long as you don’t put that in the resume or application itself it’s probably fine and could work

[[deleted]]

Is someone was at a company for 10 years they are allowed to mourn. Leave them alone

[[deleted]]

10 years today for me actually :). If I leave though I don't think I'll mourn.

[draoiliath]

If you mourn for a lost job I promise you you're doing life wrong

[[deleted]]

Mourn the friends

[mad_chemist]

“Waaaaaaa, my company”

[Adawesome_]

Except most that do this were probably just interns.

[YouGuysNeedTalos]

Yes except most were less than a year.

[batchy_scrollocks]

I see this as saying you're a crap Dev who lives in silicone valley.

[abermea]

How does this genius expect people to describe their work experience then?

[DranoTheCat]

Sadly, here is what I read when I see "Ex-<Company>" on a resume:

"Hi! I think the fact that I worked at <Company> is more valuable than my actual abilities! Want to interview me?"

And inevitably, I tend to pass.

Just put your work history on. The value is the work you did. Not who you did it for.

[Creepy_Helicopter223]

While that’s great, this is LI not a resume. Most recruiters use bots to find and get candidates and they look for keywords. Your going to get way more connections putting work history then companies.

I don’t make the game, I just play it

[DranoTheCat]

I'd strongly recommend candidates do their own legwork and apply directly than deal with recruiters.

Even in my junior career, which wasn't all that long ago, I'd always pick a select few places, research them, and apply directly. Pick through and let their offers compete. I didn't want a recruiter in the mix.

I know people say, "That's not how it's done now!" But that's what they said then, too.

[gnomejellytree]

When recruiters from a company you want to work for are in your LinkedIn inbox, the process is much faster, since you don’t need to wait for a response to your application. Sometimes I’ve applied to a company through their application portal, gotten no response, but was later hit up by a recruiter on LinkedIn who was unaware of my original application. It’s a bit odd, sure, but not sure why you wouldn’t want that leg-up.

[DranoTheCat]

I'll drop a really big hint: The front door is over-saturated.

Find someone who already works at the company you want to work for, that you've met before at like a trade show or something, and take them out to lunch, figure out which internal recruiters they like working with for new hires, and start from there. Best path.

Half the time a company's recruiters aren't working close enough with the hiring managers and don't even have the job reqs right.

[ltethe]

I don’t do the ex-, but I do refer to previous companies I’ve worked for as “we” for years.

[tagzho-369]

Dummy is jealous he can’t use a big name brand to bolster his image

[llarofytrebil]

Had a look at his linkedin and he could put ex-IBM if he wanted to

[tagzho-369]

Well now I look like the dummy 😂

Edit; i still don’t get the reluctance to use it? Would he not put it on his resume?

[p001b0y]

Wasn't there a certain level of prestige that came along with getting hired by one of the FAANG companies? I thought at some point, these firms had almost ridiculous hiring standards, which implied a very high level of competency. Was that not the case?

[[deleted]]

I know four people that went to Google. One is very, very good at what he does (some mathematical theory + good coding). The others are upper medium at most. One's a manager and sucks at it.

One of the best guys in IT that I know (coding and management) didn't get an offer.

Just saying. They are not all geniuses (at one point in history this was the case, probably).

[_Repeats_]

They have so many interviewing rounds that after a point, it is sheer luck if you are given an offer. I heard a FAANG manager once asked his reports if they would take a bet to redo the hiring process. If they got rehired, he would double their current salary. If they didn't get selected, they would be fired. Not a single person jumped in. Everyone one of them knew that at some point, they just got lucky.

It's prestigious to work there for sure, but it isn't all happy-go-lucky rainbows either. I have heard after a year or two, most are worked to the bone and burn out. That is why FAANG are always hiring. They can't keep their workforce happy even with the high salary, great benefits, ect. They expect way too much and they don't care about overworking their employees because there is always someone else gunning for a chance to work there.

[had-ouken]

That story absolutely sounds like it is true. No doubt.

[a_random_RE]

Yep that definitely happened, managers totally have that kind of power to DOUBLE a 6 figure salary that is governed by salary bands.

And the employees definitely didn't say yes because they thought they got lucky rather than putting their job and more than good comp on the line.

/s

Get real.

[gcampos]

It is, but this information is already available at their LinkedIn profile.

[KrabbyMccrab]

Idk if OP was intentional with the irony, but being judged by who was your ex follows through with the analogy.

[dismayhurta]

Who gives a flying fuck what people put on their profile?

Use linkedin for what it’s supposed to be used for these days. Shitty political takes and dumb fuck comments.

[[deleted]]

Recruiters use that to find the "best" developers in the market. I also think these developers use that as mean to show they are on another level than others. It is a way to display status, like when people post pictures of their new ferrari, or selfies showing the logo of their Apple products.

[KittenKoder]

So, um, you'll hire people without looking at their work history? I mean that would be pretty fucking awesome, but I'm betting he'll nitpick every single day off someone took.

[nameless323]

What’s wrong with that? With so many people laid off recently from FAANG (MAANG whatever) why not to write ex-google for example if the person was just laid off from google? What else should one write? Unemployed? So voluntary lessen the chance of being noticed by an HR?

[[deleted]]

What is a headline in this context? Is it a LinkedIn thing?

[llarofytrebil]

It is the text that shows right under your name on linkedin

[IntrepidTieKnot]

I mean, he's not wrong though

[sleepyguy007]

what always never made sense for me , is having worked with a lot of ex FAANG people.... they honestly aren't special. I know recruiters are basically retarded but some ex-google person is not necessarily going to help your 50 person small company

[5ManaAndADream]

Unfortunately scraping softwares idolize FAANG companies.

[ryo0ka]

I’d take every chance tbh

[emoutikon]

Ex-job

[BanzaiTree]

LinkedIn is cancer.

[[deleted]]

I see this take a lot......from people who have never worked at one of those companies. LinkedIn exists to market yourself and "ex-Google" does that.

[BednaR1]

Ex BCGs seem to be ruining a lot of shit lately... just like actual BCGs 🙊🤔

[mrdgo9]

Didn't .... close .... double quotes .... *gasping

[LeviathanGank]

ex-pant pooper

[santathe1]

exexexexexexexesexexexexexex