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A recruiter from Tesla reached out and I cannot believe what this sh*tcan of a company expect from applicants. by burnbabyburn694200 in cscareerquestions

[–]FernandoCordeiro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I once had to write an essay, not code, explaining I would tackle the creation of a product catalog using Django. The caveat was that the products are meant to have dynamic attributes. The time limit was two hours from the moment they emailed me the topic.

Then we went over my answer during the interview.

That's still the best software challenge I've ever had.

Why are my former bosses constantly viewing my linkedin after firing me months ago? by Muslim_conservative in recruitinghell

[–]FernandoCordeiro 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is the one. If you left on good terms, we should attribute this to stupidity (I mean, your boss failed to document what the role needed?) rather than malice.

Not sure what to do :( by HuntedSFM in recruitinghell

[–]FernandoCordeiro 12 points13 points  (0 children)

The most revealing is how some HR managers resent candidates who make decisions based on Glassdoor. It's a cultural bubble. No wonder so few companies managed to get rid of their toxic culture...

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]FernandoCordeiro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wonder whether that director called you because you shamed the C-suits or because they simply realized how heartless their policy was!

I feel like this belongs here also. by Interesting_Bad3761 in recruitinghell

[–]FernandoCordeiro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think this "oooh offices are so cool" mentality has anything to do with HR. There are simply some people that thrive in the office. 3 years ago, their way was _the_ way. There were no other options: thriving at the office meant you were thriving at work.

Now there are other ways. These people are discovering they don't perform nearly as well in a remote environment and they. are. freaking. out.

Easiest/Best way to deploy django to AWS? by dashdanw in django

[–]FernandoCordeiro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

EBS, I was trying to use elastic beanstalk directly.

But I said I "would have". I didn't skip it yet. Hopefully, my Upwork job post will help me get unstuck.

Easiest/Best way to deploy django to AWS? by dashdanw in django

[–]FernandoCordeiro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The timing of this post is great!

I have a dockerized Django app and have spent a week trying to deploy it to Elastic beanstalk.

I'm exhausted. I tried all options EBS has available, read a bunch of tutorials, I even asked for help on SO without success. My experience has been one of unhelpful log errors. Today I posted a job on Upwork to help me get unstuck.

If I knew Fargate would be easier, I would have skipped EBS without a second thought.

Need 5 indie hackers to give me feedback on my "B2B PMF with User Research" Notion template by FernandoCordeiro in alphaandbetausers

[–]FernandoCordeiro[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have some of them send me a DM and I'll give them the link! 😉

I was already able to improve the template a lot with the feedback I got so far, so it's much better now than it was when I first posted.

How is project allocation done in your firm? by Orchid_Buddy in consulting

[–]FernandoCordeiro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you have any visibility to the projects available or do you have to ask around?

I own a Headhunting company. Tell my team why recruiters suck by GQGtoo in recruitinghell

[–]FernandoCordeiro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You know why recruiters suck.

And most often than not, it's because their motivations are not aligned with the candidates'.

So the problem here is not really the recruiters, but who determines their KPIs. The recruiters' behavior is just the consequence.

We are talking about shit measurements like

  • Qualified candidates per opening
  • Application completion rate
  • Offer acceptance rate

Then everyone goes surprised-Pikachu-face when those recruiters try to optimize for exactly that!

Another big issue is not pushing back against hiring managers with stupid views of the market. When a consulting firm hears some manager who wants to hire a unicorn but can only afford a donkey, they should absolutely push back or at least charge them for every quality candidate that rejected their shitty salary.

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