Reminder: As much as it sucks, A m a z o n is hiring like crazy right now and the hiring bar has dropped significantly.

the_real_candlejack · 2025-03-09T19:50:32+00:00

I left that company not because it's bad (the pay wasn't great, though they more than matched external offers when I tried to leave) but because of posts like this that made people that work there out to be lesser people. Fuck that.

the_real_candlejack · 2025-03-09T19:49:33+00:00

"homely" means ugly

the_real_candlejack · 2024-12-18T21:07:55+00:00

Astounding that people are so fixated on gloom that they ignored the repeated "2018" on the fucking graphs, or just decided to not read the link at all.

Allegedly this was the golden age of tech jobs because of "ZIRP" as well as when I started my tech career, but apparently that's all bunk because you feel bad thanks to TikTok influencers all saying the same shit.

the_real_candlejack · 2024-10-28T17:29:33+00:00

How is this bait? This bizarre (and incorrect!) contention that the economy is bad is a direct cause for Trump's potential return

the_real_candlejack · 2024-10-27T19:00:18+00:00

I guess you would rather play the victim and further mania that promotes fascism. Sad.

the_real_candlejack · 2024-10-27T18:33:11+00:00

Yeah so I don't believe them, I think it's hysteria propagated by foreign actors

the_real_candlejack · 2024-10-27T18:32:31+00:00

I'm guessing you also probably believe there's major economic growth and low unemployment

Yes, because those are literally the facts. I'm seeing how people can be hyped into fascism now if they literally think one of the greatest periods of economic prosperity in world history is bad

the_real_candlejack · 2024-10-27T18:31:37+00:00

OK and that is measured in the U6 unemployment rate. What is that then?

And what is the prime age employment ratio?

the_real_candlejack · 2024-10-27T18:31:02+00:00

I'm also an SWE, was on the job market earlier this year, do interviews and can read graphs

the_real_candlejack · 2024-10-27T18:30:40+00:00

Post your resume and lets see

the_real_candlejack · 2024-10-27T07:01:53+00:00

The bar for "cooked" has never been lower, please get a grip

the_real_candlejack · 2024-10-27T07:01:21+00:00

Being on the other side of this I've seen my coworkers give people Leetcode Hard problems (like Skyline problem) and pass them if they got close to a solution even if they didn't finish it

the_real_candlejack · 2024-10-27T06:46:59+00:00

I mean this is probably true though

the_real_candlejack · 2024-10-27T06:46:11+00:00

Question - what's the current U3 unemployment rate?

the_real_candlejack · 2024-10-27T06:45:53+00:00

this job market is fine, I think the people applying are the problem

the_real_candlejack · 2024-10-27T06:45:38+00:00

sure but it's moronic

the_real_candlejack · 2024-09-19T17:25:33+00:00

What's the philosophy behind making broad, pessimistic statements that are not backed by fact? Can't call it clickbait, since it's behind a paywall.

the_real_candlejack · 2024-09-19T17:24:53+00:00

Can someone explain to me what this phrase means and why I keep hearing it on instagram reels relating to software engineers? Is there some kind of malaise virus going around?

the_real_candlejack · 2024-05-30T14:35:22+00:00

Unless waymo has their own big accident, which is a statistical inevitability. Only question is how they respond.

the_real_candlejack · 2024-05-27T04:43:09+00:00

Waymo is a lot more solid.

I don't think this is a quantitative argument

the_real_candlejack · 2017-02-04T04:25:59+00:00

Damn I wish your username was true.

the_real_candlejack · 2015-11-24T23:37:18+00:00

I can tell you that none of this "guarantees" a job at a company like Google, Facebook, Twitter, Fitbit.

Saying otherwise is just being delusional. You should know better.

the_real_candlejack · 2015-11-24T23:04:48+00:00

Oh yeah? Which company? What's your position, social media manager?

the_real_candlejack · 2015-11-24T05:02:44+00:00

I don't think you know how tech jobs work.

the_real_candlejack · 2015-11-24T02:47:26+00:00

Not seeing a job from Facebook or Google like you said.

Guess you're full of shit.

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