Why is it that every other post on blind is about how to game the interview system, how to pretend you're good at (distributed) system design, and how to get in on the goodies? Are all these folks just posers and lazy asses? Where is the hard work of trying to do things on your own, learn the ropes, read books, roll up the sleeves and write that shit yourself? It is not really surprising anymore to see a bunch of uneducated unskilled so called engineers write level3 (at best) code and cry foul when the promotion and other praises don't magically happen. What world is this? No, I am not talking about Facebook specifically, I saw it at Google too, and blind is full of them! I am all for mentoring, sharing and helping others, but damn... Be humble and learn to code. That was my morning rant... TC: more than your mother.
There's a significant difference between listing what you're competent in on your resume, and straight up lying. I do think there's some strategy involved. Maybe you helped a friend with a project in a certain language and since you picked up the syntax, you put it on there. You have 0 "actual" experience, but when push comes to shove you can probably figure it out, and you've looked through it before so it's not a total lie. Then there are the people who flat out lie on their resume, during the interview, bs their way through the job, and then complain when they aren't getting anywhere. These are just losers. They will never work hard. They just want $$$. I wouldnt waste too much energy being pissed at them. Their own behavior will probably damage them more than what's needed to teach them a lesson. That's my morning addition to your rant lmao
I think there's a difference between lying on your resume and trying to game the interview system which I think is what OP is referring to. People that try to use a computer or friend on online assessments, pay people to take courses for them, or 'memorize' the best way to answer problems
Yeah that stuffs bs
Because coding and designing for an interview is different from the coding and designing used for work.
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Good observation. Btw, to be constructive, make a legendary knowledge-sharing engineering post.
Because leetcode skills != software engineering skills.
Unbelievable!
It's the classic problem of class c managers hiring class d employees to better their chances at promotions.
Because I'm surrounded by people progressing rapidly in careers without any hard work, and the real honest hard workers getting their careers fucked for being that honest. Faith in the system and in the universe was lost long ago.
Especially junior engineers who are into this industry recently and thinks that some crud api development is rocket science and these are the guys who are going to interview a senior guy at least for phone screen. The way the conduct is a music competition where if u fall short of the most optimal code in leetcode they fail you. Because these guys entered into this industry with leetcode just by practicing like a circus monkey. So what you are going to get is memoizers and not real engineers. It has become like fight club where everybody starts leetcoding for magic questions and answers.Real engineers some how find a way into the next gen stuff! Hence u see people with empty talent talking tc and crying for promo!
For college hires, hard work doesn't get you into big tech because it's not a metric they measure. Leetcode will, and that is pretty much useless outside of interviews.
OP do you actually have a degree in 'engineering'? Are you a certified professional engineer? If not, you don't get to call yourself one either.
Jesus not this bullshit again. Software engineering is not civil engineering. Get over yourself.
I'm being facetious/pedantic because OP is being a dick
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