Can we stop pretending here? Having been on this platform the past few months, it amazes me that some of the extremely bigoted comments here exist and still float around and go unflagged. We see things that range from blatant xenophobic, sociopolitical sentiments across age, sex, gender, religion, to some of the most inane comments that you would think only a 13 year old could ever be capable of posting on the other side of that screen. Yeah, I get it. This place [BLIND] is exactly meant for that. But we are seeing the same type of comments coming from folks at highly sought-after, respectable companies in SV, e.g, FAANG. Is this what this industry is really all about? We're talking about script kiddies, keyboard warriors, e-thugs...these people could easily be your hiring manager or teammate in your interview panel at your next onsite interview. And you wouldn't know any better. You think that your performance on a Leetcode-eque interview panel is everything. Fuck that! Having seen some of the shit going on here, I'm starting to think that it's just a BS way to CYA because we don't want to hire YET ANOTHER [INSERT MINORITY GROUP HERE] that doesn't fit the mold of our highly fraternized industry. Let's stop pretending we're objective people here and we care about "how you think". Unless you're specialized, I beg to differ. My 2c.
“These people could easily be your hiring manager or teammate” - they can be and they are. We have everyone from college students to directors, VP’s, etc here. The culture can be a bit driven by TC but isn’t the world anyways? If your panties are in a bunch, then get off the app. Most of the things everyone says here is tongue in cheek humor. I’ve seen many a post where someone has discussed burning out, or even suicidal thoughts and the community comes together and reaches out literal hands of help. For you to get all pissy over things you read on the internet, especially an anonymous board like this, is a bit of an overreaction and you need to grow thicker skin, let things roll off your back.
Chill dude. All he’s saying there’s a lot of hatred and bigotry on the platform. Which is normal for the Internet, but this is coming from FAANG employees and whatnot, which is surprising. Hate is bad. Not hard to understand.
But that is indicative to the character of the person saying the shitty things. And to assume that person is a saint and it’s simply the allure of anonymity through an app that causes them to be uncontrollable hateful is downright ignorant. People who post hurtful shit, are the same shitty people in real life. The fact that any online comment system - hell even look at reddit/4chan/YouTube - and you’ll see this same problem EVERYWHERE. It has nothing to do with blind, the tech industry, or tech bros. It’s simply widespread internet culture for better or for worse.
Yes ..you are right.. in the name of anonymity a lot of people here show their true self. They may be masters of their skill but the way they write here shows a totally different character .. i think before any leetcoder we must try to be a good human being .. i understand some comments might be friendly jokes but there definitely are some which require flagged as hate speech / bullying etc..
damn right these people could be your hiring manager or teammate. if you think it’s bad on blind you should hear what we say about you when you fail to whiteboard a lc easy
3 types of haters here: - MAGA - Far right-wing BJP/RSS folks (Hindu nationalists) - Incels Given all the racism and sexism scandals in recent tech company histories...not surprised 🤷♂️
Don't forget the SJW snowflakes that believe everything should conform to their bubble and don't like to be challenged in their beliefs.
Like TrumpWins below? “Aren’t you the bigot for assuming these comments are coming from white men? Your post implies that.” ❄️
Aren’t you the bigot for assuming these comments are coming from white men? Your post implies that.
Fascinating reading comprehension and logical deduction ability. I nowhere saw how any logical person could infer that from OP’s comment, but hey if the shoe fits 👠
Try reading the paragraph saying leetcode interviews are a bigoted front to block minorities from getting into the industry.
No surprise. These are the same people on the interview panels and hiring committees.
Blind reminded me that it's never safe for me to present myself as anything other than a straight white male during interviews. Which I guess is valuable information, but very depressing. Gotta go get a straight-er haircut before my interviews next month.
Ofc this place can be toxic. It’s not good but it’s not surprising. Even assholes can be intelligent 🤷♂️
Well, every industry is like this. Our society is like this. It's not just tech or the blind community. By the way, I find blind extremely useful. Opened my eyes to a lot of things.
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