Keep it 💯.
Yes of course. There are levels to this game and as it stands not many engineers are at my and my coworkers' level. Please don't think I'm bragging. I'm not. I'm just saying how it is. In no way do I think I'm better than anyone, and I highly discourage superiority complex talk. I just happen to be blessed with certain attributes that many engineers wish they had. I am able to think in ways faster and more precise than most people around me. And I was able to prove myself by crushing my competition and proving that I have the intelligence, ambition, and mindset to work in a highly selective place like Snap (I also got offers from G/FB/Amazon/Uber/WalmartLabs). I acknowledge most of my peers who are similar to me in this regard. They typically work in G, FB, Netflix, Jane Street and the sort. TC: 680K
Google - Slackers that only work hard before joining Facebook- leetcode tryhards that doesn’t have other things to do Amazon - can’t get into better FAANGs Apple - Netflix - not even a tech company
lol
How about Niantic? ;)
Yes, when I see people from Amazon, I know they eat bananas everyday
It's frugality. Bananas constipate you. You don't need to make as many special accomodations for people with IBS. The bathrooms don't need to be cleaned with as much regularity. Saves on the water bill. For space, you can cram more people on each floor because you aren't limited per bathroom.
Ripened bananas actually relieve constipation while the unripe ones causes it. I don't know anyone who wants to eat unripe ones
Nope. Not professionally not personally. For all those who said yes, I would like to remind them why companies have bias removal training in a professional environment. At a personal level if you are judging someone based on where they work, you are just a scum.
So me not bothering an ex-Google candidate with LC mediums and focusing on their ability to solve a start-up's problems is the wrong approach?
Considering that the candidate is from Google and tailoring the interview for that is the wrong approach. Basically you are holding a different bar for different ppl for the same job. That is classis bias. If you are asking LC medium to one candidate, ask LC medium to all candidates. If you want one candidate to solve startup's problems, all candidates shud be allowed to solve the same problems. Interview shud be based on whether the candidate can solve the problem at hand and judging their thought process in arriving at a solution. Where they work currently shud not even be a consideration. Usually big companies have teams ranging from hardware to kernels to infra to UI/UX. So, conducting an interview based on the company tag is wrong. The domain knowledge of the candidate should be considered not the company where they are making use of it.
I judge people by how attractive their significant other is. It’s a far better metric in practice.
wouldn't say judge but certainly part of many parts that would be used to form a rough profile. But mostly I have already past judgment on you on how you dress and/or carry yourself. it's a time tested approach.
Can agree, dress and other nonverbals are the better indicators
Jeez reading some of the responses here. Most of you people need to get over yourselves. How insecure do you have to be to use a corporate tech job to feel intellectually superior to others? Intelligence cannot adequately be measured or quantified, it is far too complex and no one has come close. The only thing being at a faang demonstrates is discipline and a baseline of problem solving skills developed overtime.
...which directly correlates with intelligence. Congratulations, you played yourself.
I don't know what you are talking about. Evaluation of problem solving skills do nothing but confirm a cognitive baseline which the vast majority of humans are already able to establish, this was the original purpose of cognitive testing, it is a pretty low baseline. Beyond that it is meaningless. You can't take someones problem solving skills and definitively say they are more intelligent than some other person who hasn't developed those same set of skills.
Yes for people lower in hierarchy company is a good metrics but for people higher up hierarchy company name doesn't matter
Only for how they approach the job. Overachievers trying to change the world at some startup— Others who see it as “it’s just a job” and prioritize WLB / family— Others who maximize TC above WLB (FAANG).
Yes. In order to enter that company, they must have had a certain mindset and way of thinking, therefore even if I would otherwise consider something stupid, if I realise their employer hires the smartest, I will cut them some slack, and probe deeper into why they said something I consider stupid? Is it really stupid, after all? However, if someone with a laid back employer says something smart, I would appreciate it, because your employer is not your brain. In short, I judge in a way that's favourable to the other person.
your username says you didn't judge yourself favourably
A wise man once said, Judge everyone favourably, but be your own top critic. That wise man is me.