I'd also add that when you observe things in tech that *you* think don't make sense - e.g. hiring, promos etc - this is an opportunity to ask "why?" and dig deeper.
Tech is full of companies who keep optimizing their way of working, even it doesn't make sense from the outside.
Tech is full of companies who keep optimizing their way of working, even it doesn't make sense from the outside.
https://twitter.com/copyconstruct/status/1450536798933831680
Hiring is a perfect example.
"Hiring is broken!" - say people looking for jobs. "Companies don't know what they're doing" - many cry.
But hiring is full of tradeoffs, and from the view of the company and hiring manager, it often works well enough from their point of view.
"Hiring is broken!" - say people looking for jobs. "Companies don't know what they're doing" - many cry.
But hiring is full of tradeoffs, and from the view of the company and hiring manager, it often works well enough from their point of view.
Tech is a place where it’s realistic for many to start a company and do things the way they want to do it.
I’ve found this is the point many founders have “aha!” moments, when they learn about the constraints that have led to many “doesn’t make sense” practices from the outside.
I’ve found this is the point many founders have “aha!” moments, when they learn about the constraints that have led to many “doesn’t make sense” practices from the outside.
Hiring entry-level folks is another.
“Hire more juniors!” always gets tons of likes on social media.
Start your first company, or become an EM. Then… why don’t you hire more of them? Oh, you discover these constraints like the blast radius of an engineer, mentorship needs etc.
“Hire more juniors!” always gets tons of likes on social media.
Start your first company, or become an EM. Then… why don’t you hire more of them? Oh, you discover these constraints like the blast radius of an engineer, mentorship needs etc.
(And don’t get me wrong, I am very much pro hiring entry-level people and do as much as I could… but it’s more work to do it well than most people realize. Have seniors to mentor them. Setup an apprentice track for bootcamp grads. Invest in training and feedback… and so on.)
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