Personal bias based on experience working with multiple former faang developers. Just a personality thing I guess. They’re chasing something. Cred, money, it’s different for everyone. Every one of them used their previous employers as a way to rationalize their decisions. Such as, “this is how Facebook does [thing]” … so it must be the right way for us. This is rarely correct.
And no, I’m not the only person hiring, but when 500k people are laid off (2024), that makes the application process very competitive. Even for people with “impressive” companies.
As a counter point I’ve worked with this kind of people in the NGO world where they got tired/disillusioned from the whole tech world. They thought they wanted the money and fame but in the end they wanted a purpose. Great hard-working people with good principles. So it’s not that black and white. And I think a simple interview conversation can measure their character.
Personal bias based on experience working with multiple former faang developers. Just a personality thing I guess. They’re chasing something. Cred, money, it’s different for everyone. Every one of them used their previous employers as a way to rationalize their decisions. Such as, “this is how Facebook does [thing]” … so it must be the right way for us. This is rarely correct.
And no, I’m not the only person hiring, but when 500k people are laid off (2024), that makes the application process very competitive. Even for people with “impressive” companies.
As a counter point I’ve worked with this kind of people in the NGO world where they got tired/disillusioned from the whole tech world. They thought they wanted the money and fame but in the end they wanted a purpose. Great hard-working people with good principles. So it’s not that black and white. And I think a simple interview conversation can measure their character.