Re:Asana Engineering Interview Guide
by sudo_bang_bang on Monday March 28, 2016 @06:30PM
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I tried interviewing with Asana and they rejected me on the basis that I didn't have a computer science degree. For the record, I've built apps that have generated millions in revenue and I have many years of experience. If they are trying to be meritocratic and community friendly with this, they should change that aspect of their culture to reflect that.
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Can you blame them? That CS degree provides essential knowledge when it comes to solving some of the world's most complex problems: to-do lists.
I just accepted a position at Asana, and I don't have a CS degree. Are you sure you're correctly attributing your non-offer here? (Note I don't call it a failure. Hiring is a weighted RNG -- false negatives are common.)
Re:Asana Engineering Interview Guide
by andrewstuart on Monday March 28, 2016 @10:32PM
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Remember also that Steve Jobs, Larry Ellison and Bill Gates did not have computer science degrees. They need to keep people of that calibre out of their ranks - you know, the non achievers who don't understand computers.
Just the fact that you've built (worked on?) apps that generated millions of revenue is not a measure of compatibility/competence, nor is experience.
Might be different if they actually said they didn't want you because of a lack of CompSci degree though.