Re:Quitting Amazon 5 months after I started
by ianai on Monday November 05, 2018 @12:24AM
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Wouldn’t that be likely for someone with 10 years of experience in a very niche technology - say cobol - but applying for a C/c++ job?
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Re:Quitting Amazon 5 months after I started
by twblalock on Monday November 05, 2018 @01:13AM
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In my experience years on the job are what determine the level someone gets hired at, not skill in a specific language.
Being a senior engineer is not normally about raw coding skill -- it's about knowing how to design a complex system, knowing what can go wrong, being able to collaborate effectively with others, and so on. The specific language used is not normally going to make a big difference in those areas, although candidates who need to pick up a new language are going to take longer to ramp up.