Re:Why Developers Hate Coding Skills Tests and What Hiring M...
by ChrisMarshallNY on Sunday August 04, 2019 @12:26PM
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Could ask said references what I'm like (See "Won't last long in a Japanese corporation if not a good team player").
I don't do self-promotion well. I just state the facts. Apparently, that's enough to "have an attitude."
I spent most of my career at a marquée corporation; surrounded by the finest engineers and scientists in the world, where I was NOWHERE NEAR the top of the heap, and never pretended to be so.
The simple fact that stating that I have a PROVABLE PORTFOLIO means that I "have an attitude" is a sign of how sick the industry is.
BTW: That portfolio is full of errors and mistakes I've made, as well as successes. I'd never dream of getting any work by deception. I want folks to know what they are getting; warts and all.
I know damn well that I'm not a "rockstar." I was a hiring manager for years. This is not a Dunning-Kruger binge. I'm quite aware of where I fit in the food chain.
And I guess that it's obvious. I'm done looking. I wouldn't post stuff like this if I were. Sooner or later, I'll probably be looking to hire other folks. I'm a really, really good manager. You should see some of the testimonials on my LI profile. One of my "golden rules," has always been to treat others as I would want to be treated; regardless of how I am actually treated. Being a working engineer during my entire management career helped me to have a lot of empathy (and hard to BS). I was also privileged to manage a really high-functioning team of top-shelf developers. They knew more than me; and that was great.
If things don't work out...well, I can wash dishes as well as the next guy. I don't really have as much ego tied up in this stuff as it seems. I just love tech.
I don't do self-promotion well. I just state the facts. Apparently, that's enough to "have an attitude."
I spent most of my career at a marquée corporation; surrounded by the finest engineers and scientists in the world, where I was NOWHERE NEAR the top of the heap, and never pretended to be so.
The simple fact that stating that I have a PROVABLE PORTFOLIO means that I "have an attitude" is a sign of how sick the industry is.
BTW: That portfolio is full of errors and mistakes I've made, as well as successes. I'd never dream of getting any work by deception. I want folks to know what they are getting; warts and all.
I know damn well that I'm not a "rockstar." I was a hiring manager for years. This is not a Dunning-Kruger binge. I'm quite aware of where I fit in the food chain.
And I guess that it's obvious. I'm done looking. I wouldn't post stuff like this if I were. Sooner or later, I'll probably be looking to hire other folks. I'm a really, really good manager. You should see some of the testimonials on my LI profile. One of my "golden rules," has always been to treat others as I would want to be treated; regardless of how I am actually treated. Being a working engineer during my entire management career helped me to have a lot of empathy (and hard to BS). I was also privileged to manage a really high-functioning team of top-shelf developers. They knew more than me; and that was great.
If things don't work out...well, I can wash dishes as well as the next guy. I don't really have as much ego tied up in this stuff as it seems. I just love tech.