Re:Don't Call Yourself a Programmer, and Other Career Advice...
by usaar333 on Sunday October 20, 2019 @10:42AM
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Agreed on this generally being solid early career advice. Some of it is outright wrong though at more senior levels. E.g;
* Not giving salary expectations upfront lead to a waste of time if the company expectations are below yours
* It's not really relevant how bad many other programmers there are since you'll tend to look at switching to "better" companies, not worse.
* This is a bit too negative on equity grants for companies with strong product market fit (mostly article just hasn't aged well with companies staying private for so long now)
* Not giving salary expectations upfront lead to a waste of time if the company expectations are below yours
* It's not really relevant how bad many other programmers there are since you'll tend to look at switching to "better" companies, not worse.
* This is a bit too negative on equity grants for companies with strong product market fit (mostly article just hasn't aged well with companies staying private for so long now)