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Re:I'm a Google SWE that's coached 50 through the FAANG inte... by quickthrower2 on Sunday October 27, 2019 @05:28AM (#21368654)
It sounds almost like the scatter plot of grades and competence at an actual job (or perceived competence at least) isn’t a straight line.
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Re:I'm a Google SWE that's coached 50 through the FAANG inte... by jl2718 on Monday October 28, 2019 @05:18PM (#21381801)
I agree with this, and I had students like that too, but no way, not in the case of this particular company. It had to be deliberate, or maybe they were just hiring their drinking buddies. I don't know, but it could not have been anything approximating engineering competence.
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