Re:The Great CoffeeScript to Typescript Migration of 2017
by perl4ever on Friday May 15, 2020 @08:55PM
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My last phone screen, I emphasized that I like solving business problems, rather than tech for its own sake. They decided I "wasn't technical enough"...without asking me a single technical question.
That's the culture clash people frequently reference, and it's very real. If you don't perceive it, it's because you're swimming in it.
And I emphasize that the attitude, that the only good coders have tunnel vision and just want to play obsessively with tech, but only the cool stuff, goes far, far beyond the stereotypical SF startup environment or whatever. Because a large number of companies have a vague idea that to be cool, they should imitate what the trendy companies do, so even if you question the stereotype, the stereotype influences reality.
That's the culture clash people frequently reference, and it's very real. If you don't perceive it, it's because you're swimming in it.
And I emphasize that the attitude, that the only good coders have tunnel vision and just want to play obsessively with tech, but only the cool stuff, goes far, far beyond the stereotypical SF startup environment or whatever. Because a large number of companies have a vague idea that to be cool, they should imitate what the trendy companies do, so even if you question the stereotype, the stereotype influences reality.