Re:Ask HN: How do you estimate the code quality of a company...
by tboyd47 on Wednesday June 16, 2021 @09:16AM
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You can’t.
Companies and candidates both have to come to terms with the fact that it’s impossible to know everything relevant about the other party before the hire is made.
Candidates: in your career, if you stick with it long enough, you will be hired at places with shitty code, shitty bosses, and shitty teams. You make the best of it and move on.
Employers: if you really want to start building it, you will hire people who aren’t in the top 10% of your candidate pool and you’ll even rely on them for business-critical functions. Damage control.
The recent tendency towards obsessive risk-aversion in hiring is not healthy.
Companies and candidates both have to come to terms with the fact that it’s impossible to know everything relevant about the other party before the hire is made.
Candidates: in your career, if you stick with it long enough, you will be hired at places with shitty code, shitty bosses, and shitty teams. You make the best of it and move on.
Employers: if you really want to start building it, you will hire people who aren’t in the top 10% of your candidate pool and you’ll even rely on them for business-critical functions. Damage control.
The recent tendency towards obsessive risk-aversion in hiring is not healthy.