Tech compensation in 2021

Re:Tech compensation in 2021 by throwaway2016a on Thursday October 14, 2021 @10:54PM (#28873632)

I have been told I have an excellent resume by Google recruiters and gotten a recommendation from a manager I worked with in the past there and still not gotten an interview.

With that said, I think it is because at the time the Boston office was mostly specialists and I'm a generalist. I'm also not from a top 10 school in a city filled with top-10 schools which didn't help, I'm sure.

But that was years ago. Maybe I'd have better luck these days.

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Re:Tech compensation in 2021 by jdavis703 on Thursday October 14, 2021 @11:18PM (#28873795)

I applied about 6 years ago to work at HQ. I went to community college and a bottom-tier state school and got an interview. Sounds like you just may not have been a match with the available jobs.

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Re:Tech compensation in 2021 by thaumasiotes on Friday October 15, 2021 @02:11AM (#28874849)

> Sounds like you just may not have been a match with the available jobs.

People say this a lot, but Google is pretty explicit that they decide whether to hire you first, and only then consider where they might put you.

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Re:Tech compensation in 2021 by jdavis703 on Friday October 15, 2021 @11:09AM (#28878537)

Yes & no. Maybe as a generalist SWE this is true. But if you’re applying for a more specialized position you might encounter limits in terms of how many of that role is needed.

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