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Re:How to Set Low Expectations at Your Two Remote Jobs by MattGaiser on Thursday December 23, 2021 @06:03PM (#29667572)
> Maybe if your having a hard time breaking into startups or FANGMULA and your just starting out, this might be an ok strategy, but beyond that, it's not a good idea.

Most people are never good enough to break into FANGMULA.

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Re:How to Set Low Expectations at Your Two Remote Jobs by actually_a_dog on Thursday December 23, 2021 @08:36PM (#29668964)
And, of the ones who are good enough, some get unlucky and never overcome the "interview random number generator" and always get stuck in the "interview anti-loop." [0] You would think there would be less luck involved in a process that really wants to select the best available employees, but it is not so.

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[0]: http://recursion.org/2012/1/10/interviewing-anti-loop

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Re:How to Set Low Expectations at Your Two Remote Jobs by tjpnz on Thursday December 23, 2021 @08:58PM (#29669117)
It's not about being good enough. More often than not it's about having the time to grind LeetCode for months on end. Understandably not everyone can or wants to do this.
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Re:How to Set Low Expectations at Your Two Remote Jobs by MattGaiser on Thursday December 23, 2021 @09:25PM (#29669309)
This too. I know a guy who spent 4 months full time and several algo bootcamps prepping for a Facebook interview.

Didn't get in. Total cost to him was about 30K between courses and foregone income.

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