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Re:The tech interview prep industry by riku_iki on Sunday April 03, 2022 @10:21PM (#30902772)
> Until you hit the Senior/Staff level, no one really gives a crap if you were editing yaml files, toiling on a legacy app, or building the highest scale app on the planet. It just matters that you can pass the standard tech interview.

But big tech all have quarterly OKRs, performance plans and terminations for low performers, and managers/leads are interested to have strong contributors in team to deliver results, and let low performers to go..

Re:The tech interview prep industry by sedev on Sunday April 03, 2022 @11:15PM (#30903026)
Please clarify as to whether you are speaking sarcastically or earnestly in this post.
Re:The tech interview prep industry by lumost on Sunday April 03, 2022 @11:40PM (#30903126)
At big tech this takes time. In some companies a lot of time. It’s also typically done as a comparative process across engineers.

If half the team is simply doing interview prep it’s unlikely management fires half the team.

Re:The tech interview prep industry by notacoward on Monday April 04, 2022 @03:54PM (#30911262)
> big tech all have quarterly OKRs, performance plans and terminations for low performers

...none of which information is shared with future employers. To do so is even considered a legally actionable violation of privacy in most cases.