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Re:The pool of talented C++ developers is running dry by jedberg on Saturday February 04, 2023 @01:40AM (#34652197)
No, not at all. You didn't have to be a top performer at Netflix, you had to be a top performer industrywide. Netflix basically tried to keep only people who would be rated as top performers at other companies.

Think of it like a sports team (which is how Netflix always described it). They wanted the best people in the league.

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Re:The pool of talented C++ developers is running dry by tjpnz on Saturday February 04, 2023 @04:22AM (#34653052)
Didn't it make you feel as though there was a target on your back constantly? What happens if something in your personal life results in you having a bad quarter?
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Re:The pool of talented C++ developers is running dry by andirk on Saturday February 04, 2023 @07:52AM (#34654078)
Yeah that sounds like a nightmare. Then again, I'm only a solid B+ (grading scale, not language) engineer and I'm happy with that. I'll let the gunners take the target-on-back jobs.

Btw, can Netflix please put some of that capital in to better programming, or at least in to adding a "Delete + never show me this or anything like this every again" button. Platform is a pile at this point. No offense

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Re:The pool of talented C++ developers is running dry by closeparen on Monday February 06, 2023 @12:53PM (#34681269)
This has “grade inflation at Harvard” energy. It does seem reasonable to me, but at the same time you can see how it’s a little ridiculous.
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