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Re:Dropbox to reduce global workforce by about 16%, or 500 s... by fHr on Thursday April 27, 2023 @01:07PM (#35731231)
Honestly there are just to many SWE then. FAANG just paid moonsalarys and lot of bad SWE joined the space who ofcourse never get to FAANG or only for 1 axed project but still are in the space not needed at all with I worked FAANG on cv. We can't all be SWE. The skilled will survive it no doubt.
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Re:Dropbox to reduce global workforce by about 16%, or 500 s... by alfalfasprout on Thursday April 27, 2023 @01:32PM (#35731648)
Agreed. The field has become flooded w/ bad talent. I in large part blame leetcode hiring. Folks that are used to "cram cultures" just cram for that test but have zero idea how to engineer and architect good software and systems.
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