Re:Career Progression
by johnnyanmac on Thursday June 15, 2023 @03:12PM
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>but so much of this shit's made up that it's difficult to take anything seriously beyond the immediate task at hand.
Not necessarily made up. It just really depends on what your skillset is and what the company values. I as a systems engineer isn't going to be valued if all a company needs is a functional website for their non-tech services. But that supposed "rockstar" front end dev at that same company who may be devoured like a guppy if they tried to apply to a full stack role.
That's the one downside to an industry that lacks licenses or accredibility: all the companies have to snuff out that skillset themselves, and often in arbitrary ways (I am way beyond done with the Leetcode interview as someone almost 8 years into industry). But at the same time they treat their test as some secret code so they don't exact talk about WHAT an engineer should study* if they want to reach that level.
*(I should note that this mostly applies to non-FAANG jobs. On the contrary, Amazon and Google had entire interview packets for that stuff. Maybe a bit too much in the other direction, but better than guessing if I need to study C++, algorithms, domain specific knowledge, make personal projects, or many other topics).
Not necessarily made up. It just really depends on what your skillset is and what the company values. I as a systems engineer isn't going to be valued if all a company needs is a functional website for their non-tech services. But that supposed "rockstar" front end dev at that same company who may be devoured like a guppy if they tried to apply to a full stack role.
That's the one downside to an industry that lacks licenses or accredibility: all the companies have to snuff out that skillset themselves, and often in arbitrary ways (I am way beyond done with the Leetcode interview as someone almost 8 years into industry). But at the same time they treat their test as some secret code so they don't exact talk about WHAT an engineer should study* if they want to reach that level.
*(I should note that this mostly applies to non-FAANG jobs. On the contrary, Amazon and Google had entire interview packets for that stuff. Maybe a bit too much in the other direction, but better than guessing if I need to study C++, algorithms, domain specific knowledge, make personal projects, or many other topics).