Interviewing a software engineer who prepared with AI

Re:Interviewing a software engineer who prepared with AI by esafak on Monday April 07, 2025 @03:30PM (#43614991)

You should be giving constant feedback; firing should not come as a surprise. And if someone is not delivering, the people who depend on that output will know. Totally unrelated people should reserve judgment.

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Re:Interviewing a software engineer who prepared with AI by squiffsquiff on Monday April 07, 2025 @03:59PM (#43615309)

There were 30% layoffs at a company I worked at and one of the 'survivors' was so traumatised by it that they took their own life. It's a known phenomenon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor_guilt

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Re:Interviewing a software engineer who prepared with AI by aaomidi on Monday April 07, 2025 @10:00PM (#43617687)

Layoffs are generally random firing. Especially when we talk about % points.

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Re:Interviewing a software engineer who prepared with AI by sethammons on Tuesday April 08, 2025 @05:12AM (#43619710)

What's your point? The thread is about how other people being fired is stressful.

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Re:Interviewing a software engineer who prepared with AI by Aurornis on Monday April 07, 2025 @03:34PM (#43615032)

> firing should not come as a surprise.

The surprise was for the people around them, not the person being fired.

> Totally unrelated people should reserve judgment.

In the real world, they don't.

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Re:Interviewing a software engineer who prepared with AI by ghaff on Monday April 07, 2025 @05:04PM (#43615924)

You might be surprised how many totally oblivious and un-self-aware people there are out there.

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