Interviewing as a Front-End Engineer in San Francisco

Re:Interviewing as a Front-End Engineer in San Francisco by edw519 on Monday December 23, 2013 @12:48PM (#6955481)

I'd rather hire a smart person and teach them X then hire someone who knows everything about X but lacks creativity, logic, and reasoning.

This!

That one sentence pretty much addressed all of your questions and concerns. So instead on hacking the apparent process, read that sentence again and get it. This is pretty much an absolute truth in almost any industry for almost any skill. It's especially true in tech because:

  - "X" will be different in 2 years anyway.
  - "X" will be VERY different in 4 years.
  - Well funded companies want long-term talent.
  - Start-ups seeking their place want long-term talent.
  - Companies with long-term vision want long-term talent.
  - A jack of all trades is usually better than a master of one.
  - If it's so complicated to learn, it's too complicated to use.

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Re:Interviewing as a Front-End Engineer in San Francisco by rondon on Monday December 23, 2013 @12:56PM (#6955512)

I've done very little HTML,CSS but I feel confident that I could become proficient as a front-end dev. But it is going to take months. I assume you are saying that these companies are hiring based on expected performance at 1+ years. They don't expect the person who gets the job to be making major front end code changes the first month?

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Re:Interviewing as a Front-End Engineer in San Francisco by pmiller2 on Monday December 23, 2013 @04:53PM (#6956738)

How does one go about identifying these companies that are willing to invest in smart people who might not have experience in LibraryVersion 2.1.9 or something?

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