Re:Age Discrimination in Silicon Valley
by tmp1234519029 on Tuesday August 12, 2014 @04:48PM
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The typical interview in the silicon valley goes like this:
him: you're coding netflix, which db you use?
you: [insert any relational db name here]
him: but what if you have a gazillion users?
you: ok ok, i'll use mongodb (sigh)
Re:Age Discrimination in Silicon Valley
by optimusclimb on Tuesday August 12, 2014 @01:58PM
(#8169114)
If mongodb is in fact a poor choice for their problem set and they made it anyway, you're better off not being there.
If it WAS the pragmatic or correct choice, then I'd say spend a few days or nights getting up to speed with mongo. Learning to use it is not that hard, it's keeping things working smoothly/tuning when you have a huge cluster and many consumers of it that's hard.
Re:Age Discrimination in Silicon Valley
by JabavuAdams on Tuesday August 12, 2014 @01:51PM
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Start consulting or doing independent contractor work? Apply to Fog Creek software or Trello, and let us know whether the reality is as good as the marketing?
I am based in Spain. The job market for senior developers is a bit tougher here.
Come work with us! We're growing fast and love people with lots of experience.
Would you consider remote?
I am a Django dev (at the moment) and have experience in the financial sector, but I am based in Barcelona.
Re:Age Discrimination in Silicon Valley
by adambratt on Wednesday August 13, 2014 @07:54PM
(#8175524)
We do!
Barcelona is awesome. Our COO is actually from there originally
Judging from your team photo it doesn't look like that :-)
But it is a thought what counts
How do I get this across to employers? All they seem interested is if I have experience in MongoDB (which in 9 out of 10 cases seems to be a crap choice).