Our industry has created this mess thanks to that stupid crackin “book” and process designed by someone who never actually worked as a software engineer or released and maintained an actual product.
When I “cracked” my Google interview and got the job, I joined a team I never met. Of course we all could code , since we “cracked it”, but did I enjoy the team dynamics or team culture? Nice people but if they were a 10 person startup I wouldn’t choose them or would they have been successful.
None of the social dynamics which are important to teams was there or even fostered, acknowledged.
You just did a transfer and kept fishing.
Why, b/c Google just believe coding skills are all that mattered.
When I “cracked” my Google interview and got the job, I joined a team I never met. Of course we all could code , since we “cracked it”, but did I enjoy the team dynamics or team culture? Nice people but if they were a 10 person startup I wouldn’t choose them or would they have been successful.
None of the social dynamics which are important to teams was there or even fostered, acknowledged.
You just did a transfer and kept fishing.
Why, b/c Google just believe coding skills are all that mattered.
Yet they matter, but so do other things.