AWS's us-east-1 region is experiencing issues

Post by 9wzYQbTYsAIc » Thu, Mar 10, 2022, 1:52 PM UTC

Lascaille wrote: post #138

9wzYQbTYsAIc wrote: post #70

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Outside of the mega-fang industry, I’m wondering the same thing. The Great Resignation had to have taken a huge toll on regular enterprises. There are probably going to be some unlucky (or lucky, depending on how hardcore they are) people in the position of maintaining aging legacy systems and retrofitting them into the future. COBOL, for example, is becoming a lucrative language for people in the financial and insur…

>The Great Resignation had to have taken a huge toll on regular enterprises. The Great Resignation was people leaving jobs they didn't want (front of house/service industry/gig) for jobs they did want (career-track jobs) after those jobs resumed hiring again after the pandemic settled down. Labor force participation went up not down due to 'the great resignation.'

Post by bogomipz » Thu, Mar 10, 2022, 3:06 PM UTC

smarmgoblin wrote: post #144

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> What is the "cultish LP dance" here that is weeding good people out? The "culture fit" interview process focuses on leadership principles, so lots of questions like " tell me about a time when you went above and beyond for a customer". Being yourself will get you nowhere, you need to research the questions and the script that is expected of you. > What service does your team work on? I'm a partner-focused SA, so no…

I interviewed with AWS about a year ago. Knocked the programming/system design interviews out of the park, but it was clear the LP interviewer simply didn’t believe I was being truthful about the example I gave (included a period where my team had no direct manager, which is abnormal). He also had a programming question for me but we didn’t have time for him to explain it. No offer, recruiter emphasized that they wer…

Post by smarmgoblin » Thu, Mar 10, 2022, 4:32 PM UTC

bogomipz wrote: post #154

smarmgoblin wrote: post #144

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I interviewed with AWS about a year ago. Knocked the programming/system design interviews out of the park, but it was clear the LP interviewer simply didn’t believe I was being truthful about the example I gave (included a period where my team had no direct manager, which is abnormal). He also had a programming question for me but we didn’t have time for him to explain it. No offer, recruiter emphasized that they wer…

Who would interview with a company again after this nonsense though? I would hope candidates view of said "cool off" period is that it is a permanent one. The arrogance of these recruiters is astonishing.

Post by steveBK123 » Thu, Mar 10, 2022, 7:24 PM UTC

metadat wrote: post #136

9wzYQbTYsAIc wrote: post #132

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Similar story in smaller orgs, from what I’ve heard - people don’t even bother with the going-away stuff any more.

It seems like that is more of an artifact of the pandemic and everyone working remote. Are you going to hold a farewell zoom party? I don't think so.

Post by bogomipz » Thu, Mar 10, 2022, 8:25 PM UTC

smarmgoblin wrote: post #156

bogomipz wrote: post #154

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Who would interview with a company again after this nonsense though? I would hope candidates view of said "cool off" period is that it is a permanent one. The arrogance of these recruiters is astonishing.

It was unpleasant but at the end of the day it was just one guy. What gets me is that every recruiter who reaches out (hundreds by now I estimate) wants me to complete their timed coding test to qualify to interview again. I found Google’s interview process comparatively much more respectful (although more demanding), and have been happy working there instead.