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I work at Apple and we have a policy (new in 2024) where we are not allowed to make an offer for a manager position to a candidate unless we have interviewed a PoC or a woman for the roll. The stated goal for this policy is “diverse managers hire diverse teams”. So right off the bat we are discriminating based on race and gender. Look at the published diversity data on the Apple website, the company is now 50% Asian…
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I'm not sure what your asking. In this case the company was hiring them because they were incredibly cheap.
You mentioned “KZ foreigners” instead of just “foreigners” which implies that the “KZ” part has some significance.
You had me until you said “white males”. No evil corporations are not inspiring to oppress the White male. What skills do you have to make you competitive in a saturated market? Do you really think greedy corporations who are only out to make a profit are going to go out of their way to hire someone less qualified to oppress White men?
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Terrible. I've turned to making video games while my wife works. Rough times.
how far from your previous experience is the game work?
Building interfaces and menu systems etc feels very similar to frontend web development. Much of the domain knowledge transfers when it comes to programming. Mainly my skills transfer to gameplay development and debugging. I make small games and only just recently released my first commercial game, which has only sold two copies.
Creating a throwaway account for simplicity. I was/am a hiring manager, mostly for startups. Market is rough right now for sure but I also want to share some flags I’d personally note when looking at your website / LinkedIn. 1. You have experience in a lot of technologies, which sometimes is good, but can also be the case where you don’t have expertise in any of them. 2. According to LinkedIn since 2016 most of your…
i've worked with many, many recruiters over the years, and only a handful who weren't actively interfering with finding a good dev / company fit.
between that, automated resume filtering and linkedin's requirements to serve linkedin before serving anyone else, we're all living in a situation that would be hilariously ridiculous if it wasn't so sad.
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At my FAANG company, our leadership is super unbalanced in favor of white/asian men. We have some empty words about diversity but no goals or metrics, so nothing effective will actually change. As a (white, male) manager, I have huge power over who gets to interview. My network is, sadly, largely white/asian and male. So if I don’t even think about it, I will perpetuate the imbalance. I haven’t seen bonuses tied to d…
You could lead by example and replace your own role with a "diverse" candidate?
For now, I’m focusing my mentorship energy on promising women and minorities, and helping them network.
I've been out of a job for most of the past year. While sending Merry Christmas texts to my friends, I had a conversation with one (another programmer, different technologies and industry) where he revealed he was laid off last month. I keep applying for jobs, and recently accepted the possibility to relocate for an on site position (because staying where I am and hoping to get a remote position hasn't worked out). I…
More than likely an internal hire. This is often the case if you're an external candidate.
I haven't been able to get a job since the pandemic. The problem is that I work best as a lone wolf, and that's not how software is done nowadays. For good reason, I might add, so I am not complaining. Don't make my mistake and learn your soft skills. https://gavinhoward.com/2024/06/my-programming-journey/
> Got engaged. Made a stupid mistake on my wedding day and was left at the altar. I deserved it.
What happened?
[1]: https://gavinhoward.org/2023/06/let-me-cure-your-impostor-sy...