Let down by poor quality mid-level managers
Let down by poor quality mid-level managers
- Work with some really talented people on interesting problems.
- A well-meaning company culture.
- Thinking about the complete user experience.
- Poor middle management.
- Poor work-life balance.
- An archaic "not invented here" mentality.
- Managers tend to dictate engineering approaches.
Drain the swamp! Overhaul your review and compensation process. Make it more transparent and consistent across the company.
Implement shorter, 6-month performance cycles and 360-degree review processes.
Create development tracks for progression as an individual contributor.
Weed out the terrible managers who create employee churn.
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HR call followed by an engineering coding interview. The 60-minute coding round was divided into debugging and coding. I was not selected for the next round, perhaps due to the high number of candidates interviewing for the same position.
Senior Software Engineer
How I got the interview: * Through LinkedIn, I received a message from a recruiter about a job conference in my area. * I attended the conference, where they conducted simple interviews (two per candidate). * Although I was not well-prepared,
Senior Software Engineer
I was contacted by a recruiter and then had a phone screen with the manager. A few days later, the recruiter told me the manager was showing interest, so they scheduled an on-site interview. The on-site consisted of one-on-one interviews with eight p
Senior Software Engineer
Cupertino, California, United StatesAugust 1, 2023HR call followed by an engineering coding interview. The 60-minute coding round was divided into debugging and coding. I was not selected for the next round, perhaps due to the high number of candidates interviewing for the same position.
Senior Software Engineer
Cupertino, California, United StatesMay 1, 2013How I got the interview: * Through LinkedIn, I received a message from a recruiter about a job conference in my area. * I attended the conference, where they conducted simple interviews (two per candidate). * Although I was not well-prepared,
Senior Software Engineer
Cupertino, California, United StatesMay 1, 2016I was contacted by a recruiter and then had a phone screen with the manager. A few days later, the recruiter told me the manager was showing interest, so they scheduled an on-site interview. The on-site consisted of one-on-one interviews with eight p
