high engineering bar but poor executive leadership
high engineering bar but poor executive leadership
Competitive compensation and a good work-life balance. Most of the ICs and frontline EMs who are left are capable and driven people.
Block is sadly a slowly sinking ship. Innovative product launches plateaued three years ago, and the company has repeatedly floundered when trying to course correct. This is due entirely to poor executive leadership, but there hasn't been any turnover on the exec team in years. Instead, Jack has mandated repeated layoffs at the sprint team level. The irony is that he accidentally fired most of the people who were on the bleeding edge of AI adoption.
Block needs a purging at the executive level. All the layoffs in the world of ICs and frontline EMs won't fix the lack of a unified product vision.
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It's a many-step and long process. However, it involves clever people and a thorough process that utilizes most of the skills needed to succeed in the role. Participants come from all over the company, not necessarily people you will end up working
Engineering Manager
The process consisted of an initial 1-hour call with a hiring manager, followed by two phone screens: one management-related and one coding. The coding screen was conducted via Coderpad and involved basic CS concepts. The onsite consisted of: *
Engineering Manager
My experience was very positive, from meeting with the recruiter to speaking with the hiring manager and other EMs. While I wasn't selected, I thought the experience was great. I was able to get to know the team throughout the process, and they seem
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NorwayNovember 7, 2024It's a many-step and long process. However, it involves clever people and a thorough process that utilizes most of the skills needed to succeed in the role. Participants come from all over the company, not necessarily people you will end up working
Engineering Manager
San Francisco, California, United StatesJune 1, 2017The process consisted of an initial 1-hour call with a hiring manager, followed by two phone screens: one management-related and one coding. The coding screen was conducted via Coderpad and involved basic CS concepts. The onsite consisted of: *
Engineering Manager
United StatesFebruary 7, 2025My experience was very positive, from meeting with the recruiter to speaking with the hiring manager and other EMs. While I wasn't selected, I thought the experience was great. I was able to get to know the team throughout the process, and they seem
