Mediocre Engineering, Failed Meritocracy
Mediocre Engineering, Failed Meritocracy
If you are not very smart, you can fail upward or do some real politicking.
If you have half a brain, you can see that the engineering is at best mediocre. While the word meritocracy is thrown around a lot, your own merit will get you nowhere. You'll hear a lot of excuses about how nothing can be done because it's just the way it has always been done.
Start doing some critical thinking when talent raises long-standing issues. Start cultivating an environment where people who can do more are able to do so.
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Sunnyvale, California, United StatesSeptember 1, 2023The process is fast. From screening to providing an offer is within a month. Questions are focused on detailed network security. There are no LeetCode or system design questions. The interview was in Mandarin after they knew I could speak Mandarin.
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Sunnyvale, California, United StatesJune 1, 2019Very quick, responsive, organized, and very focused. The HR team is a well-oiled machinery. I have always received their response in one day if I had some kind of questions regarding my entire process.
