Backend teams are really political and micromanaged
Backend teams are really political and micromanaged
The CEO is good at sales and getting funding. The product is popular.
Some back-end platform and infra teams are politically driven.
Pressures are not from the back but the front.
An oversized engineering team can lead to times where there are not many tasks to do, and the focus shifts to making your manager happy.
Some managers collect your faults word by word, preparing to use them to fire you instead of focusing on getting things done or making the service better.
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United StatesDecember 1, 2020The recruiter was completely professional. During the interview, I was able to solve the problem in the stipulated time; however, the interviewer wrote a buggy solution which I had to correct. I was finally rejected for some lame reason. Advice to o
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San Jose, California, United StatesMarch 1, 2021The consultant was contacted by LinkedIn regarding a position. The first interview was with the hiring manager and it went well. See the question for details. Later, emails were received with a rejection due to non-matching experience.
