u/BackendSpecialist wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
L O L Wow. I cannot believe how blatant it seems. Still. I don’t know how they hold on to these senior positions once they get them. My only reference is FAANG so maybe the senior position here is more intense. But you cannot fake senior for long here. Regardless thank you fo
u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
I think the last thing you said is the key, I wrote about that before and there are four buckets I've observed and almost all of them it is not the celebratory story, but a grueling first year of stress:
\- get fired, not a lot, but some people do
\- barely get by and leave before getting PIPed or because they are no where near progressing and want a more appropriate role
\- secretly put in nights and weekends to make up for their gaps and get by long enough to hang on
\- other: the jobs aren't really "senior", e.g. consultants at Google via contractors are "Senior Engineer", they are more mid level-ish and there is another set of outcomes there
The key thing with Codesmith is the entry bar is very high and looking for a very specific person - a person who tends to be successful in a lot of situations.