You can perform super well and answer every question right .. then get a canned “sorry we pass no feedback”
Interviews are not meritocratic, or anything like school where your efforts are necessarily rewarded.. you can get every answer right on a chem test and get an A.. an interview nail down every question and the interviewer doesn’t like the color of your shirt
Going in I was pretty naive thinking you can control the outcome .. I’m not saying don’t study or prep for interviews ( you should and always improve ) but the job selection process is often illogical and opaque
I’ve had interviewers asking me to answer a question .. and they give a wrong answer ( how do you find files in Linux … ls … no that’s Listing )
This person doesn’t seem like an engineer and either inarticulate or incompetent… you’re gonna get situations where interviewer thinks they know more than you and they don’t seem up to date on latest practices
Are you reading blogs, books in domain knowledge , attending conferences, going to meetups .. trying to improve your game .. you’re on right track
I’m aware that outcomes are very binary.. either success or failure, but you need to adapt to a growth mindset.. and I know society unfairly categorized us into either winners or losers
Passing tech interviews, part luck, part good match, part technical ability… reality is a lot of factors outside your control
After reading this book, my mind totally changed
https://www.amazon.com/Meritocracy-Trap-Foundational-Inequality-Dismantles/dp/0735221995
The GEICO salary schedule is not applied equally to employees. There is a tremendous amount of income inequality at GEICO. We’ve been graphing people’s pay as we collect signatures to try to find patters based on merit or tenure and there is none. There’s a very good book on the topic if you’re interested in reading more.
You (meaning anyone reading this) might want to read this book (or others making this similar argument). Obviously I am not expecting anyone to read. The author also summarizes this in lecturea found on youtubes, and there are review articles.
https://www.amazon.com/Meritocracy-Trap-Foundational-Inequality-Dismantles/dp/0735221995
https://www.amazon.com/Meritocracy-Trap-Foundational-Inequality-Dismantles/dp/0735221995
si claro, USA es un meritocracia, ni ellos se lo creen.
This book covers it well: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0735221995/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_glt_fabc_5NYHG7B1CM3BZVAKA43C
Control that in real dollars. Don't throw that shit at people and expect them to go,"OMG!"
There are several problem with this data.
1) Control for inflation
2) Actual price paid by median income household after free aid
3) Difference in the cost/quality of facilities.
The problem, if you really look is the underpayment of states to public institutions since 2000 (dot com bubble) and the competition for students demanding better/upgraded facilities, and competition for the top research Ph.d.'s.
The other part of the problem is explained by the "Meritocracy Trap"
Article
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/09/meritocracys-miserable-winners/594760/
Book
https://www.amazon.com/Meritocracy-Trap-Foundational-Inequality-Dismantles/dp/0735221995
Video lecture from author
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtZZj4j5UpI
One of the real problem with Federal Student loans is the issues surrounding "for profits" like University of Phoenix who prey on people's desperation, the ease to get the loans, and the margins on their product are not regulated.
This is not so much a federal problem, but a state problem not funding education (Thank you Texas), not taxing to fund public education, and the feds giving a convenient source of funds never intended to pay this portion of education costs. It was meant to supplement.