Paola MataFeb 4, 2023

A thought I had last week: Would anyone hire a software engineer to do anything other than engineering? As highly technical as these skills are, they don’t seem easily transferable.

Yet even the shitty company that’s questioning my technical ability said that I have excellent communication and ability to collaborate, which should really count for much more than it does in this industry. I’ve worked with too many engineers who are noticeably bad at these things.

Show threadPaola MataFeb 4, 2023

I know I’m going on about this, but it’s bigger than my current job search woes.

My desire to remain in tech is hanging by a thread. The recent layoffs and all these shady hiring practices have me feeling like tech doesn’t care about people at all.

I can’t ignore the way tech treats its own people while building products and supposedly solving problems for people. It doesn’t track.

Show threadArmando
@paolamata Have you looked at smaller companies? You might be less of a number there. Pay would be less, but it might have a better work environment
Feb 4, 2023 at 3:24pmIvory for iOS
Show threadPaola MataFeb 4, 2023
@armillio yes! The other company I interviewed with is quite small. Still waiting on a hiring decision.