Big Tech Hiring is Conservative - But Why? (from an ex-Uber engineering manager)

March 28, 2021

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I've been a hiring manager for 5 years at tech companies and observed hiring decisions to be conservative. Let's dive into why this is. Are you applying to Big Tech? I wrote a book on how to write a software engineering resume to stand out. Free for any developer out of a job: https://thetechresume.com/​ 00:00​ - Intro 01:28​ - The nature of Big Tech 02:35​ - Reason 1: it's time-consuming to let people go 04:50​ - Reason 2: hiring managers often don't hire for themselves 06:00​ - Reason 3: the debrief panels making hiring decisions 06:48​ - The upside of taking risks on hiring 07:54​ - If you take away one thing Music from: www.bensound.com Connect with me on other platforms: - Twitter: https://twitter.com/GergelyOrosz​ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gergelyor...​ - Newsletter on software engineering: https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/ne...​ Books I've written (and am writing): - Software engineering resumes: https://thetechresume.com/​ - Building Mobile Apps at Scale: http://mobileatscale.com/​ - The Software Engineer's Guidebook: https://www.engguidebook.com/​ - All books: https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/bo...