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Flunking my Anthropic interview again

(taylor.town)
369 points surprisetalk | 2 comments | 29 Aug 25 14:02 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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kashunstva ◴[29 Aug 25 14:44 UTC] No.45064812[source]▶
I have no idea to what extent Anthropic or other employers delve into prospective candidates’ blogs; but this strikes me as too much self-disclosure for one’s own good. We all have idiosyncrasies; but calling oneself weird on a now widely published blog article seems like it risks defeating the goal of making oneself an ideal candidate for many job opportunities. Look, many of my own eccentricities have been (net) valuable to be professionally and personally, but it was probably better they be revealed “organically” rather than through a public act of self-disclosure.
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amarcheschi ◴[29 Aug 25 15:07 UTC] No.45065126[source]▶
I still have to meet a person in computer science who isn't weird
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1. trenchpilgrim ◴[29 Aug 25 15:08 UTC] No.45065142[source]▶
I've met a few. None in SV, all in "flyover" states/provinces.
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2. majormajor ◴[29 Aug 25 15:16 UTC] No.45065255[source]▶
SV/NY is pretty concentrated with "non-weird" SWEs these days unless you count "money-oriented" as weird. "CS degree from a top program followed by FAANG or NYC Fintech" was a common default path for reasonably-smart/reasonably-socially-skilled/highly-career-motivated high school students to aim at for a while.