What is the engineering hiring bar?
The article could be a_lot_ more concise. Here’s what I got out of it as the takeaway:<p>&gt; And that helps us understand why Recursive Cactus spends so much time practicing. He’s training himself partially because his current company isn’t developing his skills.<p>Exactly. Recursive Calculus wants a better job, (a lot) higher pay, a better environment. So he spends time prepping for this.<p>And companies who can offer all of this, and get a lot of interest already, they are selective, minimising false positives in the hiring process. They expect working code in the coding challenge, a good attitude and some other skills like demonstrating decent systems design. Recursive Calculus also preps so much as his interview process to his current place was different and he _really_ wants to nail these interviews, get a bunch of offers and get into a bidding war before saying bye to his current workplace he’d love to leave for something better.<p>There wasn’t really any actionable thing in this article that I found, or applicable advice. The end.