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0 pointsplxio326mo ago0 comments

I have 100% the same experience. I would say it's often also an ego thing, not only resume building. I.e. the ego can't handle building a simple solution, the dev builds FAANG scale solutions therefore he/she is a great developer.

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dondraper366mo ago

Even in this thread, there was a comment (now deleted) saying that a staff engineer at GitHub is unlikely to know what real scale is.

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0 pointsplxio326mo ago0 comments

I have 100% the same experience. I would say it's often also an ego thing, not only resume building. I.e. the ego can't handle building a simple solution, the dev builds FAANG scale solutions therefore he/she is a great developer.

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dondraper366mo ago

Even in this thread, there was a comment (now deleted) saying that a staff engineer at GitHub is unlikely to know what real scale is.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse