As someone with a background in philosophy who is considering programming as an earning to give career, I would be interested in reading more about how you transitioned into software development after quitting your philosophical studies.
It would also be useful to know if there are objective measures one can rely upon to determine if one is the kind of person that “gets” programming.
On the question “A lot of people follow the algorithm, hire everyone we possibly can”, Ben Kuhn’s remarks on “threshold hiring” in his post on replaceability are relevant:
Many firms, including e.g. earning-to-give darling Jane Street, do not hire to fill quotas. They hire as many qualified people as come their way. If you take a job at Jane Street, it won’t cause them to deny someone else a job—they’re expanding as fast as they find people who can do the work.
(Minor: the ‘Luke’ link is broken; and Peter’s last name is “Hurford”.)
A great talk! I’ve added it to my annotated bibliography on earning to give.
As someone with a background in philosophy who is considering programming as an earning to give career, I would be interested in reading more about how you transitioned into software development after quitting your philosophical studies.
It would also be useful to know if there are objective measures one can rely upon to determine if one is the kind of person that “gets” programming.
On the question “A lot of people follow the algorithm, hire everyone we possibly can”, Ben Kuhn’s remarks on “threshold hiring” in his post on replaceability are relevant:
(Minor: the ‘Luke’ link is broken; and Peter’s last name is “Hurford”.)