This is mentioned here, but I want to double down on the value of “asking around about the organization and what the experiences of others were”.
I talked to someone recently in tech about whether there were good ways to find out if working at any given tech organization was right for you, and he said basically no, that it was hard to get an accurate picture, that the resources that had tried to do this in the field (like Blind) added some information but gave warped impressions from who posted there. (That said, from a quick skim, it seems a lot better than nothing to me! I’m glad it exists)
So basically my current view is it’s hard, and you might need to get information from a bunch of different sources.
This is mentioned here, but I want to double down on the value of “asking around about the organization and what the experiences of others were”.
I talked to someone recently in tech about whether there were good ways to find out if working at any given tech organization was right for you, and he said basically no, that it was hard to get an accurate picture, that the resources that had tried to do this in the field (like Blind) added some information but gave warped impressions from who posted there. (That said, from a quick skim, it seems a lot better than nothing to me! I’m glad it exists)
So basically my current view is it’s hard, and you might need to get information from a bunch of different sources.