Hi Brad, thanks for offering your time and thoughts here.
Yes, well, I agree with you—and I think the reputation risk from, as you poetically put it, the divergence of rhetoric from reality, is a real danger to the movement’s credibility. I’m getting words and whispers from people in my position who are feeling rather fed up and misled (but not airing that publicly on this post in case it hurts their chances, understandably!). Not getting a job you wanted is always disappointing, but it’s the misled aspect that carries the risk.
If 100′s of people would come away from job rejections with a sense, not that they’ve been out-competed, but misled, then the whole movement (which already relies on an ambitious brand mission of, well, saving the world) can quickly start to look… not credible anymore: not as rational or cost effective as it claims to be. Something you dabbled in when you were a student. A passing fancy, not a serious life philosophy or calling.
I don’t want this to happen. I think EA is a fantastic movement and I’d like very much to see it keep going from strength to strength. But the hiring situation has become quite unbalanced and I think the reputational risk is being overlooked.
Hi Brad, thanks for offering your time and thoughts here.
Yes, well, I agree with you—and I think the reputation risk from, as you poetically put it, the divergence of rhetoric from reality, is a real danger to the movement’s credibility. I’m getting words and whispers from people in my position who are feeling rather fed up and misled (but not airing that publicly on this post in case it hurts their chances, understandably!). Not getting a job you wanted is always disappointing, but it’s the misled aspect that carries the risk.
If 100′s of people would come away from job rejections with a sense, not that they’ve been out-competed, but misled, then the whole movement (which already relies on an ambitious brand mission of, well, saving the world) can quickly start to look… not credible anymore: not as rational or cost effective as it claims to be. Something you dabbled in when you were a student. A passing fancy, not a serious life philosophy or calling.
I don’t want this to happen. I think EA is a fantastic movement and I’d like very much to see it keep going from strength to strength. But the hiring situation has become quite unbalanced and I think the reputational risk is being overlooked.