A lot of commenters seem to think this is purely a DEI thing, but doesn't it match how the best companies hire? Couldn't it be that the colleges are genuinely trying to select who they think will end up at the top of their fields? Common hiring advice for startups (my game) is to look for slope and drive, not deep expertise or experience. The top kid at a bad high school seems like a better bet to me than the median kid from a stellar high school, even if they've done 3x more AP classes. There have been "revelatory" articles like every year for decades about how google doesn't just hire ivy leaguers.
No, at FAANG I was coached to strictly evaluate based on individual merit, defined by some fixed rubric. We certainly would not penalize an applicant for attending a school with "too many" qualified graduates.
Helping friends (and friends of friends of friends of friends) find their next startup gig without the application process. Aspiring to be Wealthfront for your career… a passive optimization that pings you every now and then with an interesting interview you could take.
Thinking a lot about how to recognize great matches. I think basically everyone can be talented force multipliers in the right situation / company / mission / team. Everyone here wants to do their life’s work, but it’s hard to find it.
Tactically working to scale reliable human-in-the-loop AI recruiter agents with very few humans.
Love handy. I use it too when dealing with LLMs. The other day I asked chatgpt to generate interview questions based on job description and then I answered using handy. So cool!
I am using pgboss myself, very decent, very simple. Had some issues with graphile back in the days, cant remember what exaclty, it probably did already overcome whatever I was struggling with!
FWIW Carmack did this as CTO of Oculus [0]. Another configuration I've seen is for the CTO to have like 1 direct (VP Eng) who does actual eng managing. You could argue it's a staff engineer role but I've never seen staff engineers actually get much say over org direction/structure or be empowered to break gridlock like this.
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