by hnthrowaway0315 3 days ago
“more, better, faster,”
I have heard these words, almost verbatim, from manager-yes-men coming from a FAANG background, and surprisingly concentrated in a certain demography (if someone find this offensive, I'll remove this part).
My CTO wants us to "deliver as fast as possible", and my VP wants us to "go much faster, and more ownership". "Better" or anything related with quality was definitely mentioned, too, but always at a second place.
To this day, I consider these yes-men to be a major red flag, so I always tried to probe for such information during interviews.
I'm interested in how you're probing for them?
I haven't needed to change jobs but I'm worried that one day I'll have to
Just ask along the line "Do you have someone from FAANG as a director/VP? Because I have worked with a few and really loved the learning process" and do a bit of research once you know the name of the hiring manager.