Lynne is the creator of Key Values, a website that helps engineers find teams that share their values. She lives in San Francisco, is an Iron(wo)man, and loves meeting new peeps!
Location
San Francisco
Education
MIT'10 Brain and Cognitive Sciences, UCSF'12 Neuroscience
Unfortunately, there is very little information about most companies online. This is especially true for smaller companies/startups who are busy building their product and supporting their users/customers, and don't have a lot of time to develop content for their business. Then, the bigger the company/corporation, we tend to get a lot of marketing fluff. If you look at 50 career pages or 50 job descriptions, you'll notice they all look shockingly similar.
A company's core values don't tell us anything about what the day-to-day is actually like. The life of a salesperson and the life of an infrastructure engineer are really different, and "Grit" as a company core value probably has a different translation to each department and team.
Imagine getting married to someone w/o actually asking him/her questions. You can't just read about them on the internet! (I mean... I guess you can. 😜) In my opinion, it's much much better to interact w/ them 1-on-1 and gauge for yourself whether you're compatible.
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We're a place where coders share, stay up-to-date and grow their careers.
Unfortunately, there is very little information about most companies online. This is especially true for smaller companies/startups who are busy building their product and supporting their users/customers, and don't have a lot of time to develop content for their business. Then, the bigger the company/corporation, we tend to get a lot of marketing fluff. If you look at 50 career pages or 50 job descriptions, you'll notice they all look shockingly similar.
A company's core values don't tell us anything about what the day-to-day is actually like. The life of a salesperson and the life of an infrastructure engineer are really different, and "Grit" as a company core value probably has a different translation to each department and team.
Imagine getting married to someone w/o actually asking him/her questions. You can't just read about them on the internet! (I mean... I guess you can. 😜) In my opinion, it's much much better to interact w/ them 1-on-1 and gauge for yourself whether you're compatible.