Some perhaps unsolicited advice from a hiring manager in a company very similar to the great ones in which this writer was unsuccessful.
- Rare programmers won’t identify themselves as such.
- Most great companies hire for humility as a trait.
- Rare programmers won’t identify themselves as such.
- Most great companies hire for humility as a trait.
It's also worth pointing out that the cover letter mentioning "rare programmer" ultimately led to an interview and an offer according to the author.
For your standard experienced “enterprise dev” in most major US cities outside of the west coast and NYC, pre-Covid the demand was so high and so few experience developers come on the market, you could usually find a job in less than a month depending on if you were looking for the “right job” or the “right now” job. That’s been my experience since 2000 with the exception of the years between 2008-2010.
Of course that’s if you do enough resume driven development and have a strong network of former coworkers and local recruiters.
What happens if great companies do not hire for humility as a trait?
Is it truly as simple as: too many unkind people get into the company?
Or could one be more cynical and say: it's easier to not have humble people negotiate tough salaries?
Or is it something completely different?
I honestly don't know and have no reference.
From the definition that I read, could as easily mean having a mindset of that whatever you know now is something one should be grateful for, and you don't always need to push yourself so hard.
[1] : freedom from pride or arrogance : the quality or state of being humble accepted the honor with humility The ordeal taught her humility.
But I can see how it could be read
It doesn't work with a thin resume.