Where I live you generally have a 3 month probation period and I don't think anyone who leaves within that period would even write this in their CV.
There were literally hundreds of people who had a better view of the org than him
His newsletter makes more sense when you read about how he considers it his most successful business after a long string of startups that didn’t work out. He’s basically growth hacking his way to more subscribers with every trick in the book.
I don’t know what claim you mention, but his newsletter goes into lots of details, is open about how this is just what he is hearing from people, etc. I don’t know what major claim you’re talking about though, but I do get your point about the business angle.
Tho honestly I would not trust any SVP at a company like Uber to have an understanding of what it’s actually like to be an IC, or PM level. Hearing what people at that level are thinking is way more valuable to me.
I'm not familiar with his writing, but you can learn a hell of a lot about the internal workings in your company in four years.
What do you mean? He shares true stories and is insightful. He never claims to have been an SVP or CTO. As a CEO myself, I’d much rather read about how a company works from an engineer’s or eng manager’s perspective than from a senior leadership perspective. I think that’s part of why Gergely’s writing is so valuable. You get specific, well sourced stories about how things actually are inside a variety of companies—not just what the external perception is.
Oh that's interesting, I'd have taken the opposite view - that having a 2 month gap on your CV would be interpreted by most HR depts as worse than explaining a 2-month job as "not a good fit"
Edit: I guess I should clarify that I don't see gaps in CVs as a bad thing, but from personal experience I know some HR depts have an irrational fear of them.
A 2 month gap is nothing. Like, maybe an extended holiday or a quick refresh between jobs. If I leave a job, take a few weeks for myself, then start handing out resumes at that point... It could easily be 2 months before an interview is lined up somewhere.
I personally don't think any length of gap in a resume is the business of a hiring department. There are hundreds of legitimate reasons that someone took a few months or even a year or two off (e.g. extended travel, children, caretaking of someone sick/elderly/whatever, etc.). In a lot of cases, the reason for the gap might be super personal (health, death of family, etc.) and really not anyone else's concern. And I'd rather not work at a place where they think a 2 month gap is something they need to worry about -- if I can do the job, I can do the job regardless of my employment status 2 months ago.