How did you land into your current job?

It was just one of the 50 jobs or so I applied to when I was unemployed. I liked that it was just one interview and that's it, meanwhile other companies required 3 or 4 interviews and a technical test or similar shit.

By a recruiter even though I freaking hate them. The interview process was amazing. You had to demonstrate something to the whole development team and together they decided to hire.

It was funny: I was showing a small python project especially made for the company (it was for python position) but realized during the presentation that everyone was bored and I was losing them. Then halfway I just quitted the presentation and said that I have other stuff that I would like to show - but it's not Python. It was my own (VERY amateuristic) programming language in C. My first one that was stable-ish with average quality of code. I presented it with full enthousiasm and could tell about every design desission they asked about. The language sucked, written without research, but it was 100% own design so could answer anything! That was the difference between me and competition - they couldnt say why they did X and Y. I loved this interview process

@retoor if they were C programmers themselves - I wouldn't get hired probably. It was free from leaks according to valgrind, but that's it. Weird choices are made. C keeps surprising in a positive way while having quite a small book known as "THE" manual (K&R). 200 pages that makes you think for a decade or so

A Zoom call with the CEO while being manic. Landed a CTO role, celebrated my three years recently. Bipolar type I does give you superpowers, like in the movie Limitless, but they last days while costing months of subsequent depression.

@kiki coincidence, I had a upcomming mania during applying. It later escalated as F. I don't get burnout, i get mania, and then a burnout. After that a lot of medication that doesn't make you feel better. So far, olanzapine is after haldol the most effective one without that many side effects. Haldol fixes mania / psychoses issues completely but I feel now like a horse without the good legs it once had. One year left or so

Reccomended by a friend who was working there, the "interview" was 2 paid weeks of working for them

I was a sysadmin, elbows deep in sysadmin's shit. Always wanted to be a dev. I applied to one company and was invited for a jr interview.

I deferred -- was swamped in my current role. Rescheduled once again. And again. Hr called me asking what's happening, I explained I have a fuckload of work during working hours, can't do the homework. I suggested to drop this whole thing, as I've wasted too much of their time already

next day, they scheduled a 1hr slot during lunch time for me to come to their office. Read: they insisted on me doing the task and went an extra mile to give me the oppurtunity.

I came, did the task as well as I could, left. 2hrs later I got an offer. 1/3 of my sysadmin's salary, and I happily took it.

8 years later I'm still working in the same company.

@netikras

Where is this unicorn company that went through these huge efforts only to hire a junior?

I can understand if they did it for a senior position, but junior?!

Then you mentioned that you stay there for 8 years, maybe it's indeed a good company.

Damn...job hunting now sucks compared to that

@cho-uc It really is a good company :) It helped me grow A LOT, its attitude never undermines the employee's needs/opinion, even a junior's, it promotes professional growth, etc.

Recruiter reached out on Linkedin during Covid. I did two Zoom interviews and was given a remote role.