Some more information on how Automattic hires:<p>- <a href="https://automattic.com/work-with-us/how-we-hire-developers/" rel="nofollow">https://automattic.com/work-with-us/how-we-hire-developers/</a><p>- <a href="https://www.andyserong.com/2019/07/25/switching-jobs-and-applying-for-automattic/" rel="nofollow">https://www.andyserong.com/2019/07/25/switching-jobs-and-app...</a><p>- <a href="https://danq.me/2019/08/30/automattic-00/" rel="nofollow">https://danq.me/2019/08/30/automattic-00/</a>
> If that works out well, then, you are invited to do a trial, where you work alongside an Automatic team for a period of 1-3 months for ~10 hours per week. This trial is paid with 25 Dollars per hour.<p>$25/hour for a professional software developer is kind of insulting. Particularly so if Automattic is looking the same tier of talent as the top tech companies.
This podcast is very hard to listen to. The way that both people talk, the naiveness of the host....it sounds like Im listening to an infomercial for tech jobs.<p>I realize that English isn't the native language of either speaker.
> If that works out well, then, you are invited to do a trial, where you work alongside an Automatic team for a period of 1-3 months for ~10 hours per week. This trial is paid with 25 Dollars per hou<p>How are you supposed to live/support a family on $1,100 a month for 1-3 months? Would be a hard pass for me if I was looking.
Side point but...<p>“In this episode, I talk to Leif Singer, an engineer at the fully remote company<p>Why some of the big tech is still not very remote friendly like FB, Google, Apple etc.