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Pardon my language but the patent thing has turned into a **** measuring contest, and serves no useful purpose.

When I worked at FAANG you had a whole class of PE engineer who literally couldn’t build anything to save their lives. But they would constantly file patents with a frenzy like IT guys rack up certifications. Of course when the patent office gets an application from $FAANG they approve it.

And people who aren’t in the know just see patent on the resume and keep hiring these people thinking they are the next Elon Musk or something, unfortunately.




> And people who aren’t in the know just see patent on the resume and keep hiring these people thinking they are the next Elon Musk or something

Wouldn't that mean they are accurately identifying ego-driven candidates that aren't actually engineers? :P




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