Had a recruiting firm send us an RC helicopter with a note that they'd give us the remote if we had a ten minute chat with them. In the end, we ended up buying a third party controller and reprogramming it to use that.
@@teaajay They do it for people like Gilfoyle (and the OP I guess?) but people like Gilfoyle are like an LA Lakers player or a Liverpool FC player....the best of the best. Most engineers in tech don't get this sort of thing unless they are something special. And to be honest most aren't. But they think they are ha ha! Many people know about the Dunning-Kruger effect, but not everyone knows that it was software engineers Dunning and Kruger initially studied. Tech industry has a lot of brilliant people in it, but it has way way more people in it who think they are better than they are.
Yeah, that's a testament either to his quality as an actor, or as to how many people like this he knows, possibly both. Cause I'm a software developer, and I know a bunch of guys like this.
@@roh9934 Ah, makes sense. Do you work at a tech company? Just curious bc I'm gonna be in college next semester so this kind of stuff is exciting to look forward to in the future
He's not very smart. If he was he would have said nothing about it knowing full well Gilfoyle would destroy it out of spite, and then instead could have just got it later :)
professional rivalry where if Gilfoyle quits, most likely Dinesh would be 2nd in line for a CTO/director/VP type of role/position. that means, he'll be able to hire his buds/connections or some underling that he could bully and handle all the unfun tasks. Gilfoyle's presence actually helps keep Dinesh in check, which Dinesh ultimately needs but will never ever admit.
The hilarity of Gilfoyle and Dinesh's relationship is that, with all the antagonism and awfulness the two lob at each other, Gilfoyle is the only one that listens to Dinesh in the season finale, saving the world in the process.
I would love to see a Glfoyle and Dinesh spin-off. Was awesome in the Final of SV when they cut to them sitting next to each other running their own Sec Firm,,, Classic!!! I want to see more of them. Miss the show a lot.
What’s funny is companies actually do this type of stuff yet systematically mistreat people who can tangibly or have tangibly made them billions in a matter of minutes.
tdot22 you should read up on the 2010 High Tech Employee Anti-Trust Litigation, where Adobe, Apple, Google, Intel, Intuit, Pixar, Lucasfilm and eBay colluded together to price fix the wages of employees of advanced and specialized skill. (Through a “no cold call” practice) Employers are never your friends. If their interests go against yours, they’ll always side with themselves and many of them are short-sighted, greedy and stupid. I had a work mentor once tell me “anytime someone tries to convince you of a meritocracy, they’re trying to play you.”
Fun Fact: 2012: I had a job interview to be a Tech Recruiter. I was not hired. Hearing about how in-demand these people are during the interview, I decided to go back to school. Fast Forward to 2021, I've been a Software Engineer for 6 years and I'm being contacted by Recruiters all the time. Best Decision I ever made
I love how cranky Gilfoyle is all the time. 😂 He probably is the best kind of friend because he actually listens when you talk and pays attention to what kind of person you really are inside. ☺️
from what i can tell, Gilfoyle is a devops engineer (mostly). most devops types are cranky, cynical and paranoid because of having to deal with the worst types of problems in tech such as ensuring 24/7 stability and uptime on systems, being promised stable code that disrupts said 24/7 stability because a developer lies or is far too egotistical about the pristine nature of the flawlessness of their code, being at the bottom rung when it comes to dealing with fires, having odd sleep schedules, managing people who aren't technical and cannot understand what this person does, etc. it's one of the most frustrating jobs around in my opinion.
@@justjoey6939 A fair concern, but as an interviewer I would be more likely to reject if the candidate were arrogant than if they were timid. Keep on trying! You get better with every interview. Try to find out what your weaker areas are so you can practice your way to excellence. Find an honest friend to give you a mock interview + feedback. Make sure you aren't giving any red flags (e.g., talking bad about a former employer, saying you aren't willing to do some more-menial task, etc.).
Congrats. But I hope you’re investing. Every yr more and more companies treat IT like a commodity. Unless you’re really good, it’s a race to the bottom. Disney laying off their entire IT staff in Orlando, flying in H-1B visas from India, forcing the Americans to train them before getting laid off, is a cautionary story….
@@WestCoastAce27 Yeah big time investor, around 40% of my pay is invested. Also yeah, the future is a bit worrying in that sense. However in my country culuture differences and language barriers made this harder. Thats why US and UK are suffering the hardest from indian devs.
@@tpulido In general, engineers don't get pampered like this anymore because in current economy there is an oversupply of engineers so nowadays there is actually a hiring deficit. In the 90s, if you were to join a company as a top tier engineer they would give you a credit card and tell you to spend on it as much as you want as long as it's "constructive" to get you to stay. Today, being a software engineer in Silicon Valley isn't so special anymore whereas before it commanded a modicum of respect. Engineers used to be kings, now they are peasants (only comparatively though, starting salaries of $200-300k are still quite high).
@@NavidIsANoob I know guys who have skills on god level yet hardly find employment, most of the places are so saturated it's insane, the only job they find is the ones that pay in peanuts
A little hyped... but this scene teaches the importance of having tremendous confidence on your skills .... especially the skills which r in high demand.
People think the market is saturated because 500 people apply to every position, but the market is actually severely dehydrated for good QUALIFIED talent. This is how you get treated when people know your one of the talented ones.
@@Rushinator1 this is moderately legitimately how you are treated when you're actually good at SE, sometimes they don't even wait until you're a free agent. See: cold calling recruiters.
Ignore Rushinator - he’s clueless. You’re right. In SV in real life, the Gilfoyles are known for their tech expertise - if they let people know they’re looking they get a tsunami of offers. People right out of coding Boot Camps, not so much.
I don't know if recruit shwag is a real thing or not, but I only had 1.5 years of experience as a junior dev at a major tech company and had recruiters from 15-20 places contact me via LinkedIn to see if I was interested. I eventually landed a role in one of the FAANGs without having to send 200 applications online like many other people claim to do.
While a bit exaggerated, it's not inaccurate. If you are a programmer right now and you start accepting invitation requests from recruiters you will get a flood. It's like being a hot chick on tinder. And if you say you are willing to relocate to anywhere in the US... HOLY SHIT.
This is crazy..... This is very 2010 I haven't heard of recruiters doing this s*** for a long time now people are begging for jobs back in the day the recruiters were begging
@@emmanueloluga9770 allegedly… he had a huge drinking problem and was a nightmare on set. Delays because some days he was unfit to perform; caused drama on the set. Very sad because he is a great comedic actor.
It was a hackers' hostel and Erlich was shown to throw out people who weren't producing. The whole deal was that he got 10% of their companies when they launched a successful project. What was Gilfoyle working on before Richard asked him to work on Pied Piper? Why would Erlich be happy with everyone in the house other than Jian Jang working on a single project? He wanted 10% of all of their companies. If everyone was working for Richard he did get a cut of their shares with Pied Piper. Gilfoyle changes his status to looking for work, but we don't have any reason to believe that he was employed by a company prior to Pied Piper. We have an episode where they can't setup his pay because he is an illegal alien and doesn't have a work visa or Green card.
I just should have studied to be a developer, I even received developer offers twice just for mentioning on linkedin some minimal skills on android development, english (i'm brazilian) and a very well elaborated excel sheet and God knows where the hell that people came from.
The open files and running processes Gilfoyle's computer as he is leaving bothers me a lot. Even if there was a fire in the room, I have to save and close all open files and properly terminate processes before leaving.
Had a recruiting firm send us an RC helicopter with a note that they'd give us the remote if we had a ten minute chat with them. In the end, we ended up buying a third party controller and reprogramming it to use that.
Hahaha that's awesome. Both you and the recruiter
What happened then?
Lol
so what you're saying is some recruiting firms do send this kinda thing (like in the video)? if so i think im in the right line of work :D
@@teaajay They do it for people like Gilfoyle (and the OP I guess?) but people like Gilfoyle are like an LA Lakers player or a Liverpool FC player....the best of the best.
Most engineers in tech don't get this sort of thing unless they are something special. And to be honest most aren't. But they think they are ha ha! Many people know about the Dunning-Kruger effect, but not everyone knows that it was software engineers Dunning and Kruger initially studied. Tech industry has a lot of brilliant people in it, but it has way way more people in it who think they are better than they are.
"This is Gilfoyle. Dazzle me."
I'm gonna start using that line when appropriate from now on
THIS is how I will answer the next phone call.
Imagine being so badass, you actually interview the company wanting to hire you lol
@@Ezio470 Thats probably what happened with CEO of Dropbox who just joined Facebook's board of directors
@@Ezio470 If you are good at your job, that is pretty much the case.
I wish Gilfoyle was a real person and wrote a book about how to live life.
There many people in the tech world that are like him. I wouldn't doubt if he is based on a real person.
Maybe someone will as a show tie-in. Some already did a paper on the mean jerk time thought exercise.
Find your calling in life, become really good at it, and be an Anarcho-Satanist.
"Laying back with Satan" by Gilfoyle
Someone who has referenced Aaron Clarey, never thought I'd see this on a Silicon Valley video!!
I can't acept the fact that gilfoyle is actually an actor that probably knows nothing about programing
I saw an interview somewhere where they said that all the screens with code/terminals on them are pre-recorded or static. Posers! haha
@@andypotanin posers are a pretty apt term for actors I guess.
Yeah, that's a testament either to his quality as an actor, or as to how many people like this he knows, possibly both. Cause I'm a software developer, and I know a bunch of guys like this.
there's definitely someone like that in this field
@@andypotanin You mean actors?
Career goal. That's awesome reputation he has.
if he is so awesome why work in pie pier?
@@anivia3518 brilliant minds often chose to work in startups.
@@roh9934 but..why?
@@thenomad9963 Because they wanted solve problems which are not solved yet + they dont like to be told what to do.
@@roh9934 Ah, makes sense. Do you work at a tech company? Just curious bc I'm gonna be in college next semester so this kind of stuff is exciting to look forward to in the future
Gilfoyle needs his own spinoff series.
Erlich too
@@mallasaugat on how he build and sold aviato
just like every character in the series
He wouldn't stand for the artless venture.
I get the feeling it'd be another Joey.
You could be the MAYOR of Popcornopolis
Talal AL Haj more like textopolis
It's crazy Dinesh is not at all worried about Gilfoyle quitting. He's only concerned with the usb missile launcher!! 😂😂
USB Missile Launchers were out of stock on amazon for 3 months after this episode aired... The more you know LMAO
He's not very smart. If he was he would have said nothing about it knowing full well Gilfoyle would destroy it out of spite, and then instead could have just got it later :)
He has no ambition .
professional rivalry where if Gilfoyle quits, most likely Dinesh would be 2nd in line for a CTO/director/VP type of role/position. that means, he'll be able to hire his buds/connections or some underling that he could bully and handle all the unfun tasks. Gilfoyle's presence actually helps keep Dinesh in check, which Dinesh ultimately needs but will never ever admit.
@@showingsoftwarebugs5963 that would make great comedy, for sure...
I like the EIGHT MONITOR setup lol
More monitors = More credibility as a programmer, haha
On the other hand, the fact that he's using them as a single display drives me crazy. All those bezels going right through his windows, yuck
They didn't want Gilfoyle for his coding skills. They wanted him for his savagery.
This is what happens when you work in an area where your expertise are needed.
That and you just become a master of a few trades and you'll never be hurting for money.
The hilarity of Gilfoyle and Dinesh's relationship is that, with all the antagonism and awfulness the two lob at each other, Gilfoyle is the only one that listens to Dinesh in the season finale, saving the world in the process.
And start a small business together.
I'll just fish it out of the trash later....simultaneously guilfoyle was already pouring coffee on it...lol.
Its probably fine too lol... once it dries out
I would love to see a Glfoyle and Dinesh spin-off. Was awesome in the Final of SV when they cut to them sitting next to each other running their own Sec Firm,,, Classic!!! I want to see more of them. Miss the show a lot.
Dinesh is so cute when he ask sth from Gilfoyle. Like a little brother who don't have a buck to do anything. And there he is his brother "Gilfoyle"
"You have seven tubs of it. You could be the MAYOR of Popcornopolis!"
lmao
Dean Franz i
What’s funny is companies actually do this type of stuff yet systematically mistreat people who can tangibly or have tangibly made them billions in a matter of minutes.
tdot22 you should read up on the 2010 High Tech Employee Anti-Trust Litigation, where Adobe, Apple, Google, Intel, Intuit, Pixar, Lucasfilm and eBay colluded together to price fix the wages of employees of advanced and specialized skill. (Through a “no cold call” practice)
Employers are never your friends. If their interests go against yours, they’ll always side with themselves and many of them are short-sighted, greedy and stupid.
I had a work mentor once tell me “anytime someone tries to convince you of a meritocracy, they’re trying to play you.”
If you're right you are right if not they don't even bother to call.
That's the irony. That's why women play hard to get, because once they have been had they know they will be tossed aside.
@@AmericasComic you are describing it so wrong, they never did any price fixing, they simply agreed not to take each other's employees.
@@luigidaniele6613 "no cold calling" is a form of price control. It keeps wages down ("fixes" them) by artificially driving down competition.
Fun Fact:
2012: I had a job interview to be a Tech Recruiter. I was not hired. Hearing about how in-demand these people are during the interview, I decided to go back to school.
Fast Forward to 2021, I've been a Software Engineer for 6 years and I'm being contacted by Recruiters all the time.
Best Decision I ever made
never quit to your goals buddy
if you can't beat 'em, join 'em!
Have you been contacted by your interviewer?
“You’re leaving me with the cheddar!”😂
0:41 This definitely is one of my favorite scenes ever. 😂
everything he says is funny
Gillfoyle the only member that Erlich doesn't mess with.
this clip DAZZLED me
When Jordan Schlansky shift career to a programmer!
I see you watch Conan. Good shit
Ah I see, you're a man of culture as well.
@@beautauque6712 "you can now"? you could always do it
He’ll perform various tasks, and will prepare the code in various ways.
A long time ago, in a pre-COVID world, I shook hands with Jordan Schlanksy in a Beverly Hills coffee shop.
I love how cranky Gilfoyle is all the time. 😂 He probably is the best kind of friend because he actually listens when you talk and pays attention to what kind of person you really are inside. ☺️
What? 😂
@@yosefm170 first educate yourself in English bruh😂👍
@@kamikazewinger2011 well, educating myself in English has nothing to do with the context of her text lol
from what i can tell, Gilfoyle is a devops engineer (mostly). most devops types are cranky, cynical and paranoid because of having to deal with the worst types of problems in tech such as ensuring 24/7 stability and uptime on systems, being promised stable code that disrupts said 24/7 stability because a developer lies or is far too egotistical about the pristine nature of the flawlessness of their code, being at the bottom rung when it comes to dealing with fires, having odd sleep schedules, managing people who aren't technical and cannot understand what this person does, etc. it's one of the most frustrating jobs around in my opinion.
"That's right, Dick" I don't know why I find it so funny 😂
It has to do with the cheese popcorn. Thus Dick + cheese. 🤣
Every human needs a mentor like gilfoyle at some point in their life
can someone please tell me the name of that wallpaper , vertical sea green lines , looks amazing
Vertical Sea Green Lines
Gilfoyle knows how to live life.
"You could be the mayor of popcornopolis" -favorite quote ever
Best Character ever
lol I have always envied Gilfoyle, imaging huge tech companies sending u gifts to work for them...
I go yo interviews feeling nervous and desperate for the the job. Mr Gilfoyle has given me a new lease on life. "Dazzle me"
Gilfoyle's attitude would not go over well in an interview
@@ChristopherElwell But Im so tired of the rejection...I think they can smell the desperation on me.
@@justjoey6939 A fair concern, but as an interviewer I would be more likely to reject if the candidate were arrogant than if they were timid. Keep on trying! You get better with every interview. Try to find out what your weaker areas are so you can practice your way to excellence. Find an honest friend to give you a mock interview + feedback. Make sure you aren't giving any red flags (e.g., talking bad about a former employer, saying you aren't willing to do some more-menial task, etc.).
@@ChristopherElwell Great advise. Thank you Christopher. Hopefully I will be employed soon.
senior engineers in a nutshell
This is how it felt quitting my first developer job LOL. Got a job in one week, several offers.
Congrats.
But I hope you’re investing. Every yr more and more companies treat IT like a commodity. Unless you’re really good, it’s a race to the bottom. Disney laying off their entire IT staff in Orlando, flying in H-1B visas from India, forcing the Americans to train them before getting laid off, is a cautionary story….
@@WestCoastAce27 Yeah big time investor, around 40% of my pay is invested. Also yeah, the future is a bit worrying in that sense. However in my country culuture differences and language barriers made this harder. Thats why US and UK are suffering the hardest from indian devs.
Ironic that this popped on my feed the night before probably the biggest job interview of my life for my first tech job
How did it go
it's been a year. Did you get the job? How has the last year been? Tell us.
I don't need sleep. I need answers.
@@joshuz101 holy shit I didn’t even remember this comment. Basically I got the job gave it a year and a half and then we came to mutual separation.
@@tonysamosa1717 thanks for circling back and giving me closure
I want gilfoyle to write me a love letter in python
print('Ily')
@Yiding Hao -_-
8 Monitors...damn I need to upgrade my setup.
I miss this show so much.
Never hear of this show but I already love it😂
There should be a face-off between Gilfoyle and The Hound of Game of Thrones :P
I thought the same thing
EPIC RAP BATTLES OF HISTORYYYY!!!
The good old days. The Valley is nothing like this anymore.
Why not, what changed
@@tpulido In general, engineers don't get pampered like this anymore because in current economy there is an oversupply of engineers so nowadays there is actually a hiring deficit. In the 90s, if you were to join a company as a top tier engineer they would give you a credit card and tell you to spend on it as much as you want as long as it's "constructive" to get you to stay. Today, being a software engineer in Silicon Valley isn't so special anymore whereas before it commanded a modicum of respect. Engineers used to be kings, now they are peasants (only comparatively though, starting salaries of $200-300k are still quite high).
Everyone wants to be like Gilfoyle and I just wanna be like Elrich (or TJ, both are same to be). The Mayor of Popcornopolis, LOL 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Sad thing is this isn't even that inaccurate. Recruiters are legit crazy and won't stop.
I am glad I chose programming as my career.
Oh boy do I have some sad news for you
@@anthonysummit3098 What?
@@anthonysummit3098 Tell us
@@master_b8985 when job hunting season comes y'all will find out yourselves
@@NavidIsANoob I know guys who have skills on god level yet hardly find employment, most of the places are so saturated it's insane, the only job they find is the ones that pay in peanuts
This is Gilfoyle!
Dazzle me😂😂
A little hyped... but this scene teaches the importance of having tremendous confidence on your skills .... especially the skills which r in high demand.
He couldn't even hack the fridge properly
I use this scene as inspiration/motivation. 🥶
gilfoyle is like a genius ron swanson
People think the market is saturated because 500 people apply to every position, but the market is actually severely dehydrated for good QUALIFIED talent. This is how you get treated when people know your one of the talented ones.
Xav Dest this is a fictional show... not something to use as an example.
@@Rushinator1 this is moderately legitimately how you are treated when you're actually good at SE, sometimes they don't even wait until you're a free agent. See: cold calling recruiters.
Ignore Rushinator - he’s clueless. You’re right. In SV in real life, the Gilfoyles are known for their tech expertise - if they let people know they’re looking they get a tsunami of offers. People right out of coding Boot Camps, not so much.
I don't know if recruit shwag is a real thing or not, but I only had 1.5 years of experience as a junior dev at a major tech company and had recruiters from 15-20 places contact me via LinkedIn to see if I was interested. I eventually landed a role in one of the FAANGs without having to send 200 applications online like many other people claim to do.
Do you guys think, that it is actually possible to reach such level of skills as potraid in this series?
Absolutely. Get good; start contributing to GitHub, open source projects. If you’re good, you get a reputation.
"Artless commerce"
It's humorous when gilf is the centre of the show.
I don't even change my LinkedIn status to "open to work" but recruiter still contacting me jeez
While a bit exaggerated, it's not inaccurate. If you are a programmer right now and you start accepting invitation requests from recruiters you will get a flood. It's like being a hot chick on tinder. And if you say you are willing to relocate to anywhere in the US... HOLY SHIT.
Who want to be like Gilfoyle and received a lot of call from recruiters?
1:28 the best scene... Erlich just doesnt give a flying fuck
who tf has 8 monitors lol.... only security guards at malls
Now that is a good strategy!
Be like Gilfoyle.
I wish recruiter swag catches on.. :D
"You could be the mayor of popcornopolis" XD
Artless Commerce
They have 6 screens each and gabe is using a tiny laptop
This is exactly how my last job move went. hunted by recruitment the second I updated linkedIn lol
This is crazy..... This is very 2010 I haven't heard of recruiters doing this s*** for a long time now people are begging for jobs back in the day the recruiters were begging
Fuck there're so many monitors!!
Imagine being so professionally attractive as to receive so many wonderful gifts from recruiters !
I already miss the dynamics that Erlich Bachman brought to the show.
After what he did no one will hire this actor again.
@@randomnickify what did he do
@@emmanueloluga9770 allegedly… he had a huge drinking problem and was a nightmare on set. Delays because some days he was unfit to perform; caused drama on the set. Very sad because he is a great comedic actor.
I wish this is how CS job searches really went
It was a hackers' hostel and Erlich was shown to throw out people who weren't producing. The whole deal was that he got 10% of their companies when they launched a successful project. What was Gilfoyle working on before Richard asked him to work on Pied Piper? Why would Erlich be happy with everyone in the house other than Jian Jang working on a single project? He wanted 10% of all of their companies. If everyone was working for Richard he did get a cut of their shares with Pied Piper. Gilfoyle changes his status to looking for work, but we don't have any reason to believe that he was employed by a company prior to Pied Piper. We have an episode where they can't setup his pay because he is an illegal alien and doesn't have a work visa or Green card.
I thought it was kinda sweet how Dinesh asked to borrow the headset
"Dazzle me" 🤣
I get phone calls , but no prezzies
I just should have studied to be a developer, I even received developer offers twice just for mentioning on linkedin some minimal skills on android development, english (i'm brazilian) and a very well elaborated excel sheet and God knows where the hell that people came from.
Gilfoyle is my spirit animal
Look at all those monitors
Recruiters, man. I hate them. xD
0:57 yes.. yes they do 😁
You could be the mayor of Popcornopolis
Career goals
Pro tip: You mix the cheddar and the caramel.
Got a Chromebook sleeve. We'd get the Chromebook if we agreed to chat about Google cloud
If I lose my job no one, I repeat no one would inquire about my services
He ended up being a teacher for Peter Parker...crazy.
Life goals: be like gill foyle
Gilfoyle is the mandalorean, youll see.. :D
LOL he puts it in the trash and then pours liquid on it.
That's a lot of screen real estate
He does act like a Canadian
I cannot imagine how Guilfoyle's LinkedIn profile looked like 😅
Everybody wants to hire guilfoyle, comeon he is a fucking genius.
I wish my recruiter sends me these kindnof stuff before I accept thier offer 😹
THAT ENDING lol
The open files and running processes Gilfoyle's computer as he is leaving bothers me a lot. Even if there was a fire in the room, I have to save and close all open files and properly terminate processes before leaving.
That setUp tho....
that's a Samsung VR. Get it together Dinesh, it's literally printed on the box
...the fact that the "Oculus" is a Gear VR triggers me slightly....i know they're both "Oculus" but still...nomenclature man