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  • Big companies have procedures and processes for the employees to follow. If you don't follow procedures, you are out. Commented Oct 26, 2015 at 10:02
  • @scaaahu, being able to "follow procedures" has very little to do with productivity, organization, and qualities like clear communication and good taste in code. These things require a highly subjective approach to evaluate and nobody has it "figured out". One factor that helps is that many candidates are not completely unknown quantities, they're referred to jobs by their professional network. Candidates with excellent soft-skills will develop and maintain good networks and this acts to get them leads that would otherwise be unavailable. Commented Oct 26, 2015 at 10:42
  • @scaaahu at some point, there is a person who is responsible for deciding on those processes and documenting them. If you're going to be in line to one day have that position, it probably helps if you're comfortable with best practices of your own accord rather than just following them because you're told to. Commented Oct 26, 2015 at 15:37