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I live in a constant state of fear and misery (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20260044

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[–] 30 points 2 years ago (8 children)

Two and a half months is insane for a practical skills demonstration for a job interview. Those should be a couple of hours at most.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    Perhaps the biggest joke was why they rejected me. Apparently I only used “basic concepts of object oriented programming.” I found that to be the best because using anything more advanced might diffuse the logic too much, something I didn’t like. But, no, they probably think I should use everything in “Clean Code” because they probably worship that book.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    i hate that our profession has been overtaken by that snake oil. my goal is to some day fill my own development company with developers smart enough to see through that bullshit and reject it.

    no leetcode interviews, no take home tests, no bullshit. what a dream. now if i could just stop getting scammed by clients who don’t pay...

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    I am too poor to open a development company. But, if I ever did, I would want it to be employee owned, with employees having power to oust the entire executive team. Clients who don’t wanna pay are too fucking common.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    I have never got a job that required a live coding challenge, yet I've worked for major Fortune 500 tech companies, and have advanced my career about as far as one can go. Thankfully there are plenty of jobs that evaluate your merit based on what you've done in the past, and what you know, instead of whether you magically know if they want recursion or not for a deep loop in some obscure coding challenge that has little in common with real world problem solving.

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