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Re:Ask HN: How do detect a crappy boss / toxic environment w... by SCdF on Friday April 08, 2016 @05:53AM (#11453606)
I think the implication is that the CTO currently doesn't think that automated tests are worthwhile, so there wouldn't be any in their codebase.
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Re:Ask HN: How do detect a crappy boss / toxic environment w... by mod on Friday April 08, 2016 @11:51AM (#11455543)
That's the implication, but the problem is how ambiguous the statement is, particularly in written text.

For all we know it could mean "hey, for an interview exercise, I'd like you to sell (this guy) on the importance of automated testing."

Suddenly it sounds like a pretty good interview question.

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