Re:Enough with the Programming Puzzles
by k__ on Monday June 06, 2016 @06:23AM
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When I freelance, they just ask if I can get the job done.
When I get hired, they want me to do dumb tests.
The only difference for them is that they can stop paying me right away when I freelance, but when I'm an employee they have to pay me for at least 2 weeks to go (at least in Germany were we have 6 months probation time on new jobs, where you can be fired easily)
I made many people I worked for happy, but many people who gave me tests wouldn't even consider me as employee.
I don't know if I would have been a bad employee for the testing-companies, but I never had issues with employers or customers who hired me, so I have the feeling the companies who didn't hire me were missing out.
When I get hired, they want me to do dumb tests.
The only difference for them is that they can stop paying me right away when I freelance, but when I'm an employee they have to pay me for at least 2 weeks to go (at least in Germany were we have 6 months probation time on new jobs, where you can be fired easily)
I made many people I worked for happy, but many people who gave me tests wouldn't even consider me as employee.
I don't know if I would have been a bad employee for the testing-companies, but I never had issues with employers or customers who hired me, so I have the feeling the companies who didn't hire me were missing out.