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Re:Why HackerRank and other coding tests are ageist by Joboman555 on Wednesday September 06, 2017 @08:56AM (#15183229)
This is maligned and dangerous. It has been shown that credentialing hurts the marketplace and consumers. Having a credential authority would not cause there to be a skill bar, it would just require all of us to pay money to a worthless authority.
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Re:Why HackerRank and other coding tests are ageist by wolfgke on Wednesday September 06, 2017 @09:01AM (#15183270)
> it would just require all of us to pay money to a worthless authority.

Today these authorities are universities.

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Re:Why HackerRank and other coding tests are ageist by lmm on Wednesday September 06, 2017 @09:09AM (#15183330)
HackerRank-style test are one of the few ways into a good career for lower-class people who have the skills but can't afford the credentials.
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Re:Why HackerRank and other coding tests are ageist by pizzaman09 on Wednesday September 06, 2017 @10:04AM (#15183734)
It has been shown where? Please don't forget that inexperienced practitioners also hurt the marketplace and customers. Every data breach because someone kept a plaintext password field in MySQL hurts the customers. Every lost hour of productivity because of shoddy code hurts customers.
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