Are y'all trying to say that an 8-16 hour homework assignment is too much to bear for a new job? You're happy in your current job...great. But 8 hours for a $10-$30K salary bump? I mean, worth it from a pure monetary standpoint, even if it takes several attempts to attain one of those jobs.

The article is about age discrimination and my comment pointed out that older developers may value their “off time” more, which biases take home tests against those older devs.

Valuing your off time is great when you've got a steady job that you're happy with. If you're looking for a new job, because you're unemployed or because you're unhappy with your current job, you have to invest your off time into that. Just like, in college I had to invest my off time into studying so I could get good grades...Older folks that have kids and stuff may have less off time, sure, but that's the way things go.

So you’re admitting that older people are disadvantaged by these types of assignments that are not actually selective for coding capability, but throwing up your hands and saying that’s just the way life is?

Yeah, I mean, folks with kids are at a professional disadvantage to folks without kids...that's pretty well established. Kids bring all sorts of other great benefits to life. But extra time is not one of them. And folks who choose to spend their off time doing other activities rather than leveling up their skills or applying to better jobs are going to remain that way.