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Re:Report: Ageism in the Tech Industry by OhHeyItsE on Friday October 20, 2017 @05:10PM (#15519128)
I've found that companies that are serious about this will offer some form of compensation (gift card, etc)
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Re:Report: Ageism in the Tech Industry by chrisco255 on Friday October 20, 2017 @08:19PM (#15519960)
They shouldn't have to compensate you for a trivial exercise to prove your ability. This isn't production-code type of problem, these are usually toy problems just designed to show you can code and you care about quality.
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Re:Report: Ageism in the Tech Industry by jakebasile on Friday October 20, 2017 @09:07PM (#15520116)
Something that takes more than a couple hours is no longer trivial.
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