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Re:I have no side code projects to show you by kamaal on Thursday October 26, 2017 @12:17AM (#15556302)
>>Long home coding challenge (for no pay of course)

There is a way to do this. But some people go a little too far.

Last years one start up asked me to write an entire backend application for them for free.

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Re:I have no side code projects to show you by canadiancreed on Thursday October 26, 2017 @02:43PM (#15561771)
Sounds like a large retailer that wanted the same for an interview. The job I found out later went to a kid of one of the managers.

That they declared bankruptcy this year has been a tasty bit of schadenfreude.

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Re:I have no side code projects to show you by pferde on Thursday October 26, 2017 @05:42AM (#15557519)
Just write one that will explode in their face within two or three weeks, and remove that time bomb when they hire you. :)
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