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Re:The latest trend for tech interviews: Days of unpaid home... by Clubber on Thursday April 19, 2018 @12:50PM (#16877481)
>And the conventional wisdom goes that IT is a cost center.

Only by beancounters, and if you take it away and go back to paper, they'll quickly change their mind.

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Re:The latest trend for tech interviews: Days of unpaid home... by carlosdp on Thursday April 19, 2018 @02:17PM (#16878504)
Yea, they don't generally "go back to paper", they outsource overseas...
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Re:The latest trend for tech interviews: Days of unpaid home... by Clubber on Thursday April 19, 2018 @11:52PM (#16882043)
Hah, in my experience with companies using cheap developers overseas, going back to paper might be better.

Good developers cost a lot no matter where they hang their hat.

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