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Re:The latest trend for tech interviews: Days of unpaid home... by s2g on Thursday April 19, 2018 @05:09PM (#16880198)
> Imagine if someone said "I would be concerned I'd be seen as a carpenter and not a woodworking artisan".

It's entirely reasonable for a carpenter not to want a job where they just nail pieces of wood together. Not really building anything, not really using skill. Just nailing a few boards together all day.

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Re:The latest trend for tech interviews: Days of unpaid home... by rrix2 on Thursday April 19, 2018 @05:23PM (#16880293)
Nailing boards together is building something. Carpenters aren't pissed off that they didn't grow the trees themselves and and chop them and haul them and plane them.
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Re:The latest trend for tech interviews: Days of unpaid home... by dvtv75 on Friday April 20, 2018 @02:50AM (#16882659)
I think that sort of work is actually given to a "hammer hand" or a "builder" in New Zealand. I think a carpenter is a step above those.
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Re:The latest trend for tech interviews: Days of unpaid home... by regularfry on Friday April 20, 2018 @03:59AM (#16882958)
Framers and cabinet-makers are both carpenters, but they're very different jobs.
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Re:The latest trend for tech interviews: Days of unpaid home... by notyourday on Friday April 20, 2018 @08:47AM (#16884293)
For $350k/year i would change a light bulb
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