New Evidence of Age Bias in Hiring, and a Push to Fight It

Re:New Evidence of Age Bias in Hiring, and a Push to Fight It by pmiller2 on Sunday June 09, 2019 @02:07AM (#20137454)

Oh, I agree that Leetcode can improve certain coding skills. But, are they the ones that matter for doing most software engineering jobs? The ability to write down algorithms on a whiteboard from memory alone is not a skill I’ve ever seen anyone use at any workplace outside of an interview room.

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Re:New Evidence of Age Bias in Hiring, and a Push to Fight It by brandall10 on Sunday June 09, 2019 @05:44PM (#20142128)

They absolutely do IMO, in 2 ways

- Whenever I need to hop into a code share w/ a co-worker (I'm remote FWIW) the ability to quickly suss out an idea has greatly improved from having a decent aptitude with those types of exercises.

- Any non-trivial PR usually has at least a few portions that could be extricated to challenges like these. Being able to slice through issues like these in 15-30 minutes vs. say hours helps w/ my cadence. It lets me focus on the issues that are unique to the business.

The 30 minute pairing challenge we give during our interview (which I took myself) was something that was pulled and simplified from our source. I ended up having to implement something very similar just weeks after I started.

Of course being good are things like this isn't necessary to being an effective sr. developer, nor is it sufficient (even for an entry-level). But I do very much see it as a skill that is helpful and worth getting good at.

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Re:New Evidence of Age Bias in Hiring, and a Push to Fight It by pmiller2 on Sunday June 09, 2019 @10:36PM (#20143444)

I am very skeptical. Can you give a more specific example?

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