Re:Ask HN: What do top engineers you know do that others don't?
by logandavis on Tuesday December 24, 2019 @12:24PM
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Great thread, great answers!
Follow-on question: OK, so how does your company's interview process test for these traits?
It's mind-boggling to me how many organizations understand that the most important traits of a great engineer are "soft skills" (how many answers here are about really understanding big-O complexity or pointer math?)... and yet are content to interview candidates with whiteboard algorithms problems.
Interview for greatness, not for having-brushed-up-on-Djikstra's-ness!
Follow-on question: OK, so how does your company's interview process test for these traits?
It's mind-boggling to me how many organizations understand that the most important traits of a great engineer are "soft skills" (how many answers here are about really understanding big-O complexity or pointer math?)... and yet are content to interview candidates with whiteboard algorithms problems.
Interview for greatness, not for having-brushed-up-on-Djikstra's-ness!