Re:Ask HN: What's with all the unpaid interview projects?
by diehunde on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @11:19AM
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Many Software Engineers haven't internalized this concept of time value. A lawyer or a doctor would never do real work for free as part of an interview process but for some reason we don't see it that way when it's about writing code.
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Re:Ask HN: What's with all the unpaid interview projects?
by _throwawayyyyyy on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @02:22PM
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interesting observation! makes sense. i wonder if it's because engineers are generally salaried instead of billed hourly. given all the 'crunch' and unpaid overtime, we'd be a lot more expensive hourly - folks might realize their real value. instead we give free overtime and then extend that into free interview time