Follow-up to “The dystopian world of software engineering interviews”

Re:Follow-up to “The dystopian world of software engineering... by ericd on Saturday February 22, 2020 @04:21PM (#22393405)

I understand the idea behind it, I just don't think "not choking when asked to code in a stressful situation" correlates well to "being able to design and write functional and maintainable software that maps well to customer and company needs".

If the devs at your company need to put out fires constantly, then maybe it's a good test of whether they'll be able to do that.

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Re:Follow-up to “The dystopian world of software engineering... by karatestomp on Saturday February 22, 2020 @05:24PM (#22393755)

I think a good tell is that when I want to practice for interviews, what I do looks very little like what I do to actually get better at my job. The hands-down most effective ways to practice for it don't much resemble legitimate continuing professional education (i.e. drilling leetcode on physical whiteboards) and, if they help me get better at my job, it's only marginally so and essentially by accident.

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