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Re:Follow-up to “The dystopian world of software engineering... by itronitron on Saturday February 22, 2020 @05:18PM (#22393705)
I sincerely hope the codebase of your employers is littered with 30-minute solutions to puzzles such as the one you describe.
Re:Follow-up to “The dystopian world of software engineering... by deanCommie on Saturday February 22, 2020 @05:20PM (#22393727)
see my edit for why it doesn't matter that these 30 minute algorithmic questions do not need to be directly applicable to day-to-day job tasks
Re:Follow-up to “The dystopian world of software engineering... by choppaface on Sunday February 23, 2020 @05:10AM (#22396071)
Perhaps you might consider putting that sort of effort into CSE outreach or preparing interview prep materials that are free to the public.
Re:Follow-up to “The dystopian world of software engineering... by deanCommie on Sunday February 23, 2020 @11:55AM (#22397882)
I do :)

A lot of people at my company do, but you never hear about this stuff because nobody blogs about a career fair that came with some friendly helpful insights from senior engineers.

Also nobody blogs about recruiters when they are super helpful and give a ton of relevant interview prep material (which ours do), partially because most candidates frankly ignore the material thinking it's not relevant.