Re:What is the engineering hiring bar?
by jgwil2 on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @05:06PM
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I think of "the bar" as being basically our industry's equivalent to a law degree: it's just a way to show that you have some foundational knowledge in the subject, even if it bears little resemblance to day-to-day work. All of the flaws you enumerated could also apply to law school, but at least "the bar" is reasonably accessible and doesn't cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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Re:What is the engineering hiring bar?
by Apocryphon on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @05:54PM
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The annoying thing is that with the bar exam, there is a clearly defined test with criteria. Whereas what you have in the software industry is a vaguely-defined set of expectations that vary widely. There's no standard.
Definitely agree with you there. I wonder how far we are from some kind of standardization. Lots of startups are already in this space, but if a few FAANG companies adopted a common standard it wouldn't be long before a large share of the industry followed suit.
Re:What is the engineering hiring bar?
by meestaahjoshee on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @07:14PM
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ctci and leetcode seem to be the unofficial standard tbh
Yes well except you forgot that lawyers pass the bar once and don’t have to redo randomized exams over and over in under 45 minutes. My lawyer friends are making 160$/h and their interview efforts were an hour discussion with a few lunch meetings.
Re:What is the engineering hiring bar?
by DeathArrow on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @01:49AM
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Not only the law degree is a standard exam, but you only have to pass it once not ten times in your career.