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Re:Next dream job can be in an HTTP header by Gravityloss on Friday May 15, 2020 @08:37AM (#23191426)
It works in reverse - you probably wouldn't want to work in such an environment with frustrating practices towards developers.
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Re:Next dream job can be in an HTTP header by tomp on Friday May 15, 2020 @09:48AM (#23192098)
What frustrating practices? I'm a developer (and mathematician), and I love puzzles :)
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Re:Next dream job can be in an HTTP header by karmicthreat on Friday May 15, 2020 @11:34AM (#23193379)
Not everyone is working on awesome stuff at an intelligence agency. They still need people to work on their 20 year old hellscape of an ERP system in hated language(java,ada,cobol, etc).
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Re:Next dream job can be in an HTTP header by toolz on Friday May 15, 2020 @11:09AM (#23193029)
sure, but how much of the actual job will be solving puzzles? Seems unlikely to be representative of the work so the people who enjoy the actual work might begrudge the interview and the people who enjoy the interview might not enjoy the work.
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Re:Next dream job can be in an HTTP header by sudosysgen on Friday May 15, 2020 @11:13AM (#23193074)
At an intelligence agency? Possibly quite a bit.
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Re:Next dream job can be in an HTTP header by ShinTakuya on Friday May 15, 2020 @08:48AM (#23191525)
A valid stance. Incidentally, that's why I've never had any interest in working at a certain couple of FAANG companies.
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