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Re:Hiring Without Whiteboards by asdff on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @04:59AM (#23984725)
This sounds sadistic to me. I've spent a long time on dumb typos, which become a lot harder to spot when you are stressed and on a deadline. Chances are if you are applying for work, you are probably stressed about not having a job.
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Re:Hiring Without Whiteboards by keanebean86 on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @01:23PM (#23989280)
You've completely missed my point. It's not about being perfect. I want to work with people who leave code better than they found it but I can't expect perfection. I don't care if they can't find all the typos. I'm sure most software has typos.

Whiteboardimg a solution to n=np or building full applications is crazy and not realistic. Most interviews do that yet most work is fixing bugs and adding mundane features. Why can't interviews focus on the actual skills needed?

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