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Re:Technical interview methods pale in comparison to playing... by rhacker on Friday March 26, 2021 @11:18AM (#26593144)
There really isn't. At the end of the day every company I have been in has: the asshole, the smart guy, the idiot, the guy everyone is scared of, the guy that can't be fired ("the originals"). Then you just kind of multiply them randomly depending on team size.

These hiring articles are a huge pointless waste of time.

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Re:Technical interview methods pale in comparison to playing... by SamBam on Friday March 26, 2021 @02:08PM (#26595106)
Makes me feel lucky to be in my job, and a jolt of gratitude every-so-often is a welcome thing, so thank you.

I work with 8 other senior or senior-ish engineers, we are all basically taking a slight paycut (not too much, maybe 80-90% of rates we might get elsewhere) to work for a non-profit making interesting stuff for kids, and everyone is genuinely nice and fairly hard-working.

I wonder if the "taking a paycut to do something actually interesting and worthwhile" is part of it.

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Re:Technical interview methods pale in comparison to playing... by iAmAPencilYo on Friday March 26, 2021 @03:42PM (#26596094)
Hi, could you share a little of what you do? It didn't even cross my mind I can work for a non-profit, still get paid (not top dollar) and have a good community impact (kids in your case). Thanks!
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Re:Technical interview methods pale in comparison to playing... by SamBam on Friday March 26, 2021 @05:01PM (#26596887)
I work for a grant-funded educational software company that makes science simulations for K through college, but mostly middle school and high school.
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Re:Technical interview methods pale in comparison to playing... by collyw on Friday March 26, 2021 @01:52PM (#26594951)
My company had all of those rolled into one. Thankfully he burned himself out with the technical debt that he had created and quit. He was smart and could probably beat me at hacker rank type challenges. I know to focus on maintainability over cleverness.
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