Technical interview methods pale in comparison to playing Factorio with someone

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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