Ask HN: Been writing code for 40 years and can't get hired

Re:Ask HN: Been writing code for 40 years and can't get hired by therealdavesky on Sunday December 26, 2021 @05:34PM (#29697008)

i did that for the first FB interview, spent 6 weeks writing leet puzzles down by hand, thinking them over 3X before coding, and then solving the problems.

But then the interviewer hit me with a topic i didnt cover. wups!

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Re:Ask HN: Been writing code for 40 years and can't get hired by adamredwoods on Sunday December 26, 2021 @05:43PM (#29697075)

I can relate. I don't enjoy the "pop quiz" type of interview questions, asking weird coding questions that never come up in the job. If it was just to find out how extensive my knowledge is and use it to converse on topics, that's fine, but they (Ama$on) use it as a all-or-nothing filter. One miss and you're out. We all have gaps.

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Re:Ask HN: Been writing code for 40 years and can't get hired by therealdavesky on Monday December 27, 2021 @03:18PM (#29706338)

thank you. my thoughts exactly!

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