Re:Ask HN: What to do about ‘Good at programming Bad at Leet...
by jjav on Friday May 20, 2022 @07:35PM
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> anyone who can memorize the solutions to all those is some kind of genius savant and should be hired anyway
But that's the problem. Why should they be hired?
The actual job will not consist of regurgitating those memorized solutions.
I'm impressed by someone who can memorize 2000+ solutions, same as I'm impressed by the acrobats at Cirque du Soleil, but I don't want to hire from either group for a software engineering job because that's not what the job is about.
But that's the problem. Why should they be hired?
The actual job will not consist of regurgitating those memorized solutions.
I'm impressed by someone who can memorize 2000+ solutions, same as I'm impressed by the acrobats at Cirque du Soleil, but I don't want to hire from either group for a software engineering job because that's not what the job is about.