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Re:Meta Is Preparing to Notify Employees of Large-Scale Layo... by notart666 on Sunday November 06, 2022 @04:45PM (#33497631)
Algorithm interviews never worked it was just a filtering mechanism so they could access cheaper labor. The reality is you have no idea if someone is qualified for their job until you hire them. Everything else are just signals. Fuzzy at best.
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Re:Meta Is Preparing to Notify Employees of Large-Scale Layo... by s1k3 on Sunday November 06, 2022 @04:57PM (#33497783)
I don’t think it’s cheapening the labor… it’s a way to filter the pool at the cost of missing some gems.

Basically it will filter more bad than good but it will still filter good.

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Re:Meta Is Preparing to Notify Employees of Large-Scale Layo... by notart666 on Sunday November 06, 2022 @09:32PM (#33500398)
It's a poor filter and well tech salaries are artificially high the reality is most companies can afford to hire tens of thousands of developers to work on projects but instead then only hire the bare minimum.
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