Re:The Problems with Live Coding Interviews
by bennyelv on Tuesday May 09, 2023 @04:27AM
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Law is a protected profession - you have to pass exams to be able to call yourself a Lawyer, and a law firm will verify that you have passed the relevant exams.
Same for medicine, engineering...
Any chump can call themselves a software engineer. That's the real problem here.
Law firms don’t ask lawyers to litigate in a mock courtroom setting before hiring them. Hospitals don’t ask surgeons to perform a little test surgery on a person before hiring them. Engineers aren’t asked to build a bridge to prove they know how.
I think the reason we are so unique is because we CAN demonstrate our ability to quickly and easily, and without risking human life. CAN of course does not equal SHOULD.