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Re:Joel Spolsky on Stack Overflow, Inclusion, and How He Bro... by robertlagrant on Tuesday March 19, 2024 @05:22PM (#39760367)
> Fizz Buzz does not test for that.

No, but it's decent for what it does. You're criticising the wrong thing.

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Re:Joel Spolsky on Stack Overflow, Inclusion, and How He Bro... by sumtechguy on Wednesday March 20, 2024 @09:25AM (#39766132)
It was warped into leetcode. Which is way overdoing it. I can see how my point was not clear.
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Re:Joel Spolsky on Stack Overflow, Inclusion, and How He Bro... by robertlagrant on Wednesday March 20, 2024 @11:44AM (#39768185)
Yeah I agree that it's definitely not the same now, but I think a very simple programming test is still a good idea, and I disagree with Joel if he thinks he should be taking the blame or the credit for what interviewing has become.
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Re:Joel Spolsky on Stack Overflow, Inclusion, and How He Bro... by sumtechguy on Friday March 22, 2024 @08:25AM (#39789972)
I dont disagree. Most people totally missed what his message was. Which was basically 'lets add a small bit of standards here, and here are things to look out for'. Then as engineers we went bonkers with it and wildly bikesheded the thing.
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