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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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