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Re:Interviewing a software engineer who prepared with AI by 9rx on Monday April 07, 2025 @04:28PM (#43615614)
If I'm not that interested in a company, I won't waste my time to contact them (or pay attention to their efforts to contact me). Having interest in them does not imply that I have an interest in travel, however. If I had an interest in travel, I'd have become an airline pilot or something like that instead.

But if they think they need someone who has a secret desire to man a ship or be a touring musician – cool. A good fit isn't a good fit.

Re:Interviewing a software engineer who prepared with AI by ghaff on Monday April 07, 2025 @04:34PM (#43615665)
It’s fine to have quirks. And yes that is largely a quirk. And it’s fine for others to decide that’s it’s more trouble than they want to deal with. I would probably be one of those people-/absent compelling reasons.
Re:Interviewing a software engineer who prepared with AI by 9rx on Monday April 07, 2025 @05:02PM (#43615902)
> It’s fine to have quirks.

Of course. If a company wants to be quirky, that is their choice to make.

> I would probably be one of those people-/absent compelling reasons.

Agreed. A job isn't usually all that compelling – there are jobs everywhere – but for the right business deal you can look past certain things.