Dear Startups: stop asking me math puzzles to figure out if I can code

Re:Dear Startups: stop asking me math puzzles to figure out ... by morgante on Monday October 21, 2013 @02:57AM (#6583809)

I'd hope that by that point I'd have sold them on my company enough that they really thought it was better.

Also, I don't think it needs to be a long gig. Maybe even just a day, which isn't much longer than the gauntlet of technical interviews some companies will put you through. Even that short period should be enough to see if someone works well.

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Re:Dear Startups: stop asking me math puzzles to figure out ... by lmm on Tuesday October 22, 2013 @05:10AM (#6590585)

Doing a day's contracting elsewhere would violate my current employment contract. (And I think strict adherence to the letter of the rules will be reasonably common among good developers)

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