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Re:Amazon Code Ninjas by lpolovets on Monday November 11, 2013 @04:02AM (#6710675)
Oh man, so many spelling/grammar/formatting issues on this site! For example:

- "A segment is said to be shorter than other if it contains less number of words."

- "Print first shortest sub-segment that contains given k words , ignore special characters, numbers."

Copy editing like this doesn't inspire confidence in the hiring process.

Re:Amazon Code Ninjas by morgante on Monday November 11, 2013 @04:04AM (#6710683)
It is Amazon India, after all.
Re:Amazon Code Ninjas by hkmurakami on Monday November 11, 2013 @04:19AM (#6710720)
Wait. Does the "code ninjas" idiom actually appeal to programmers in India?
Re:Amazon Code Ninjas by dspillett on Monday November 11, 2013 @09:02AM (#6711589)
It might not so much be that is appeals, just that it doesn't make them feel as silly as it would some over here. I get called a code ninja but only as a joke as I tend to wear black[1] coloured everything at work[2].

In my experience with Indian companies and people of Indian heritage over here, titles seem more important to them generally than to other people I've interacted with. Perhaps due to differences in exposure to certain cultural references "ninja" sounds to them like an exotic title rather than, as it sounds to may of us, a silly one. Having said that, I know people who would appreciate "ninja" in their job title so this is subjective at a more local level too.

[1] Yep, I know there is no evidence a ninja ever wore black, in fact their outfits may have been very colourful: the black stereotype we have comes from how stealth actions were portrayed in stage plays.

[2] I'd prefer a Cash reference but you can't really chose your own nick-names, maybe nipping to Rino and shooting a man would help...

Of course it might not appeal to programmers in India any more than it does to you - it could just be that is appeals to PHBs in India!

Re:Amazon Code Ninjas by narsil on Monday November 11, 2013 @06:15AM (#6711024)
As much as it appeals to programmers in the United States. No reason it wouldn't.
Re:Amazon Code Ninjas by danieldk on Monday November 11, 2013 @06:04AM (#6710990)
And from the 'Shortest sub-segment' assignment:

Ignore characters other than [a-z][A-Z] in the text.

[a-z][A-Z] is not a character, [A-Za-z] is ;).

Re:Amazon Code Ninjas by e12e on Monday November 11, 2013 @05:08AM (#6710844)
Authentic code ninja engrish?
Re:Amazon Code Ninjas by e12e on Monday November 11, 2013 @05:08AM (#6710846)
I just wonder if they also welcome code kunoichis.