The continued prevalence of leetcode-style interviews demonstrates how we don’t reflect enough on our work and the actual skills that help us succeed in that work.
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The continued prevalence of leetcode-style interviews demonstrates how we don’t reflect enough on our work and the actual skills that help us succeed in that work.
Also, we prefer to assess on the attributes that are easier to observe (c.f., handwriting analysis, phrenology).
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Jenniferplusplusreplied to Lorin Hochstein :verified: last edited by
@norootcause I have a hard time imagining that anyone doing leetcode is ignorant of the impact it has. It's hazing. Either they actively want that, or they just don't care.
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Lorin Hochstein :verified:replied to Jenniferplusplus last edited by
@jenniferplusplus They have to know it's hurting their ability to recruit candidates, though, right? How many people do their recruiters reach out to who don't even consider interviewing because they don't want to go through the hazing?
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Jenniferplusplusreplied to Lorin Hochstein :verified: last edited by
@norootcause my sense is that tech companies think they're done with having to accommodate devs as a high skill/high prestige/high demand role. So what they want is people who will submit themselves and their peers to abuse
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Jenniferplusplusreplied to Jenniferplusplus last edited by
@norootcause also, I don't think it is hurting their ability to recruit. The end of pandemic emergency support and protections has produced an effect like deregulation in virtually every sector. Every company was suddenly free to raise prices, cut jobs, and slash wages, all at the same time. So tech laid off like 200,000 people in 18 months, and now there's a huge pool of people who *need* a job.
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Cameron Wattersreplied to Jenniferplusplus last edited by
@jenniferplusplus @norootcause There remains a massive cohort of people who have figured out how to "win" at the degrading tech interview process, and are happy to continue with it.
The rate at which I encounter people thoughtfully wrestling with making the software profession more humane has been steadily decreasing over the ~5 years.