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In other words, we've set up pipelines that reward those who can talk well, rather than those who can do well. That might be an unfair characterization. But on
by sillysaurus3 10y ago
In other words, we've set up pipelines that reward those who can talk well, rather than those who can do well.
That might be an unfair characterization. But only just.
- jdbernard 10y agoA different characterization is that we are looking for those that think well. Both talking and code on whiteboards are only proxies for that, and neither are completely reliable proxies. But really, if someone can describe the detailed psuedocode for an algorithm and explain its runtime characteristics, are you going to make them write out what they have just said? Personally, I think the talking is a lot more valuable than the whiteboard. I rarely have to hand-write complete algorithm on a whiteboard, but I regularly need to communicate technical ideas accurately and succinctly. That's what I'm really trying to demonstrate anyways: of course I can code, but I can also organize my thoughts well and communicate them clearly to others.