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I've been a developer for years and worked for multiple companies: the most stressful professional situations I've ever have been in have been maybe a 4 out of
by zimzam 9y ago
I've been a developer for years and worked for multiple companies: the most stressful professional situations I've ever have been in have been maybe a 4 out of 10 stress-wise, whereas interviews range from 7 to 9 out of 10.
Interviews aren't ordinary job situations: they are contrived situations where people are making life-changing decisions based on a very short interaction.
- cnp 9y agoSame here, and have worked on some extremely high-profile, complex things. Never _ever_ have I been as stressed as when asked to perform interview whiteboard questions. It simply doesn't compare.
- FilterSweep 9y agoSometimes, you just have to appreciate the Torvalds-level of arrogance expressed in some of replies on HN.
- kafkaesq 9y agoYou're reading too much into it. That wasn't Torvaldsian at all, by my reading.
- kafkaesq 9y agoThe most stressful professional situations I've ever have been in have been maybe a 4 out of 10 stress-wise, whereas interviews range from 7 to 9 out of 10. Agree mostly -- just that I guess I've fallen into more abusive environments than I should have allowed myself to over the years, where the stress levels have hit will into the 7-10 range. But in healthy environments -- even when I really did screw something up (sometimes quite significantly) -- it's never above the 4-5 range. Interviews aren't ordinary job situations: they are contrived situations where people are making life-changing decisions based on a very short interaction. And pretending that they can read the tea leaves, and make that kind of assessment as to "whether this guy can handle a medium amount of pressure", to boot.