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Spot hero requires a coding challenge. It's not a small one either; it's like 2+ days of work. I said I had a ton of open source stuff on Github, some doing mor

Spot hero requires a coding challenge. It's not a small one either; it's like 2+ days of work. I said I had a ton of open source stuff on Github, some doing more complex stuff than their assignment and if they could just look at that. They refused. I no longer do pro-interview requirements for free. Maybe if I got a $300 gift card. Please don't interview here. Don't work for free!!

dang 8y ago
This breaks the rule at the top which asks you not to reply to job posts to complain about something. We're in no position to adjudicate such complaints, nor are these threads a good place for companies to reply, or for the community to discuss or work anything out. We detached this comment from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17663536 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17663536 and marked it off-topic.
- mmt 8y ago
  > nor are these threads a good place for companies to reply, or for the community to discuss or work anything out. This keeps being repeated as if it's somehow obvious or undisputed, but it's not, nor is the actual "good place" for such a discussion ever indicated. Previously, you've also mentioned that the rule isn't designed to be strictly fair in some way, but, generally, better for HN overall. In what way? That is, by what mechanism is it better? What downside are you trying to avoid? Where was this dicussed and/or decided? What's the reasoning behind it? Is the decision based on facts or conjecture?
  - djsumdog 8y ago
    It is up there in the rules. I'm sure I've read it in the past and probably forgot about it. Now that I've been hit by it I'll remember. But I see your point for sure. HN is heavily moderated and I've watched good discussions simply go away. I've come to accept that as just being par the course for HN. Maybe the right forum would be GlassDoor?
    - mmt 8y ago
      > It is up there in the rules. It wasn't always, and it's quite an exceptional standard, compared to the rest of the site. > Maybe the right forum would be GlassDoor? Unfortunately, Glassdoor has no facility for discussion. Moreover, HN mods haven't come out and stated outright that this category of conversation isn't welcome anywhere on HN, though the implicit global censoriship is hard to ignore.

dang 8y ago

This breaks the rule at the top which asks you not to reply to job posts to complain about something. We're in no position to adjudicate such complaints, nor are these threads a good place for companies to reply, or for the community to discuss or work anything out. We detached this comment from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17663536 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17663536 and marked it off-topic.

mmt 8y ago
> nor are these threads a good place for companies to reply, or for the community to discuss or work anything out. This keeps being repeated as if it's somehow obvious or undisputed, but it's not, nor is the actual "good place" for such a discussion ever indicated. Previously, you've also mentioned that the rule isn't designed to be strictly fair in some way, but, generally, better for HN overall. In what way? That is, by what mechanism is it better? What downside are you trying to avoid? Where was this dicussed and/or decided? What's the reasoning behind it? Is the decision based on facts or conjecture?
- djsumdog 8y ago
  It is up there in the rules. I'm sure I've read it in the past and probably forgot about it. Now that I've been hit by it I'll remember. But I see your point for sure. HN is heavily moderated and I've watched good discussions simply go away. I've come to accept that as just being par the course for HN. Maybe the right forum would be GlassDoor?
  - mmt 8y ago
    > It is up there in the rules. It wasn't always, and it's quite an exceptional standard, compared to the rest of the site. > Maybe the right forum would be GlassDoor? Unfortunately, Glassdoor has no facility for discussion. Moreover, HN mods haven't come out and stated outright that this category of conversation isn't welcome anywhere on HN, though the implicit global censoriship is hard to ignore.