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Oof, I've had that experience during a technical phone screen with a different "hires only the best" company. I was asked to write (over the phone) a trivial st
by lfowles 8y ago
Oof, I've had that experience during a technical phone screen with a different "hires only the best" company. I was asked to write (over the phone) a trivial statistical algorithm and started to describe the algorithm: "Function F returns a double and has two parameters, pointer to the start of the double array P and integer N for length of array." Apparently on the other end of the line was a human compiler that kept rejecting my input and preferred "double F open parens double star P comma int n close parens"!
- scarejunba 8y agoThis is hilarious! Such a strong indicator that you, as a candidate, should reject the employer.
- lfowles 8y agoYes, it was the final straw and led to me rejecting that industry as a whole :)
- pavel_lishin 8y agoWhat are you doing now?
- lfowles 8y agoMakin' games, burnin' savings. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7MXfg2wt28&list=PLqJcvcLs4C-RmUZ5BYSw0AR-gUTkk2y0a https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7MXfg2wt28&list=PLqJcvcLs4C...
- pavel_lishin 8y agoHah! I love the AXBY code-entering minigame :P This is pretty neat so far. I, too, have a side project I'd love to quit my job to work on, but I think it's less monetizable than an actual game.
- lfowles 8y agoThanks! I really enjoy coming up with the themed minigames. The next one planned is a Kanban board minigame ... think of a cross between Tetris and the boardgame Patchwork.
- drharby 8y agoHa! I did that for a year...and thinking about doing it again. I mean, selling my home and moving to say, costa rica, i could stretch my dollar, dev my heart out, and watch all the sunsets my heart desires