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Yea knowing how to not acciddentally get an O(n^3) bottleneck is table stakes for development. It seems to me that a lot of younger folks want to lower the bar
by stcredzero 8y ago
Yea knowing how to not acciddentally get an O(n^3) bottleneck is table stakes for development.
It seems to me that a lot of younger folks want to lower the bar below that.
If you're looking for devs to show that they understand the ideas, you'd be better off telling them the problem space ahead of time so that they can prepare for it, and then deeply questioning their knowledge in that space
Perhaps combine that with a related but novel question.
- mixmastamyk 8y agoCreativity comes from solitude not with a gun to your head.
- stcredzero 8y agoWe're not looking for creativity in our interview. It's more about evidence that you've had plenty of practice designing, implementing, and debugging actual running systems, in greater depth than just gluing libraries together and following online tutorials and guides.
- mixmastamyk 8y agoCreativity is what you just described.
- lovich 8y agoThe only way to tell if someone can do the job is to look at their past accomplishments through a web of trust with other engineers, or by having them do the other job. Both of these routes put more risk on employers so they'd rather filter out the majority of people based on an inaccurate test, then throw their hands up and say there are no developers. The whole country has at will employment and companies certainly aren't voluntarily signing any employment contract. Just fire someone if they turn out to be incompetent/fraud.