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the jobs link is interesting. Takes you to a functioning command line but has no other hints or instructions. An interesting gating function: those who don't kn

the jobs link is interesting. Takes you to a functioning command line but has no other hints or instructions. An interesting gating function: those who don't know how to proceed further (or can't problem-solve sufficiently to find out) aren't likely to succeed in the role and can safely be excluded. Might also have the added bonus of being safe from headhunter bot scrapers.

Shane325 8y ago
Interesting indeed. Definitely weeds out applicants who are not familiar with the command line.
- jakebasile 8y ago
  It also weeds out people who don't have time for "cute" little games like that.
  - ribosometronome 8y ago
    Sounds like it might also be their way of weeding out people who aren't going to be a culture fit.
  - fileeditview 8y ago
    To be honest it didn't really take more than a few seconds to get the relevant information. So time really isn't the limiting factor here..
    - solarkraft 8y ago
      It's not supposed to be. It's like proving you can write a hello world. program.
  - sjg007 8y ago
    It's not really a game..
  - icelancer 8y ago
    It takes literally 10 seconds to run `ls -la` and `cat` some files to get the information. If that's a problem for an applicant, it's a good exclusion to the funnel.
    - stale2002 8y ago
      I tried opening this on mobile and it was a horrible experience. We don't use clis during every day life for a reason.
      - icelancer 8y ago
        > We don't use clis during every day life for a reason. Most developers do?
    - jakebasile 8y ago
      Like sibling says, on mobile it's a pain. In general, when I look at a job posting, I just want to skim it. I don't want to interact with the webpage in any other way than "reading". I get it, this is clever. It supposedly weeds out poor applicants. But speaking for myself it just strikes me as annoying.
      - icelancer 8y ago
        Do people really apply for jobs on mobile? If I came across it on mobile, I'd just go, oh okay, and read it later on my laptop or desktop. I'm an admitted anti-mobile person though. I am exceptionally skeptical that the mobile revolution will adequately replace the keyboard/mouse combination for high productivity tasks, and don't wish to see design move entirely in that direction.
        jakebasile 8y ago
        No, but I do a lot of reading on mobile. If I came across it on mobile, how would I even know if I wanted to read it later?
  - 9712263 8y ago
    Actually, grepping necessary information from the files is more efficient than reading a bloated web page from job site with infinite scrolling where your Ctrl + F is not working.
  - sergiotapia 8y ago
    But it's literally `cat open-positions/devtools-frontend-engineer.txt` I also hate games, but this is literally obvious. I spent 3 seconds tab autocompleting the file.
- fastball 8y ago
  I know it's a brave new world, but there isn't a single working developer that isn't at least aware of the command line, right?
  - khalilravanna 8y ago
    I'd say "aware" and "familiar with" are two totally different groups. And while I'd agree that "aware" seems like it'd approach 100% of the general programmer pop., from my experience "familiar with" is a surprisingly and saddeningly lower than 100% percentage.
  - albertgoeswoof 8y ago
    There are lots of developers that have a build system with ide etc set up for them and never touch the CLI for years. Think iOS and .net
amasad 8y ago
xD link: https://repl.it/site/jobs https://repl.it/site/jobs it's built with repl.it too: https://repl.it/@util/jerbs https://repl.it/@util/jerbs
- as1mov 8y ago
  I tried rm -rf --no-preserve-root / It didn't work :(
- dsnuh 8y ago
  Homestar Runner reference?
  - tlavoie 8y ago
    Or South Park. "They're taking our jerbs!"
disconcision 8y ago
For me, it seems to be stuck at 'Connecting'. If I mash buttons I can get a glimpse of the command line, even see flashes of messages if I enter two-letter commands quick enough. Is this a bug or part of the test?
- amasad 8y ago
  Hmm, weird. What browser/OS? Also any errors in the JS console?
  - icelancer 8y ago
    ublock origin causes it to timeout with 2 caught scripts, disabling it makes it work FYI.
- mikeleeorg 8y ago
  Do you have any browser extensions running? It's possible one of them is causing some problems with their IDE.
- laverick 8y ago
  Same issue. iOS w/ Safari & Chrome
sincerely 8y ago
The jobs link is fun but seems very slow/laggy on my end.
sbilstein 8y ago
thats the most fun I've had with a jobs page ever!
myroon5 8y ago
A lot of the text is overlapping for me on mobile.
luizfzs 8y ago
I see a shell, I type `ls`. It's how life works.
- justbaker 8y ago
  `pwd` -- "where am i...?"
  - toomuchtodo 8y ago
    You are likely to be eaten by a grue.
avip 8y ago
That's hands down the best job posting ever made by humans, for humans. But alas $ fgrep -r remote open-positions open-positions/community-manager.txt:SF (remote OK)

Shane325 8y ago

Interesting indeed. Definitely weeds out applicants who are not familiar with the command line.

jakebasile 8y ago
It also weeds out people who don't have time for "cute" little games like that.
- ribosometronome 8y ago
  Sounds like it might also be their way of weeding out people who aren't going to be a culture fit.
- fileeditview 8y ago
  To be honest it didn't really take more than a few seconds to get the relevant information. So time really isn't the limiting factor here..
  - solarkraft 8y ago
    It's not supposed to be. It's like proving you can write a hello world. program.
- sjg007 8y ago
  It's not really a game..
- icelancer 8y ago
  It takes literally 10 seconds to run `ls -la` and `cat` some files to get the information. If that's a problem for an applicant, it's a good exclusion to the funnel.
  - stale2002 8y ago
    I tried opening this on mobile and it was a horrible experience. We don't use clis during every day life for a reason.
    - icelancer 8y ago
      > We don't use clis during every day life for a reason. Most developers do?
  - jakebasile 8y ago
    Like sibling says, on mobile it's a pain. In general, when I look at a job posting, I just want to skim it. I don't want to interact with the webpage in any other way than "reading". I get it, this is clever. It supposedly weeds out poor applicants. But speaking for myself it just strikes me as annoying.
    - icelancer 8y ago
      Do people really apply for jobs on mobile? If I came across it on mobile, I'd just go, oh okay, and read it later on my laptop or desktop. I'm an admitted anti-mobile person though. I am exceptionally skeptical that the mobile revolution will adequately replace the keyboard/mouse combination for high productivity tasks, and don't wish to see design move entirely in that direction.
      - jakebasile 8y ago
        No, but I do a lot of reading on mobile. If I came across it on mobile, how would I even know if I wanted to read it later?
- 9712263 8y ago
  Actually, grepping necessary information from the files is more efficient than reading a bloated web page from job site with infinite scrolling where your Ctrl + F is not working.
- sergiotapia 8y ago
  But it's literally `cat open-positions/devtools-frontend-engineer.txt` I also hate games, but this is literally obvious. I spent 3 seconds tab autocompleting the file.
fastball 8y ago
I know it's a brave new world, but there isn't a single working developer that isn't at least aware of the command line, right?
- khalilravanna 8y ago
  I'd say "aware" and "familiar with" are two totally different groups. And while I'd agree that "aware" seems like it'd approach 100% of the general programmer pop., from my experience "familiar with" is a surprisingly and saddeningly lower than 100% percentage.
- albertgoeswoof 8y ago
  There are lots of developers that have a build system with ide etc set up for them and never touch the CLI for years. Think iOS and .net

amasad 8y ago

xD link: https://repl.it/site/jobs https://repl.it/site/jobs it's built with repl.it too: https://repl.it/@util/jerbs https://repl.it/@util/jerbs

as1mov 8y ago
I tried rm -rf --no-preserve-root / It didn't work :(
dsnuh 8y ago
Homestar Runner reference?
- tlavoie 8y ago
  Or South Park. "They're taking our jerbs!"

disconcision 8y ago

For me, it seems to be stuck at 'Connecting'. If I mash buttons I can get a glimpse of the command line, even see flashes of messages if I enter two-letter commands quick enough. Is this a bug or part of the test?

amasad 8y ago
Hmm, weird. What browser/OS? Also any errors in the JS console?
- icelancer 8y ago
  ublock origin causes it to timeout with 2 caught scripts, disabling it makes it work FYI.
mikeleeorg 8y ago
Do you have any browser extensions running? It's possible one of them is causing some problems with their IDE.
laverick 8y ago
Same issue. iOS w/ Safari & Chrome

sincerely 8y ago

The jobs link is fun but seems very slow/laggy on my end.

sbilstein 8y ago

thats the most fun I've had with a jobs page ever!

myroon5 8y ago

A lot of the text is overlapping for me on mobile.

luizfzs 8y ago

I see a shell, I type `ls`. It's how life works.

justbaker 8y ago
`pwd` -- "where am i...?"
- toomuchtodo 8y ago
  You are likely to be eaten by a grue.

avip 8y ago

That's hands down the best job posting ever made by humans, for humans. But alas $ fgrep -r remote open-positions open-positions/community-manager.txt:SF (remote OK)