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

by Shane325 8y ago

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

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