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i still remember SWIM googling for hours trying to force google foobar to pop up. when it eventually did, most of the answers were on github and it got me an in
by alkibiades 8y ago
i still remember SWIM googling for hours trying to force google foobar to pop up. when it eventually did, most of the answers were on github and it got me an interview.
- rendall 8y agoWould you mind explaining this like I'm 5? I'm curious but have no idea what SWIM or foobar is, and those aren't exactly googleable terms!
- LyndsySimon 8y agoSWIM = Someone Who Isn’t Me
- alkibiades 8y agoThe other poster explained what SWIM is, basically just an acronym to give onself plausible deniability when talking about an action they don’t necessarily want to tie to themselves. Foobar is google’s hidden coding challenge which can let people get a job interview. see: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.geeksforgeeks.org/google-foo-bar-challenge/amp/ https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.geeksforgeeks.org/google-fo...