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> we ask for 100 lines of code Why?

• 11thEarlOfMar 7y ago
  We don't want them to spend too much time. I tell them we don't expect them to spend more than 2 hours, and we're looking for 100 lines. I don't think it's reasonable to ask for much more of their time than that. Turns out they all wind up spending 8+ hours and most really get into the task.
  • shantly 7y ago
    I love a rough lines/size guide and will be stealing that idea :-) The biggest risk with those take-home projects is that you'll lose out on the "2-3 hour project" because someone else spent 5-6 hours and had time not to just finish it, but to make it look very polished—unreasonably polished for 2-3 hours. So you either do it as directed and worry, or spend way more time on it (enough that I'd probably just pass unless it was one hell of a job) Keep it small enough and you don't run into the thing where you're excluding the semi-happily employed, competent devs, because they don't really have to put up with your shit to find new employment, which is the case with those defined time (but not really) larger projects.
  • manthedudeguy 7y ago
    Do you mean you don't want more than 100 lines, or that you want around 100 lines exactly? The latter seems preposterous to me.