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I have a similarly cynical take. It ensures successful candidates have studied a formal CS degree, and haven't "just" come in from a bootcamp or are self taught
by underwater 7y ago
I have a similarly cynical take. It ensures successful candidates have studied a formal CS degree, and haven't "just" come in from a bootcamp or are self taught. It's not deliberate, but does ensure that exclusive FAANG jobs remain the domain of the privileged.
- indigochill 7y agoEven as a self-taught guy I don't agree with this take. I do get hung up on technical interview trivia, but that's because I refuse to load my brain with useless interview trivia. If I was going to play the game, there are plenty of special-purpose resources available that I could cram before an interview. There are also resources like Anki through which I could use spaced repetition to load it into longer-term memory.
- dbmikus 7y agoDon't a lot of boot camp teach you how to do tech interviews as well as how to code?
- _pmf_ 7y agoI'd like to add that, given my personal experience, a formal CS education does not mean that learning is any easier. In my case, there have been few courses where attending actually helped at all. Formal CS education requires good self-learning skills and is not a counter-indicator for self-learning. (I agree with it being a mostly arbitrary criterion for evaluating a candidate.)