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Many Software Engineers haven't internalized this concept of time value. A lawyer or a doctor would never do real work for free as part of an interview process
by diehunde 7y ago
Many Software Engineers haven't internalized this concept of time value. A lawyer or a doctor would never do real work for free as part of an interview process but for some reason we don't see it that way when it's about writing code.
- _throwawayyyyyy 7y agointeresting observation! makes sense. i wonder if it's because engineers are generally salaried instead of billed hourly. given all the 'crunch' and unpaid overtime, we'd be a lot more expensive hourly - folks might realize their real value. instead we give free overtime and then extend that into free interview time