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I don't mean to give advice on gaming the system—I'm sorry if I came across that way. The point I was trying to make was much closer to your first line—that the
by twicetwice 6y ago
I don't mean to give advice on gaming the system—I'm sorry if I came across that way. The point I was trying to make was much closer to your first line—that the current interviewing system rewards confidence and communication skills, and that debate helped me build those. Ironically, I wish I had communicated that better :)
Also, I agree that there are drawbacks to doing debate. For one, there's a certain "debate kid" mentality that I picked up and had to unlearn.
- fuzzythinker 6y agoThank you for clarifying and confirming my other fear of undesired debate mentality. FYI, it's a good idea to edit your HN profile. When you write good comments, people may check it.
- twicetwice 6y agoThank you for the feedback—genuinely. I always appreciate feedback given in good faith. What kind of edits do you have in mind? I somewhat-deliberately kept my profile vague, but I'm definitely open to suggestions on how to improve it.