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Do you think math ability is the most important metric to hire by? I guess it’s correlated to intelligence but I’m not sure if many businesses are looking for i
by reidjs 5y ago
Do you think math ability is the most important metric to hire by? I guess it’s correlated to intelligence but I’m not sure if many businesses are looking for intelligence, unfortunately.
- CheezeIt 5y agoThe context was software developers, so yes, that’s what’s relevant. The problems 1 through 5 are basic word problems and if you can’t reliably figure those out at 15, you aren’t going to be any good at software development. (I think, for problem 6, given a dysfunctional education system, you could excuse ignorance of what “average speed” means.) And businesses are looking for intelligence in other roles, too. That’s what gives you an advantage. Especially basic stuff like, being able to answer what is the smallest number in a chart.
- ulucs 5y agoA dysfunctional education system does much worse than failing to teach what average speed means. I seriously, seriously doubt the reasoning "Colombians can't math" is accurate, and don't believe the causes reliably imply "Don't hire Colombians for dev roles"
- akomtu 5y agoFor software devs? Yeah, absolutely. We aren't talking about cleaning crews here.
- nsonha 5y agoif that was true FAANG would have been hiring with math questions. In reality, by and large, math skills are not tested for software engineers, with the exeption of trading and such. It is relevant only to the degree of whether or not you can do high-school maths, and the assumption is anyone who can write code can.