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This is just disingenuous, because it can also be easily stated as “people for whom the system isn’t working, affirm that the system isn’t working.” Except it i

This is just disingenuous, because it can also be easily stated as “people for whom the system isn’t working, affirm that the system isn’t working.” Except it is much easier to state that the system is not working, because one can easily attribute personal failures to the failures of the system. I am yet to meet a clearly skilled software engineer who took a bit of time to study for interviews who couldn’t pass the interviews. And we aren’t talking some insane prep, we are talking either a couple of weekends or an hour a day for a month at the very most. To add, it is mostly upfront work, and you dont need that much time to study later on. With every interview, I need less and less time to study in the future. Back in college, i used to study intensely for those. But many years later, I find it sufficient to refresh by grinding leetcode for just one weekend being enough to pass your typical FAANG interview. Paper credentials don’t mean much, and relying on those is setting yourself up for some poor experiences. I’ve seen candidates with 15+ years of experience and impressive resumes not being able to code their way out of a wet paperbag. We are talking not being able to solve actual FizzBuzz in a language of their choice, which is mindboggling, as it is literally just a for-loop and 3 if-conditionals (or 2, if you want to be fancy and use string concatenation).

mistrial9 5y ago
disingenuous -> "stated with an intention to be deceptive" "I am yet to meet a clearly skilled software engineer who" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contraposition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contraposition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formal_fallacy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formal_fallacy "Paper credentials don’t mean much" other employers here disagree on that particular point
- filoleg 5y ago
  >> "Paper credentials don’t mean much" > other employers here disagree on that particular point I didn't mean it in a sense that paper credentials don't matter, period. I assumed it was obvious in the context what I actually meant, but that's my mistake, so let me clarify. "Paper credentials don't mean much" when you are trying to really assess skills of someone. Which is evident by my example of many people with impressive resumes not being able to code their way out of a wet paperbag. > disingenuous -> "stated with an intention to be deceptive" I admit, I used the closest word that was somewhat expressing the point I was trying to make. I still cannot think of a better word. So if someone can provide a word that is more fitting for "a situation when someone makes an assertive statement about something, without trying to consider the other side of the equation at all, which leads to a conclusion that simply affirms what the person is saying", it would be more than welcome.

mistrial9 5y ago

disingenuous -> "stated with an intention to be deceptive" "I am yet to meet a clearly skilled software engineer who" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contraposition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contraposition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formal_fallacy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formal_fallacy "Paper credentials don’t mean much" other employers here disagree on that particular point

filoleg 5y ago
>> "Paper credentials don’t mean much" > other employers here disagree on that particular point I didn't mean it in a sense that paper credentials don't matter, period. I assumed it was obvious in the context what I actually meant, but that's my mistake, so let me clarify. "Paper credentials don't mean much" when you are trying to really assess skills of someone. Which is evident by my example of many people with impressive resumes not being able to code their way out of a wet paperbag. > disingenuous -> "stated with an intention to be deceptive" I admit, I used the closest word that was somewhat expressing the point I was trying to make. I still cannot think of a better word. So if someone can provide a word that is more fitting for "a situation when someone makes an assertive statement about something, without trying to consider the other side of the equation at all, which leads to a conclusion that simply affirms what the person is saying", it would be more than welcome.