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I disagree. I know someone who is changing fields and has learned to code over the last year. Mostly backend code, Kotlin and Python. This person has no crede
by syspec 5y ago
I disagree.
I know someone who is changing fields and has learned to code over the last year. Mostly backend code, Kotlin and Python.
This person has no credentials, and studied something else in college - however the fact that code test are used allowed them get their foot in the door of a large company very recently because they didn't care that she didn't have much in the way of past projects.
She has a strong aptitude for coding, and they decided that was a better way to select for them
Without code test she probably would not have had a real shot of landing the job
>>> End the DevRel candidate test. End the Developer candidate test. It’s hurting everyone and wastes everyone’s time.
It's really not, there are many people who it is helping level the playing field greatly.