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> Is it really necessary to cram like you're taking the SATs again to get a good job as a software engineer? >Frankly, yes. Just as the SATs and ACTs are IQ te
by sarchertech 5y ago
> Is it really necessary to cram like you're taking the SATs again to get a good job as a software engineer?
>Frankly, yes. Just as the SATs and ACTs are IQ tests with a shitty veil on top
If you can prep for them they aren't really IQ tests.
- solarmist 5y agoThere isn’t an IQ test that’s been created that wouldn’t benefit from practice. That’s why the materials are so highly guarded for actual IQ tests. So technically true, but reality doesn’t have any true IQ tests either.
- R0b0t1 5y agoYes and no. They have patterns to create IQ tests, and those patterns change less frequently.
- ghaff 5y agoPatterns is a good way to put it. I can pretty much guarantee that if you stuck a SAT test in front of me today (or one in front of much younger me prior to doing any preliminary tests or test prep), I would not be getting into my undergraduate school of choice.
- solarmist 5y agoYes, and humans are amazing at pattern matching given any kind of hints, so just knowing the themes, etc give a person a leg up.