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"CTO at Loyalsnap (02/23/2017): The CEO rejected me then used the code I wrote in the interview in production. When I pointed this out and said an estimate of t
by ipaddr 4y ago
"CTO at Loyalsnap (02/23/2017): The CEO rejected me then used the code I wrote in the interview in production. When I pointed this out and said an estimate of the hours I worked on that if he wanted to use it, he told me I would have to sue him to get it. 20 minutes later he venmo’d me the amount and said don’t sue him."
Happens more often then you think. Get 200 approaches on something that team can't get right. Use one.. usually in the backend. Or get inspired and use parts. Ghost person who wrote the code.
- overthrow 4y agoI can't wrap my head around why companies do this. If you find a competent programmer whose work is good enough to use, wouldn't your team be better off if you hire them full-time? That seems more efficient than interviewing 200 people every time you need some code written.
- sebastianconcpt 4y agoDesperate strategy to steal developer code done by people that is as immoral as ignorant on how tech isn't reusable or modularly scalable like they imagine and how obviously bad it will all invariably end but they are "just giving it a try"?
- cube00 4y agoIf the culture is that rotten that this behavior is accepted (as it requires multiple people in the hiring process to be complicit) I doubt anyone would want to stay for very long if they were hired.
- abledon 4y agothey are hiring them as a contractor __for free__ , but just not telling them they are writing their production code prototypes for free while interviewing.
- deely3 4y agoPessimistic point: there a lof of competent programmers out there. So, why not to choose someone that you liked or someone who ready to work long hours, under stress, for minimum salary?
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- lisasays 4y agoLogic has nothing to do with it. These companies shit on candidates on general principle.
- webnrrd2k 4y agoIt's like that Silicon Valley episode where Richard explains middle-out on the whiteboard and they just steal his code.
- titzer 4y agoCame here to post this. Your engineering team is a fail, your problem is a joke, and your hiring process is overfitting. Maybe you could post stackoverflow questions...and then wrong answers...and get better results from people correcting you?