It depends. The snippet of code itself, yeah, it could take less than 30min. But then what, do you submit just as it is? No, you run "main.py/main.go/main.whate

It depends. The snippet of code itself, yeah, it could take less than 30min. But then what, do you submit just as it is? No, you run "main.py/main.go/main.whatever". Do we need command line parameters? Maybe? Better to set them by default? Ah, well, then we probably need a "-help" so that the parameters are self documented... or do we also add them to the README.md? Because we are adding a README.md, right? And, do we setup the git repo (because we are submitting a git repo and not a zip file, right?) the "right way"? That means different things with different programming languages. Ah, what about the tests? Should we add an easy way to run the tests (e.g., Makefile?) or do we rely on the default way to run tests in the programming language we have chosen? But what if we choose a programming language the company I'm applying for doesn't use? Well, better to document that, right? Wait, do we need to print the results in the standard output just like that? The specification of the problem doesn't say much so I better e-mail them to ask for further instructions (that will show them that I don't assume anything and I always avoid doing the wrong thing! That probably gives me points at the end of the day). 1h has passed since I sent the email and no response from them so far... umm, should I just do it my way? Ummm And so on...