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The (TV) interview is kind of funny because the journalist asks him, after he goes through the idiotic song and dance of this brain teaser: "so what did you lea

by dvt 2y ago

The (TV) interview is kind of funny because the journalist asks him, after he goes through the idiotic song and dance of this brain teaser: "so what did you learn about me?" This is actually a very insightful question. What did you learn, Mr Ballmer? To which he literally has no answer: "I learned you need to step back and really ask if you're going to make money on this thing".. uh, okay Steve. Cool. Thanks for your contribution to possibly the worst technical hiring practices in just about any professional field. The technicals are less interesting than seeing even he himself has no real justification for this kind of intellectual hazing.

LudwigNagasena 2y ago
He was being polite and understanding. They aren’t in a job interview setting, it’s not a correct frame to judge. But if it were, she would totally fail with that attitude of not thinking through the problem. That’s what his comment about stepping back meant.
- twelve40 2y ago
  Well even if they were in an interview setting, how often in your day-to-day are you put on blast, being critically watched and scrutinized while having to give birth to an elegant solution to some stupid random question? How often does this solve-immediately-or-GTFO happens at work? They made so much money in the 90's that they could smash every other Ivy league candidate with a bat or make them do 500 jumping jacks, and still have people line up to interview.
  - LudwigNagasena 2y ago
    > how often in your day-to-day are you put on blast, being critically watched and scrutinized while having to give birth to an elegant solution to some stupid random question? How often does this solve-immediately-or-GTFO happens at work? Well, honestly, once to several times a week during backlog grooming, meetings with stakeholders and other similar stuff. I find it much easier to work with people with fast recall who can be confident and correct even under time pressure. Nobody wants to sit through many time-consuming meetings that end with “we will check that and get back to you later”. There is a succinct chess joke that summarises what being an expert means: a journalist asked Casablanca how many moves he thinks ahead. He replied, only one, but it is always the best one.

by dvt 2y ago

LudwigNagasena 2y ago

He was being polite and understanding. They aren’t in a job interview setting, it’s not a correct frame to judge. But if it were, she would totally fail with that attitude of not thinking through the problem. That’s what his comment about stepping back meant.

twelve40 2y ago
Well even if they were in an interview setting, how often in your day-to-day are you put on blast, being critically watched and scrutinized while having to give birth to an elegant solution to some stupid random question? How often does this solve-immediately-or-GTFO happens at work? They made so much money in the 90's that they could smash every other Ivy league candidate with a bat or make them do 500 jumping jacks, and still have people line up to interview.
- LudwigNagasena 2y ago
  > how often in your day-to-day are you put on blast, being critically watched and scrutinized while having to give birth to an elegant solution to some stupid random question? How often does this solve-immediately-or-GTFO happens at work? Well, honestly, once to several times a week during backlog grooming, meetings with stakeholders and other similar stuff. I find it much easier to work with people with fast recall who can be confident and correct even under time pressure. Nobody wants to sit through many time-consuming meetings that end with “we will check that and get back to you later”. There is a succinct chess joke that summarises what being an expert means: a journalist asked Casablanca how many moves he thinks ahead. He replied, only one, but it is always the best one.