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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 th
by 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 agoWell 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.