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Oh man, so many spelling/grammar/formatting issues on this site! For example: - "A segment is said to be shorter than other if it contains less number of words

Oh man, so many spelling/grammar/formatting issues on this site! For example: - "A segment is said to be shorter than other if it contains less number of words." - "Print first shortest sub-segment that contains given k words , ignore special characters, numbers." Copy editing like this doesn't inspire confidence in the hiring process.

morgante 13y ago
It is Amazon India, after all.
- hkmurakami 13y ago
  Wait. Does the "code ninjas" idiom actually appeal to programmers in India?
  - narsil 13y ago
    As much as it appeals to programmers in the United States. No reason it wouldn't.
  - dspillett 13y ago
    It might not so much be that is appeals, just that it doesn't make them feel as silly as it would some over here. I get called a code ninja but only as a joke as I tend to wear black[1] coloured everything at work[2]. In my experience with Indian companies and people of Indian heritage over here, titles seem more important to them generally than to other people I've interacted with. Perhaps due to differences in exposure to certain cultural references "ninja" sounds to them like an exotic title rather than, as it sounds to may of us, a silly one. Having said that, I know people who would appreciate "ninja" in their job title so this is subjective at a more local level too. [1] Yep, I know there is no evidence a ninja ever wore black, in fact their outfits may have been very colourful: the black stereotype we have comes from how stealth actions were portrayed in stage plays. [2] I'd prefer a Cash reference but you can't really chose your own nick-names, maybe nipping to Rino and shooting a man would help... Of course it might not appeal to programmers in India any more than it does to you - it could just be that is appeals to PHBs in India!
e12e 13y ago
Authentic code ninja engrish?
e12e 13y ago
I just wonder if they also welcome code kunoichis.
danieldk 13y ago
And from the 'Shortest sub-segment' assignment: Ignore characters other than [a-z][A-Z] in the text. [a-z][A-Z] is not a character, [A-Za-z] is ;).
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morgante 13y ago

It is Amazon India, after all.

hkmurakami 13y ago
Wait. Does the "code ninjas" idiom actually appeal to programmers in India?
- narsil 13y ago
  As much as it appeals to programmers in the United States. No reason it wouldn't.
- dspillett 13y ago
  It might not so much be that is appeals, just that it doesn't make them feel as silly as it would some over here. I get called a code ninja but only as a joke as I tend to wear black[1] coloured everything at work[2]. In my experience with Indian companies and people of Indian heritage over here, titles seem more important to them generally than to other people I've interacted with. Perhaps due to differences in exposure to certain cultural references "ninja" sounds to them like an exotic title rather than, as it sounds to may of us, a silly one. Having said that, I know people who would appreciate "ninja" in their job title so this is subjective at a more local level too. [1] Yep, I know there is no evidence a ninja ever wore black, in fact their outfits may have been very colourful: the black stereotype we have comes from how stealth actions were portrayed in stage plays. [2] I'd prefer a Cash reference but you can't really chose your own nick-names, maybe nipping to Rino and shooting a man would help... Of course it might not appeal to programmers in India any more than it does to you - it could just be that is appeals to PHBs in India!

e12e 13y ago

Authentic code ninja engrish?

e12e 13y ago

I just wonder if they also welcome code kunoichis.

danieldk 13y ago

And from the 'Shortest sub-segment' assignment: Ignore characters other than [a-z][A-Z] in the text. [a-z][A-Z] is not a character, [A-Za-z] is ;).

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