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Well, for context... This is for hiring a freelancer on oDesk, and he's paying them to do the homework. It seems like a pretty fair way to evaluate a candidate.
by tonyarkles 13y ago
Well, for context... This is for hiring a freelancer on oDesk, and he's paying them to do the homework. It seems like a pretty fair way to evaluate a candidate.
If you have a look at his examples, they seem like reasonable questions too; they're not "turning a string of numbers into math problems", they're practical demonstrations of applications of the different technology stacks. If I were hiring a freelancer for a project, I'd probably do something like this with the option of just showing me some past work instead.
I've honestly never hired a carpenter or mechanic for a business before; from what I understand though there's usually a short probation period at the start where they're paid but can be let go summarily. This is the same kind of situation, only it's a shorter period.
- SheepSlapper 13y agoHis previous article on hiring[0] wasn't for freelancers and also included programming homework (a longer task, even). Like I said before, for someone that doesn't have previous work to show then this might be a necessary evil, but if I have a deep portfolio already then it just seems so... masturbatory. Paying for the developer's time is awesome, and if you have to assign coding homework during hiring then paying for their time is a classy move. Most people won't, even though they should. [0] http://www.donnfelker.com/how-to-hire-programmers/ http://www.donnfelker.com/how-to-hire-programmers/
- FeeTinesAMady 13y agoSheepSlapper, your most recent post is showing up as dead. Might want to check to see if you're hellbanned.
- ewoodrich 13y agoHe's not hellbanned most likely. He used the forbidden "mast##b##ing" word, which will instantly kill a post on HN. For some reason.