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by braythwayt 12y ago
I was not saying that the interviewer is picky, only that when asked a question like this, we don't know if the interviewer is picky, and that is stressful for the candidate in a way that is sub-optimal for the interview process.
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by braythwayt 12y ago
Of course you could. Just as you could argue that wasting time asking a bunch of questions about hidden requirements for a simple “fizzbuzz” question is indicative of a candidate that prefers talk to action. Remember, the stated purpose o
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by braythwayt 12y ago
> try out their questions on their peers and get feedback. Excellent suggestion, thank you!
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by braythwayt 12y ago
Everyone says, “We don’t need any new programming languages cluttering up code bases,” but nobody volunteers to backport their own apps to COBOL.
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by braythwayt 12y ago
> if you sit down and figure out "what you cannot change" -- you're effectively teaching yourself to be "helpless" about those things. The research doesn’t back this up. This is one of the reasons why I’m relucta
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by braythwayt 12y ago
Inside joke. It’s the first episode of “The Prisoner,” a legendary dystopic television show featuring a prisoner whose jailers go to great lengths to induce a feeling of helplessness, but he resists. That’s literally the plot of every episo
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by braythwayt 12y ago
Author here. This is a funny area. I feel quite confident giving prescriptive advice about strategies for software development, but not so much about strategies for dealing with psychological issues like depression and helplessness. What I
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by braythwayt 12y ago
You’re conflating two separate questions: 1. Would 10M programmers writing 10M blogs become better programmers? and: 2. Would 10M programmers trying to find the time to read 10M programming blogs maintain their productivity, much less becom
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Unlearning Helplessness(braythwayt.com)
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