innocentoldguy

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by innocentoldguy 11y ago
Of course people choose to be gay. Having sex is an action, not a state of being. My nature is to want to have sex with every woman on the face of the planet. If I opt to do so, I become an adulterer, philanderer, womanizer, etc. Or, if
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by innocentoldguy 11y ago
I think your theory has merit, but is somewhat flawed in the area of deity. Either that, or I'm an outlier. I'm a very religious person, and I think the war on drugs is stupid. I believe God created plants and herbs to benefit
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by innocentoldguy 11y ago
I have. I once had an interviewer ask me to write CSS code that generated an American flag. I used the nth-child selector to render 13 alternating red and white stripes. The guy asked me why I did that instead of making the background wh
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by innocentoldguy 11y ago
I want a site like this too! I've become so frustrated with stupid interviews, I've just started walking out. I feel that if a company can't be bothered to learn how to conduct a meaningful interview, I don't want to w
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by innocentoldguy 12y ago
I'm approaching 50 and I think programming is more exciting now than it has ever been. There are so many interesting technologies out there that I want to learn, master, and use (e.g. Elixir, Erlang, Clojure, Swift, Lua, Haskell, and
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by innocentoldguy 12y ago
I agree. It is getting out of hand. I try to be more pragmatic in my interview process. I don't expect candidates to be passionate because the company isn't their dream. I expect the owner to be passionate, but the rest of us a
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by innocentoldguy 12y ago
I have worked with surgeons and anesthesiologists for the last 12 years, so I know what they have to do as well. One important thing to keep in mind is that a surgeon or anesthesiologist is taking their patients' health, and even their
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by innocentoldguy 12y ago
One of the most important take-aways from that article is the importance of focus. I think if they had limited their priorities to, at the very most, two things, they may have been successful. I find whenever I have more than two prioriti
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by innocentoldguy 12y ago
If you haven't figured out what you need to know in 5 to 10 minutes of pair programming, you're doing it wrong. There's absolutely no reason to subject yourself or others to an interview that is over an hour long. When I con
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by innocentoldguy 12y ago
In the case of doctors, yes, I do. They demonstrate that they have a medical degree, have completed their residency, have passed their boards, and then provide proof of prior work experience. What they don't have to do is perform som
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by innocentoldguy 12y ago
Here's the thing though. I find these sorts of tasks a waste of my time. I know from personal experience that I can ditch your interview and go get hired by numerous other companies who don't waste my time with drawn out intervi
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by innocentoldguy 12y ago
I was asked to write code to solve this problem during an interview once: "You are driving at a constant speed. After a while, you pass a mile marker with a two-digit number on it. One hour later, you pass another mile marker with the
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by innocentoldguy 12y ago
It is insightful because gaming the system is exactly what people do. When someone asks me, "What is your greatest weakness," I typically say something stupid like, "I guess my greatest weakness is that I don't spend en
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by innocentoldguy 12y ago
I think conducting any kind of test during an interview is a waste of time. If someone comes in with a resume that clearly demonstrates years of relevant experience, a Github account with examples of things they've worked on, and if t
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by innocentoldguy 12y ago
There are myriad problems with whiteboard questions: 1. The questions are always esoteric and have absolutely nothing to do with the company's business (unless, of course, they are in the business of generating Fibonacci numbers or CSS