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m0zg
8y ago
Yes, I actually implemented such a thing at a company I worked at after Google. We'd give the candidate a fairly simple and self contained codebase, and ask them to add a simple, incremental feature in the span of an hour. No limits on
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m0zg
8y ago
It doesn't. This seems like a typical Google interview question. If you didn't know how to solve it before the interview started, you aren't going to figure out anything other than a brute force solution in 45 minutes. And br
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m0zg
8y ago
You must be one of those folks who don't like code reviews then. Good criticism is a lot of work, and it can be immensely helpful.
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m0zg
8y ago
$30B seems steep TBH. Consider that launch revenue last year was only $3B worldwide, and that's revenue, not profit. Granted SpaceX owns a good chunk of that, and their margins are the best in the industry, but with another player arri
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8y ago
I think it's the other way around, it _should_ feel good to criticize _in good faith_, if you have the necessary qualifications and the person has asked for feedback. How else can the other person get better if not by absorbing the fee
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8y ago
This could also be an impedance mismatch between European and US cultures. When Europeans (especially Eastern Europeans) are asked to be candid, they often are, without much regard for the consequences. As an immigrant I fortunately learned