throwaway1995v2

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   Ask HN: So is AI taking our jobs?

   3 points by throwaway1995v2 13d ago|4 comments
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   by throwaway1995v2 3y ago

   Very long take-home assignments, I was interviewing with a startup for a backend position. they gave me 5 days to build a Cinema Ticket Reservation API, this by itself was long since it required managing 5 to 6 tables with it corresponding
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   by throwaway1995v2 4y ago

   I totally agree with this, In particular with the typical "Why do you want to work for this company?" or "Why are you leaving your current job?" The honest and most common answer "I want more money" makes you l
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   by throwaway1995v2 4y ago

   I do but one of them does know, basically I got a job offer, but my previous(and current employer) really needed me since they have a legacy backend written in a relative niche language and I was the only one left to maintain it while they
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   by throwaway1995v2 6y ago

   All the cover letters I have written have flown over the head of the application reviewers, they didn't even glance at it on all the interviews where a cover letter was required in the application form, the interviewer always asks the
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   by throwaway1995v2 6y ago

   No very good, I'm starting to believe that the so-called "shortage of developers" is just companies who have a terrible and frankly broken interview process, over-optimized to detect red flags no matter how small they are(I h