> He reasoned through the problem, wrote the code, it ran perfectly the first time. I hired him.
I get the overall sentiment, but come on, "I hired him" sounds like self-absorbed anecdata - so this post is about how to quickly appeal to some manager dude on the interwebs? A more useful metric would be, did this hire survive the first two years, and what do the people around him have to say about his performance.
> It’s funny how many people can’t edit text on any machine but their own
How often does this person himself get thrown into random-ass editors and forced to quickly work through some rando algorithm while absolutely not forgetting to eloquently detail out loud their entire thought process? Self-absorbed, out of touch with how humans work.
I get the overall sentiment, but come on, "I hired him" sounds like self-absorbed anecdata - so this post is about how to quickly appeal to some manager dude on the interwebs? A more useful metric would be, did this hire survive the first two years, and what do the people around him have to say about his performance.
> It’s funny how many people can’t edit text on any machine but their own
How often does this person himself get thrown into random-ass editors and forced to quickly work through some rando algorithm while absolutely not forgetting to eloquently detail out loud their entire thought process? Self-absorbed, out of touch with how humans work.