"It's the second time in a few months I'm being turned down with the pretext of a failed whiteboard interview. Things like improper syntax and not getting the damned recursive solution fast enough."
Is it a pretext, or did you actually fail the interview? I want to work for West-coast-pay company at some point, and it seems that the idea there is for me to spend 6 months learning stuff I will never use, so I can compete with the kids who spent 4 years learning mostly stuff they will never use.
That is, if I fail it, it's not because I am older, it's because I don't know stuff fresh grads know.
IT is full of grinding pretty meaningless stuff (especially at lower levels), as much as we romanticize it.
Is it a pretext, or did you actually fail the interview? I want to work for West-coast-pay company at some point, and it seems that the idea there is for me to spend 6 months learning stuff I will never use, so I can compete with the kids who spent 4 years learning mostly stuff they will never use.
That is, if I fail it, it's not because I am older, it's because I don't know stuff fresh grads know.
IT is full of grinding pretty meaningless stuff (especially at lower levels), as much as we romanticize it.