"...hire not only coders who are familiar with today’s technology but those who are capable of learning any new technologies that spring up in the future."
But it seems like a vanity project with brogrammer goals and a huge waste of resources.
I personally feel that interview gimmicks like this are a major reason we lack diversity in our field. Want to keep marginalized candidates out of your organization? Create a gimmick to intimidate and mock them during the interview process. Then sit back and pat yourself on the back for being so clever.
This is like looking to hire an English teacher then asking them to prove they can teach in Esperanto in order to get a job.
"...hire not only coders who are familiar with today’s technology but those who are capable of learning any new technologies that spring up in the future."
But it seems like a vanity project with brogrammer goals and a huge waste of resources.
I personally feel that interview gimmicks like this are a major reason we lack diversity in our field. Want to keep marginalized candidates out of your organization? Create a gimmick to intimidate and mock them during the interview process. Then sit back and pat yourself on the back for being so clever.
This is like looking to hire an English teacher then asking them to prove they can teach in Esperanto in order to get a job.