jwmoz

Joined 14 years ago

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806
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437
Member since
Jul 4
Developer. London.
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Comment · 4 months ago
Insanely excessive and a waste of tokens when you could have googled how to disable a scrollbar.
Comment · 5 months ago
Not a fan of free speech?
Comment · 1 year ago
Don't really understand how this is meant to work. I burned out. Am I autistic?
Comment · 1 year ago
This is a complete nonsense. OP has invented a tricky technical test for themselves which they have spent long amounts of time thinking about.

In an interview a candidate is not in that mindset, at least I am not. Under stress and anxiety it is very difficult to fully understand things and build good cognitive structures in the mind.

Comment · 1 year ago
It's almost impossible for me to do any serious work or problem solving in an interview situation due to anxiety and stress-my mind simple does not work the same way as it does when relaxed and in flow.
Comment · 1 year ago
It's def not "Raw mental horsepower" it's more knowing an obscure algorithmic trick.
Comment · 1 year ago
'Principal' developer at my last place spent 100 consecutive days grinding leetcode. Shortly after had an interview where they made him do a leetcode test live and he failed it.

The whole thing is broken.

Comment · 1 year ago
Social media is hurting all of us on a worldwide scale.

It's a shame because there are good sides to it too.

Comment · 1 year ago
Bond yields are king
Comment · 1 year ago
Something I have observed also, and why I'd consider myself a sort of pragmatic centrist.
Comment · 1 year ago
Brb just washing my hair with broccoli.
Comment · 1 year ago
None of this makes any sense. Why should I complete a tech test interview if I have 15 years of experience at X top firm? I would have done it already anyway.

I had a ‘principal engineer’ at last place who grinded leetcode for 100 days and still failed a leetcode interview. It’s utter nonsense.

A conversation with technical questions and topics should suffice. Hire fast and fire people.

Comment · 1 year ago
Not a calculator engineer but this seems hideously complex?
Comment · 1 year ago
A job is a means to an end.
Comment · 1 year ago
Long > short.

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