sandino
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Comment · 7 years ago
No one is saying that Google is engaging in "systematic" harassment here.
But it may very well be that they are willfully (or simply incompetently) turning a blind eye in this one particular case.
Comment · 7 years ago
It really won't take that long to freshen up your your white board skills so that [pass that next round of whiteboard hazing]
Actually it does (and that's part of the whole point of the massive burnout crisis caused by these tests). By and large -- they've become so distorted (either by intentionally asking candidates to solve ridiculously hard problems; or by having these goals set, or simply having the tasks so carelessly so as to achieve the same effect) that they've basically lost any grounding in reality.
The only way to soften the blow (that is, to significantly reduce the chance of immediate rejection) is to cram -- that is, to in effect make it your part-time job (for a little while) specifically "practicing for" (that is, memorizing the expected outcomes of) these tests.
Which of course defeats the entire purpose of the "test". As one would think these companies would be smart enough to know.
Yes I know many people are ready to say, "But when Iinterview I just do this simple FizzBuzz-oid thing I came up with that anyone who claims to have a CS degree should be ale to solve." What I mean is -- the last time I had to go through this ritual -- about 50 percent of the time these tests (or simply the environment in which they were conducted) were seriously off-base in one form or another.
And in more than a few cases I wish I could forget, ridiculously so.
Comment · 7 years ago
They should have a fine and be required to fully restore the land they destroyed.
No, they shouldn't simply be fined and required to restore the land.
In addition to all of this -- they should be put in jail.
That's the only way these people will begin to get the message.
Comment · 7 years ago
The only support I received as the victim of my manager’s abuse was encouragement to take advantage of medical leave.
This statement is quite telling: first HR goes to lengths to deny that there's any seriously wrong. Then they pretty blatantly acknowledge that yes, things are so fucked up that you'll likely want to take medical leave.
Comment · 7 years ago
"Too academic... during the phone screening he kept going on about non-euclidean geometries and eigenvectors and stuff. His C++ skills look pretty good, but we need someone with strong skills in Oracle, Visual Basic and ClearCase ... and with at least 5-10 years of industry experience."
Comment · 7 years ago
All of section (6) smacks of ... some kind of attitude problem. Yes, the system if frequently broken (but more often slow and stilted) but still -- the moment you start intentionally playing head games with people -- it's like, why bother?
Hard to have sympathy with this guy, as a result.
Comment · 7 years ago
Who also has nothing of value to say about AI, for chrissakes.
Comment · 7 years ago
Okay, so human beings would be negatively impacted (to some degree).
But how would you assess impact on the climate crisis (per se)?
His "homepage" is a raw directory dump with a high-contrast black background (the preferred color scheme of 10x engineers).
Isn't that enough authority for you?
BTW if anyone knows of more nuanced explorations of Cloud v. DIY tradeoffs -- we all know there's a tipping point in favor of the latter, somewhere -- please do share.