Comment Our biggest problem... (Score 1) 355
... will be when Trump doesn't step down if he loses in November.
... will be when Trump doesn't step down if he loses in November.
"At the risk of offending you... I think the problem worked just fine."
That's exactly my point. With this type of interview I'm accepted/rejected as a candidate based on how well I identify the trick in the question rather than my actual 20+ years of real world experience.
In an interview I would admit I'd need to research how to solve such a problem (not thinking into part B at all because I already know I don't know part A). The interviewer may then to prod me into realizing the trick in part B. At which point I'd laugh it off and say "Oh yeah! Interesting haha!" while feeling very annoyed inside.
After all that, the interviewer still knows nothing about my past experience, my work ethic, how I've approached and solved real world problems or how effective I would be applying my experience to the position should I be hired.
It would have weeded me out. I don't know anything about the first part of the problem so I stopped thinking about it even before considering B.
It doesn't change the fact that I've got 20+ years professional experience and am very good at what I do. These types of interview questions do not identify the skills and competencies required for technology careers. They just waste a lot of people's time and eliminate a lot of people with the requisite skills and they don't ever know about it.
It will probably backfire when your boss is standing behind you looking at static code while you are twitching and convulsing violently in your seat.
They could remedy that by offloading repairs to 3rd parties...
Just a thought....
Thanks for this list. I hate the guy but it's nice to see some good things that get lost in the noise.
The only thing I'd leave off this list though is the donating his salary. I mean I'd totally donate my salary too if I could use my position at work to open business opportunities for myself and make 5 or 10 times more.
Links to 2 week old article saying it's happening...
No, that's Pokemon Go...
I'm struggling to understand the benefit of 5G. Data plan caps make the data throughput you can get out of the tech worthless. No one can actually take advantage of it. You're capped out for the month after streaming one high def movie. They advertise like it's this great thing but in reality you can't use it.
I never saw the reasoning to replace a $1000 phone every year when there's nothing wrong with it. I usually go 4-5 years replacing when either the screen is busted (really busted) or it doesn't hold a charge long enough anymore.
Someone being liberal or conservative doesn't bother me. But supporting Cheeto Jesus would cause me to lose all respect...
"Facebook says it was 'not our role' to remove fake news during Australian election" is a completely different statement than "Facebook has declared it is not 'our role to remove content that one side of a political debate considers to be false'".
Please put down your pitchforks.
I'm shocked I tell you! Shocked!
My social security number is my personal equivalent of a nation's nuclear launch codes.
to include "inside its borders". I mean noone, not even ZDNet, would deliberately leave sensationalist headlines for clickbait...
Anyone can make an omelet with eggs. The trick is to make one with none.
