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Show HN: Tecktok – Triplebyte for Singaporean, Indonesian and Indian Engineers

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Re: Show HN: Tecktok – Triplebyte for Singaporean, Indonesian and Indian Engineers

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Post by mrpickels »

sritam7 wrote: post #11
mrpickels wrote: post #9

I tries the full stack quiz - IMO it is horrible. Bunch of javascript spaghetti code with ++i + i++ like idiotic questions and some basic SQL. Do you really guys think that calculating inside your head some shamanic expressions will evaluate objectively the engineering experience?

Hi mrpickles, Thanks for the feedback. We are actually working on replacing those shitty JS questions ASAP. My friends who are engineers have given me a lot of shit. I promise it will be replaced soon.

thank you, no pressure tho! I just gave my honest feedback, I think in general the idea is great! Keep up with the work

Re: Show HN: Tecktok – Triplebyte for Singaporean, Indonesian and Indian Engineers

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Post by winter_blue »

mrpickels wrote: post #9

I tries the full stack quiz - IMO it is horrible. Bunch of javascript spaghetti code with ++i + i++ like idiotic questions and some basic SQL. Do you really guys think that calculating inside your head some shamanic expressions will evaluate objectively the engineering experience?

> Bunch of javascript spaghetti code with ++i + i++ like idiotic questions and some basic SQL. Do you really guys think that calculating inside your head some shamanic expressions will evaluate objectively the engineering experience?

I feel kind of ashamed as an Indian, seeing this. These sorts of dumb and idiotic questions are all too common in India. People like to ask these sorts of silly question (that lack any depth) even in the education system in India (e.g. in CBSE and various state syllabi).

They obviously filter for a certain type -- a person who is good at answering arcane, meaningless useless edge case questions. Where you have idea what that person's actual engineering and architecture skills are like.

The sad part of this story is that the entire Indian education system is designed to train people to attain such kinds of meaningless superficial skills. For example, most engineering entrance exams in India expect you to be really good at computing complicated integrals -- something that you can just ask a computer do. It fails to recognize and utilize the great depth and breadth of human intellect, and instead rewards people for simulating a CPU well.

Re: Show HN: Tecktok – Triplebyte for Singaporean, Indonesian and Indian Engineers

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Post by lokedhs »

mrpickels wrote: post #9

I tries the full stack quiz - IMO it is horrible. Bunch of javascript spaghetti code with ++i + i++ like idiotic questions and some basic SQL. Do you really guys think that calculating inside your head some shamanic expressions will evaluate objectively the engineering experience?

I did the same. Those Javascript questions were really not great.

Also, I know enough JS and HTML, but I absolutely hate it and have no interest in answering questions about it, even if the questions were good. A server-side category is clearly missing.

Re: Show HN: Tecktok – Triplebyte for Singaporean, Indonesian and Indian Engineers

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Post by trevyn »

sritam7 wrote: post #11
mrpickels wrote: post #9

I tries the full stack quiz - IMO it is horrible. Bunch of javascript spaghetti code with ++i + i++ like idiotic questions and some basic SQL. Do you really guys think that calculating inside your head some shamanic expressions will evaluate objectively the engineering experience?

Hi mrpickles, Thanks for the feedback. We are actually working on replacing those shitty JS questions ASAP. My friends who are engineers have given me a lot of shit. I promise it will be replaced soon.

This is the best support response I’ve seen in a long time. :)

Re: Show HN: Tecktok – Triplebyte for Singaporean, Indonesian and Indian Engineers

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Post by yorwba »

cbisnett wrote: post #19

Just my opinion, but you may want to consider renaming the company. Hearing someone say “tecktok” is likely to have potential users searching for “techtalk” or similar. Not to mention it’s very close to tiktok, which I’m sure you know is banned in India.

Since the first two countries listed have many Malay/Indonesian speakers, another association for "tok" might be as a short term for an old person http://prpm.dbp.gov.my/Cari1?keyword=tok&d=139128&#LIHATSINI e.g. "tok guru" for an old (and wise?) religious leader.

Though I barely know enough Malay to order some nasi lemak, so I can't say how likely that is to be an intended connection.

Re: Show HN: Tecktok – Triplebyte for Singaporean, Indonesian and Indian Engineers

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Post by tdeck »

winter_blue wrote: post #23
mrpickels wrote: post #9

I tries the full stack quiz - IMO it is horrible. Bunch of javascript spaghetti code with ++i + i++ like idiotic questions and some basic SQL. Do you really guys think that calculating inside your head some shamanic expressions will evaluate objectively the engineering experience?

> Bunch of javascript spaghetti code with ++i + i++ like idiotic questions and some basic SQL. Do you really guys think that calculating inside your head some shamanic expressions will evaluate objectively the engineering experience? I feel kind of ashamed as an Indian, seeing this. These sorts of dumb and idiotic questions are all too common in India. People like to ask these sorts of silly question (that lack any d…

> The sad part of this story is that the entire Indian education system is designed to train people to attain such kinds of meaningless superficial skills.

This reminds me of the exams you have to take to get a low-level job on the Indian railways. Just look at some of these questions:

https://testbook.com/blog/gk-questions-asked-in-railway-rrb-...

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