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Re: Next dream job can be in an HTTP header

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Post by codingdave »

twicetwice wrote: post #36

Is anyone else annoyed this is being publicized? It pretty much destroys any value that noticing the header might have as a signal. Granted the signal strength was probably pretty low already, as other commenters have pointed out, but blog posts like this must decrease it even further.

Low signal strength for sure - all it says is "I know how to open Dev Tools." Rather than worry about trying to retain some value, I looks at these posts as an educational opportunity. They can encourage people who don't know how the web works to dig deeper, learn more.

Re: Next dream job can be in an HTTP header

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Post by fb03 »

smoe wrote: post #94
PopeDotNinja wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I know you're joking, but I looked it up :) 'Ovaltine was developed in Bern, Switzerland, where it is known by its original name, Ovomaltine (from ovum, Latin for "egg", and malt, which were originally its key ingredients).' [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovaltine

Ha, as a Swiss, from the Bern region, I was thinking whether this strange sounding Ovaltine has anything to do with Ovomaltine and was about to look it up. In Switzerland, Ovomaltine is among the products with highest brand recognition ever and has a cult status because of their advertisement in the 80s and 90s. Never knew it was a thing outside of Switzerland

I am from South America and I drink Ovomaltine every day. It has a lot less sugar than the local brands, which is a plus in my book. More actual taste than just sugary overload.

Re: Next dream job can be in an HTTP header

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Post by ShinTakuya »

carlmr wrote: post #96
angrygoat wrote: post #91

Earlier quoted context omitted.

One of the defence agencies in Australia made a puzzle quite a long time ago; I can't find it now. It was a bunch of hex in a banner advert; the hex was actually x86 assembly, which if 'run' would write a string into memory. The string was just the URL of their recruitment portal. I was so disappointed, once I got it running I was hoping to hear helicopters or a knock on the door!

>I was so disappointed, once I got it running I was hoping to hear helicopters or a knock on the door! They probably need a lot of people with some tech knowledge. This way they can probably gain the widest audience that is still useful. If it's too hard to crack, it's unlikely your investment of time in this recruitment measure will actually yield results.

The point is that if you crack it, they should send you to some unique link. Even if it's not super hard, it at least proved some level of technical competency and do should allow you to prioritised interview access (maybe at least skipping initial screening).

Re: Next dream job can be in an HTTP header

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Post by ShinTakuya »

pta2002 wrote: post #82
blntechie wrote: post #80

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Has Google even bothered with Foobar for like past 2-3 years? It appears so frequently on non-incognito searches that surely every developer must have seen it by now.

I've never seen it, I assume it's just a US thing

I've never seen it, but other people in my (non-US) country claim to have seen it. I always assumed it was either my taste in porn or the fact that I'm usually logged out and regularly clear tracking cookies.

Re: Next dream job can be in an HTTP header

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Post by tyingq »

I noticed a16z.com has this header:

x-hacker: If you're reading this, you should visit wpvip.com/careers and apply to join the fun, mention this header.

So Wordpress is advertising via end users of it's software.

Edit: Ahh, as mentioned in the article...

Re: Next dream job can be in an HTTP header

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Post by nuclearnice1 »

fullstackchris wrote: post #105
Tepix wrote: post #76

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Inside the community, a hacker (as opposed to "cracker" or "security hacker") is someone who uses technology in a creative way.

so what do we call undesirables like anonymous and so on?

"cracker" or "security hacker"

Re: Next dream job can be in an HTTP header

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Post by non-entity »

pta2002 wrote: post #82
blntechie wrote: post #80

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Has Google even bothered with Foobar for like past 2-3 years? It appears so frequently on non-incognito searches that surely every developer must have seen it by now.

I've never seen it, I assume it's just a US thing

I've never got it and I've been googling programming stuff for almost a decade now.

However, maybe I'm remembering wrong, but a few years ago I was reading an article about it and someone showed a search term that brought it up for them and I tried that term and got it. Dont remember what the search term was, but I think it was something related to one of the popular leetcode-esque algorithms I've never had to do in my hobbyist or professional work.

Re: Next dream job can be in an HTTP header

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Post by znpy »

robin_reala wrote: post #40
znpy wrote: post #32

I've found similar headers in emails. For example, I was setting up a sieve-based filter for Groupon emails and there was this x-recruiting header. That was nice.

A job building HTML emails for Groupon? I guess someone has to do it, but I don’t envy them.

nah, it was something like: "interested in headers? check out http://jobs.xxxx.whatever"
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