Earlier quoted context omitted.
I mean the interviews are like 1 out 400 applications.
Still, seems like you move up. I'm over a decade in and still a shitty midlevel.
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#74If you are in NYC - https://museumoffailure.com/ Opens tomorrow.
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#75How did he know the CEO of LoyalSnap used his code in production?
After interview: Feature is suddenly on the website exactly as I wrote it.
These guys aren't smart.
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#76"CTO at Loyalsnap (02/23/2017): The CEO rejected me then used the code I wrote in the interview in production. When I pointed this out and said an estimate of the hours I worked on that if he wanted to use it, he told me I would have to sue him to get it. 20 minutes later he venmo’d me the amount and said don’t sue him." Happens more often then you think. Get 200 approaches on something that team can't get right. Use…
I can't wrap my head around why companies do this. If you find a competent programmer whose work is good enough to use, wouldn't your team be better off if you hire them full-time? That seems more efficient than interviewing 200 people every time you need some code written.
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#77"CTO at Loyalsnap (02/23/2017): The CEO rejected me then used the code I wrote in the interview in production. When I pointed this out and said an estimate of the hours I worked on that if he wanted to use it, he told me I would have to sue him to get it. 20 minutes later he venmo’d me the amount and said don’t sue him." Happens more often then you think. Get 200 approaches on something that team can't get right. Use…
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#78"CTO at Loyalsnap (02/23/2017): The CEO rejected me then used the code I wrote in the interview in production. When I pointed this out and said an estimate of the hours I worked on that if he wanted to use it, he told me I would have to sue him to get it. 20 minutes later he venmo’d me the amount and said don’t sue him." Happens more often then you think. Get 200 approaches on something that team can't get right. Use…
I can't wrap my head around why companies do this. If you find a competent programmer whose work is good enough to use, wouldn't your team be better off if you hire them full-time? That seems more efficient than interviewing 200 people every time you need some code written.
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#79I do this: https://tdhopper.com/rejected
If you've had jobs in between these applications, why are you applying for so many new jobs every year?
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#80Full story on this one please.