User1: Morning
User2: mornig
User3: Good Morning
User1: https://www.stilldrinking.org/interviewing-is-broken
User1: âSo, using whatever language you want, php, python, perl, javascript, program something that gets todayâs date and time, then writes it to a file.â
User1: Me:
User1: $ date > today.txt
User1: âWell. Okay then.â
User1: Result: âWe donât feel you have the right skill set.â To be fair, I didnât know what closure was back then, but not like I didnât know it two hours after the interview.
User3: lol.
User3: I like the "Use InnoDB"
User1: Yeah, that one was my favorite
User1: next to $ date > today.txt
User2: i ask essentially zero questions that amount to a programming test.  i ask a lot of "hey you know <language or framework>, what do you like about it?  what don't you like about it?"
User3: its weird, I haven't had these interview experiences, EVER.
User2: "have you ever used any of features A, B, C, or D?  what problem were you trying to solve?"
User3: I did get asked what some C code did when I interviewed at Arbor, after claiming to not know C anymore because I hadn't used it in 10+yrs. But my response is nothing like this guys. I've never thought, "dick" after an interview question.
User4: > âThen why am I using php? You know the dollar signs arenât real money, right?â
User1: Well, at Arbor I think they were looking for anything that had C experience
User1: since even after my interview for an unrelated position they asked me about my C experience
User1: so it wasn't a complete "I'm not a programmer at all, I'm a web designer and you're showing me C code" experience
User3: wow, this guys blog is fun.
User3: https://www.stilldrinking.org/chipotle-bias lol
User3: Was it Tommy Beedle?
User1: Name is somewhat ringing a bell
User3: He likes to ask everyone C stuff.
User3: He isn't there anymore, but he was there for like 10yrs.
User1: https://www.stilldrinking.org/things-i-send-to-recruiters
User3: User1 hahaha, zomg, that one is great.
User3: hahaha, oh the setup for "I would rather be that guyâs boyfriend than work in the ad industry again."
User3: so good
User1: Yeah
User5: evening ya'll
User1: howdy
User1: how is the day so far?
User5: well it's 5:30 pm here now lol how bout you man? haven't seen ya'll in quite a while now
User5: but it's been pretty good thus far
User1: 5:30pm? you.must be central now
User6: g'day! and it is a good day.
User1: so dar so good. just being myself as best i can
User1: howdy gamerchick02
User3: its beautiful outside.
User3: not too hot, but I still got sweating biking to a meetup :)
User3: yes.
User3: but I'd prefer it if you hire me and then when I need to visit, we meet in Petaluma instead of SF  :)
User3: I'm looking for work. My project johnjenkins@example.org. There were layoffs and a mass exodus.
User3: It was a really good year and then it was a bummer of a month :(
User1: User3 Ugh. Sorry to hear that. I was wondering how things were faring for you.
User1: I knew they were having layoffs, but wasn't sure if you'd gotten hit by them
User3: I have some leads, so I'm hopeful.
User3: I haven't yet. I'm still there.
User1: seems a common ailment
User1: Ah, OK
User1: Good to hear.
User1: but yeah, GTFO
User1: Still need to figure out how we can make a tech cooperative or something
User1: a research lab of interesting shit that pays well and doesn't expect results
User1: Funny; when I was younger I wanted Dungeons and Dragons to be real. Now I want fun and stable employment to be real
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