Comment by vkou
11 hours ago
Like in 'can solve a leetcode question quickly', because that's what the interview rubric asks them to test for.
11 hours ago
Like in 'can solve a leetcode question quickly', because that's what the interview rubric asks them to test for.
That is the acceptable public answer of course but it is a mind stopper. Obviously the definition comes from some person with some set of motivations and this seems to ignore that real and pertinent question.
Things like age, class, education and educational institution, willingness to work long hours doing something you hate for a goal you don't care about except that it feeds and houses you.
Line engineers running interviews have stopped having any say in the corporate policies of tech firms years ago. They are cogs, not rockstars.
You are right, this definition does come from some person with some set of motivations, but that person is some mid/high-level manager who probably hasn't ever written a line of code in their life.
It's just tradition for the sake of tradition. When cargo cult practice becomes industry culture. Like a much milder version of why medical residents are put through extreme sleepless wringers just because William Halsted was a cocaine addict.