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Principles for hiring engineers (Interview)

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

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Code Sample Test

The code is not just like a simple past fail. It's the beginning of a conversation about that code. I have rejected people who have submitted working code because their code was really poorly written, or, like, worked accidentally. Just for having the guts to submit an on working code ad like, look here, it isall glory, ye? And i've totally hired people who have given me code that didn't, that didn't work, and were able to explain,. oh, yet thisas te part that i didn't know how to do.

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