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Principles for hiring engineers (Interview)

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

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The Broken Practice of Using Algorithms Exercises as Proxies for Programming Skill

Hart's law is a great law to bring up because it is a common practice to use algorithms exercises as proxies for programming skill./nThe history of how Microsoft used brain teaser questions to measure candidates' critical thinking skills has led to the current practice of Google asking data structures and algarisms questions instead.

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