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Please stop the coding challenges

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261 points CrazyEmi | 6 comments | 15 Nov 24 15:32 UTC | HN request time: 0.674s | source | bottom
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liontwist ◴[15 Nov 24 16:02 UTC] No.42148091[source]▶
Remember that in other fields like medicine, finance, academia, and law, getting in involves 5+ years of hoop jumping and commitment signaling that have nothing to do with the final job.

We are blessed.

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1. cratermoon ◴[15 Nov 24 16:07 UTC] No.42148145[source]▶
True, but someone with 10+ years in those fields doesn't face an interview asking them to prescribe treatment for a cold or explain the difference between civil and criminal law.
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2. llimllib ◴[15 Nov 24 16:09 UTC] No.42148162[source]▶
10 years in is exactly when you have to go do oral boards again in medicine, actually
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4. MattGaiser ◴[15 Nov 24 16:12 UTC] No.42148205[source]▶
Physicians generally have to recertify every 10 years, so yes they kind of do.
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5. cratermoon ◴[16 Nov 24 16:44 UTC] No.42157309[source]▶
Yes but not for a specific job, given by the employer, and certainly not for every job. And this is only one of the professional fields mentioned.
6. cratermoon ◴[16 Nov 24 16:46 UTC] No.42157328[source]▶
Yes, and the medical licensing board is in charge of that, not the employer, and every doctor is evaluated to the same standards. Also, doctors are only one of the professions mentioned.

Somehow in programming every interview starts from the assumption that the candidate must prove competence to the employer, and the employer decides what "competent" means.