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Please stop the coding challenges

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261 points CrazyEmi | 1 comments | 15 Nov 24 15:32 UTC | HN request time: 0.206s | source
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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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ggregoire ◴[15 Nov 24 16:09 UTC] No.42148160[source]▶
Genuinely curious, knowing nothing about this field: does, for example a neurosurgeon with 15 year of experience, when looking for a new place to work, have to pass surgery "challenges", like doing a lumbar puncture in 15 min on a fake body to prove his experience?
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1. kstrauser ◴[15 Nov 24 16:46 UTC] No.42148546[source]▶
No, but they'll ask for (and actually follow up on) references from their fellow surgeons, and check that they've passed their board exams, and that they're licensed in the state, and that they haven't had huge malpractice claims, and otherwise verify that the person is, in fact, actually a neurosurgeon who does neurosurgeon things in a hospital and is acceptably good at it.

It's not a perfect system, but it's a lot harder to fake being an experienced doctor than it is an experienced developer.