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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: 0s | source
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simonw ◴[15 Nov 24 16:00 UTC] No.42148072[source]▶
> This is like asking a Ruby developer to debug PHP as a test of flexibility.

Sounds like an OK test to me. Great (senior) developers should be able to do that kind of thing. Categorizing yourself exclusively as "a Ruby developer" is a career trap.

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makk ◴[15 Nov 24 16:07 UTC] No.42148141[source]▶
> Categorizing yourself exclusively as "a Ruby developer" is a career trap.

And a lucrative one at that.

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bluedevilzn ◴[15 Nov 24 16:12 UTC] No.42148201[source]▶
It’s lucrative if your bar is 6 figures.

No engineer that makes 7 figures calls themselves a ruby developer with the exception of DHH.

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sundaeofshock ◴[15 Nov 24 16:17 UTC] No.42148262[source]▶
How many developers are out there making $1,000,000/year? Not in the hopes of hitting it big someday off of equity, but actual annual payoff?

How many companies are out there paying $1,000,000/year for devs?

How many devs who can command that kind salary are going to put up with bullshit coding challenges?

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bluedevilzn ◴[15 Nov 24 16:48 UTC] No.42148563[source]▶
Many thousands of Sr. Staff engineers+ and Sr. managers+ across FAANG.

Google alone has 4000 directors all making a million at minimum.

I have only worked at FAANG across my nearly decade long career. So, it’s a biased but very large sample.

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1. margalabargala ◴[15 Nov 24 17:12 UTC] No.42148774[source]▶
Okay, and let's say there's another 4000 Sr Staff+ engineers at Google making that much. That's 4% of the company.

That's not unheard of, but it's certainly rare. $1 million+ is not a "typical salary", even at Google.