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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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Xelynega ◴[15 Nov 24 16:16 UTC] No.42148247[source]▶
Isn't the average for software developers in the US ~100k(before taxes)?

Assuming that high earners are offsetting that to the higher end, most people aren't making 6 figures, and the bar isn't which language they're programming in.

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duped ◴[15 Nov 24 16:26 UTC] No.42148366[source]▶
100k is on the lower end of junior salary
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kstrauser ◴[15 Nov 24 16:38 UTC] No.42148476{3}[source]▶
...in tech hubs. That's a pretty great living in most other places.
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1. duped ◴[15 Nov 24 18:18 UTC] No.42149444{4}[source]▶
Most places don't have qualified tech workers in spades.