| cmaloney | Morning | 10:21 |
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| _stink_ | mornig | 12:53 |
| jrwren | Good Morning | 13:14 |
| cmaloney | https://www.stilldrinking.org/interviewing-is-broken | 13:14 |
| cmaloney | “So, using whatever language you want, php, python, perl, javascript, program something that gets today’s date and time, then writes it to a file.” | 13:15 |
| cmaloney | Me: | 13:15 |
| cmaloney | $ date > today.txt | 13:15 |
| cmaloney | “Well. Okay then.” | 13:15 |
| cmaloney | Result: “We don’t feel you have the right skill set.” To be fair, I didn’t know what closure was back then, but not like I didn’t know it two hours after the interview. | 13:15 |
| jrwren | lol. | 13:16 |
| jrwren | I like the "Use InnoDB" | 13:18 |
| cmaloney | Yeah, that one was my favorite | 13:20 |
| cmaloney | next to $ date > today.txt | 13:21 |
| _stink_ | i ask essentially zero questions that amount to a programming test. i ask a lot of "hey you know <language or framework>, what do you like about it? what don't you like about it?" | 13:22 |
| jrwren | its weird, I haven't had these interview experiences, EVER. | 13:22 |
| _stink_ | "have you ever used any of features A, B, C, or D? what problem were you trying to solve?" | 13:23 |
| jrwren | I did get asked what some C code did when I interviewed at Arbor, after claiming to not know C anymore because I hadn't used it in 10+yrs. But my response is nothing like this guys. I've never thought, "dick" after an interview question. | 13:23 |
| dzho | > “Then why am I using php? You know the dollar signs aren’t real money, right?” | 13:25 |
| cmaloney | Well, at Arbor I think they were looking for anything that had C experience | 13:25 |
| cmaloney | since even after my interview for an unrelated position they asked me about my C experience | 13:26 |
| cmaloney | so it wasn't a complete "I'm not a programmer at all, I'm a web designer and you're showing me C code" experience | 13:26 |
| jrwren | wow, this guys blog is fun. | 13:29 |
| jrwren | https://www.stilldrinking.org/chipotle-bias lol | 13:29 |
| jrwren | Was it Tommy Beedle? | 13:29 |
| cmaloney | Name is somewhat ringing a bell | 13:33 |
| jrwren | He likes to ask everyone C stuff. | 13:34 |
| jrwren | He isn't there anymore, but he was there for like 10yrs. | 13:34 |
| cmaloney | https://www.stilldrinking.org/things-i-send-to-recruiters | 13:36 |
| jrwren | cmaloney: hahaha, zomg, that one is great. | 13:38 |
| jrwren | hahaha, oh the setup for "I would rather be that guy’s boyfriend than work in the ad industry again." | 13:44 |
| jrwren | so good | 13:44 |
| cmaloney | Yeah | 13:48 |
| havenstance | evening ya'll | 22:15 |
| cmaloney | howdy | 22:23 |
| cmaloney | how is the day so far? | 22:23 |
| havenstance | well it's 5:30 pm here now lol how bout you man? haven't seen ya'll in quite a while now | 22:23 |
| havenstance | but it's been pretty good thus far | 22:24 |
| cmaloney | 5:30pm? you.must be central now | 22:31 |
| gamerchick02 | g'day! and it is a good day. | 22:31 |
| cmaloney | so dar so good. just being myself as best i can | 22:31 |
| cmaloney | howdy gamerchick02 | 22:31 |
| jrwren | its beautiful outside. | 22:36 |
| jrwren | not too hot, but I still got sweating biking to a meetup :) | 22:36 |
| greg-g | Wanna work on my team as a Sr Engineer? https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/1225209?gh_src=475f97e61 :) | 22:37 |
| jrwren | yes. | 22:40 |
| jrwren | but I'd prefer it if you hire me and then when I need to visit, we meet in Petaluma instead of SF :) | 22:44 |
| jrwren | I'm looking for work. My project ended at work. There were layoffs and a mass exodus. | 22:44 |
| jrwren | It was a really good year and then it was a bummer of a month :( | 22:44 |
| greg-g | jrwren: I've been in SF at the office a total of 2 times this year. | 22:44 |
| greg-g | 3, maybe 4, times last year | 22:45 |
| cmaloney | jrwren: Ugh. Sorry to hear that. I was wondering how things were faring for you. | 22:56 |
| cmaloney | I knew they were having layoffs, but wasn't sure if you'd gotten hit by them | 22:57 |
| jrwren | I have some leads, so I'm hopeful. | 22:57 |
| jrwren | I haven't yet. I'm still there. | 22:57 |
| cmaloney | seems a common ailment | 22:57 |
| cmaloney | Ah, OK | 22:57 |
| cmaloney | Good to hear. | 22:57 |
| cmaloney | but yeah, GTFO | 22:57 |
| cmaloney | Still need to figure out how we can make a tech cooperative or something | 22:58 |
| cmaloney | a research lab of interesting shit that pays well and doesn't expect results | 22:58 |
| === havenstance1 is now known as havenstance | ||
| cmaloney | Funny; when I was younger I wanted Dungeons and Dragons to be real. Now I want fun and stable employment to be real | 22:59 |
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