A candidate's code was flawless but they couldn't explain a single line they wrote.
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I’m choosing a tech stack for an MVP and don’t know which decisions will be painful to reverse.
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How do I tell if a candidate is using AI during a live coding interview?
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I'm 34 and wonder if I wasted a decade writing code nobody remembers.
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How do we pay down technical debt when every sprint is full of urgent features?
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Our product is taking off, and the backend struggles every time traffic spikes - what should we fix first?
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almost identical solutions
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Three candidates this month submitted almost identical solutions to our take-home, down to the same variable names. None of them know each other. I don't know if that means our test leaked or they're all using the same tool.
haven't felt excited about a project since 2021
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I make $180k a year but haven't felt excited about a project since 2021. My partner asks why I'm miserable when the money is good. I don't know if that's just what a career is supposed to feel like at some point.
debugging other people's code for two decades
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I turned 40 this year and realized I've been debugging other people's code for two decades. Younger engineers on my team seem to enjoy it more than I do now. I keep wondering if that means I'm burned out or just done.
I’m interviewing a candidate for our first engineering leadership role, and they sound impressive, but I can’t tell whether they’ll enjoy writing code with a team of four
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I’m interviewing a candidate for our first engineering leadership role, and they sound impressive, but I can’t tell whether they’ll enjoy writing code with a team of four.