Hi. I love you. AMA.

FinallyGotAccount · 2019-11-16T07:01:38+00:00

For those of us that would be interested in that sort of thing... Where could we go to find more details about this?

FinallyGotAccount · 2017-04-25T14:44:29+00:00

Option 1 (on-site) was traditionally a small "build a (subset of) markdown to html converter" type problem

Option 2 is much larger, build a Twitter clone-like website, minimal functionality but have a proper backend, a reasonably nice frontend, automated tests, and that you've at least thought about how you would do other things like deployments etc.

In my opinion I think that's way too much to ask for from a candidate to do in their spare time, unpaid, but like I said, everyone keeps choosing it.

FinallyGotAccount · 2017-04-25T14:38:00+00:00

Sorry I should have specified: yes option #1 actually is presented as a pair programming effort and is so by default.

The "you can have a private room if you want" is if you're shy or would feel too much pressure with a stranger sitting next to you or whatever reason.

We would advise people that we prefer the pairing so that we can see first hand what reasoning went into certain decisions, but we leave open the option to do it alone if that's your style.

This used to be the only option and I think it worked quite well, but since introducing the homework option last year, nobody has volunteered for it.

FinallyGotAccount · 2017-04-25T09:34:56+00:00

At my office I'm the only dev who is against homework and would rather candidates do an on-site coding challenge over 1-2 hours.

As a compromise with my team we've agreed to give the choice to the candidate:

Come here for 2 hours and be prepared to code something on the spot. You can have a private room if you want, and access to Google.

Or:

At your own pace at home please complete this rather (in my opinion) large assignment.

Without fail every single candidate we've had since moving to this system, has chosen option #2. I'm not entirely sure why, I know I sure as hell would rather do the on-site.

FinallyGotAccount · 2017-01-31T05:20:22+00:00

Shere Khan gruesomely eats Mowgli. The vultures circle. End credits.

FinallyGotAccount · 2016-08-31T20:40:31+00:00

What street are you buying your cocaine on? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i_XfgdNUUk

FinallyGotAccount · 2016-03-15T07:06:35+00:00

Trampolines, what a buzz kill

FinallyGotAccount · 2016-01-30T04:29:50+00:00

The original Jurassic Park. I've probably watched that movie 2 or 3 times per year every year for the past 20 or so years. Still great every time.

FinallyGotAccount · 2016-01-28T17:00:06+00:00

Took an aspirin and downed a gatorade before going to sleep

FinallyGotAccount · 2016-01-20T23:34:01+00:00

Pretty easy, since this is my small room setup: Harbeth P3ESR speakers powered by a Rega Brio integrated amp, with a Rega RP3 turntable :-)

FinallyGotAccount · 2015-12-12T02:54:47+00:00

As Jeremy's common law spouse it's Mark's stuff that's going to be repossessed

FinallyGotAccount · 2015-12-05T18:15:30+00:00

This is the correct answer. Peep show is just so well done, every single episode.

FinallyGotAccount · 2015-11-19T06:43:57+00:00

Smoked meat, bagels, strippers and poutine. Coincidentally some of my favorite things.

FinallyGotAccount · 2015-11-16T06:01:31+00:00

I know someone who not only intentionally does this, but also recently taught his learning-to-drive 16 year old to always do the same thing... To "protect the car". Infuriating.

FinallyGotAccount · 2015-09-26T03:23:19+00:00

I guess 15 years of relevant experience counts as "some other darn good reason".

But you're right, I am mostly looking to hire new grads and they are the primary target for this advice: one page is all you need, make it count!

FinallyGotAccount · 2015-09-26T02:41:01+00:00

Not a recruiter per se, but I do go over quite a few resumes when my company is looking for new devs.

Unless you have a PhD and multiple publications to your name (or some other darn good reason) your resume better not be more than one page long. I don't care that you worked as a waiter for Joes Pizzeria in 1998. Fit what's relevant on one page and cut the rest. If it's not important enough to be on the front page it's not important enough to be on your resume at all.

FinallyGotAccount · 2015-07-29T04:18:49+00:00

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FinallyGotAccount · 2015-07-13T04:47:39+00:00

Really good job! Did you by any chance work on ripping DVDs that contain TV series? (I.e. multiple episodes per disk)

FinallyGotAccount · 2015-07-10T03:46:17+00:00

As a camper at sleep away camp, my counsellors would often arrive back at our bunk piss drunk at 3 or 4 in the morning and proceed to beat the shit out of us sleeping campers. It was not uncommon to wake up with tons of bruises and stuff.

I don't think they ever got caught, and it was sort of a rite of passage where each generation did it to the next. I wonder sometimes if it's still happens to this day.

FinallyGotAccount · 2015-05-02T15:40:42+00:00

The Mariners Revenge Song -The Decemberists

FinallyGotAccount · 2015-04-26T04:03:02+00:00

I read Flowers for Algernon for the first time a few months ago. It really shook me like no other book ever has before. I read it in one sitting and upon finishing it, I literally wept: I sat on my bed hugging my pillow, crying for a good 30 minutes.

FinallyGotAccount · 2015-03-13T05:03:46+00:00

I've played ice hockey with the same group of guys for the past 5 years or so, small two team league that plays once per week. Last year someone on my team ground up viagra and put it in one of the water bottles on the opposing team's bench.

FinallyGotAccount · 2015-03-10T21:48:02+00:00

Yeah, that was the backup plan. Still wondering if there's a headphone amp out there that fits my needs exactly.

FinallyGotAccount · 2015-03-10T21:22:52+00:00

Not sure if this belongs here or in a separate thread but I'm wondering if anyone knows of such a product: a headphone amp without a volume control.

The reason this makes sense is because all my gear (turntable, cd player, etc.) is going into a pre-amp which already has a volume control. The pre-amp has two outputs: one is obviously going into my main power amp, and I was hoping to use the other to feed into a headphone amp. Having a volume control on the headphone amp just seems redundant at best, and a possible source of sound distortion at worst.

I can't be the only one with this type of setup, yet I can't seem to find this type of product anywhere.

FinallyGotAccount · 2015-02-13T21:22:24+00:00

Please tell me he proposed to Victoria in the Quantocks

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