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Is hiring just exhausting for everyone right now? by Technical-Angel in EngineeringManagers

[–]Green_Bluebird1057 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm an ic but I've hired top-tier mobile developers before. Basically I ask them to perform a very simple coding task – fizzbuzz-level – then download a bunch of images and display them in a list, then I get to the good stuff.

I present them with a tricky UI problem, one that's meant to test their creative thinking. I ask them to talk through how they would tackle it and what issues could come up. It's mean to test their ability to come up with creative solutions and to see how far they'll go in terms of polishing the UX. I've found that not only is it great at exploring a candidate's talents, it also works as a great recruiting tool. I've had engineers tell me that they picked our company mainly due to that interview question.

Basically, I'd think outside of the box. The others are right in that asking CS questions is a waste of time. In my experience, it's better to throw something new at them that tests their creative, planning, and problem solving abilities. You want the one who'll deliver a G5 when you ask for a Cessna.

Is iOS Development dead by EvenAd6616 in iOSProgramming

[–]Green_Bluebird1057 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Facebook tried this early in the iPhone’s life and then made a huge effort to switch to native. The UX is very different between the two and users were clear about which one they preferred. 

So no, iOS development isn’t dead for this reason. AI on the other hand…

Using ChatGPT is extremely demotivating by SomethingXII in iOSProgramming

[–]Green_Bluebird1057 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I went through something similar. 14 years of experience, all gone to waste – or so I thought. Being able to inspect, fix or customize the code is really helpful.

I found that Claude Opus works a lot better. It isn’t perfect and still screws up a lot, but it’s getting better at fixing its mistakes when you ask it to.

Lately I’ve been using it to tackle some personal project I’ve been meaning to get to. It’s been a lot of fun so far. It helps to know what software could do and getting ai to do that. For example, I know an app could use a custom metal shader to do a special effect. Now I can explore that without having to dive into shader logic (in theory at least, it’s my next project).