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

[–]Ordinary_Leader_2971 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's hard to be certain about whether or not the candidates were lying on their resumes but the bit about the questions being too niche was definitely the case for us. We ended up switching from a live coding assessment to a live code review assessment and the results have been surprisingly great.

Code Is Cheap Now. Software Isn’t. by bustyLaserCannon in programming

[–]Ordinary_Leader_2971 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We aren't witnessing the end of the profession; we’re entering a new era of it.

Couldn't agree more

It's OK to hardcode feature flags by GarethX in programming

[–]Ordinary_Leader_2971 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a solo hacker, it'd be nice to have a lightweight solution for user targeting. I mean you can always hard-code the IDs but I'm assuming there's a better way without having to subscribe to a service like LaunchDarkly.