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Will the Solve-the-Riddle Hiring Trend Affect IT?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the practical-skills-vs-pedigree dept.

An anonymous reader wonders: "It's probably harder to find a good developer, than for a developer to find a job. Seems to be a Google-riddle trend; rather than caring about references/diplomas/resumes, employers are using solve-this-and-you-have-a-job approach, not even caring about any usual information. Does that give decent graduates/talented unexperienced devs/homegrown coders a chance at the corporate job, or does it alienate potential matches?"

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  1. Re:Moo by Chacham · · Score: 0, Redundant

    That's why for extra encryption, you should rot-13 a second time. :)

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  2. Re:It Seemed to Work for Bletchley Park by naoursla · · Score: 0, Redundant

    No external libraries? Did they expect you to write a TCP/IP stack? to get sockets? Or is that considered an internal library?