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Mystery Company Recruiting Talent With a Puzzle
An anonymous reader writes "Google has previously used coding competitions to locate top talent. In a new twist on the idea, an anonymous tech company is posting a help-wanted ad that challenges developers to find out who the company is. A little digging and text mashing reveals a website containing a Web 2.0 puzzle that makes notpron look like child's play. So, fellow developers, who is this company, and, well, what is the significance of the date '01-18-08?'" Update: 12/12 20:20 GMT by KD : Replaced link to a removed Craigslist ad with a mirror.
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eyAnOicgPT4gJycsICcgJyA9PiAnLScsICdzXG4nID0+ICdzLmNvbVxuJyB9 (3548, 4648)
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my l33tspeak isnt what it used to be.
The significance of the date "01/18/2008" (the eleventh question) is that the company is American and does not use ISO date formats. The particular date is unambiguous, but in general that is not true with their format, e.g. "02/03/2008" could mean either February 3rd (for American readers) or March 2nd (for European readers). ISO is the global standard, and the format removes ambiguity: 2008-01-18. A small additional benefit is that it makes sorting trivial.
If these people were really as committed to quality as they pretend to be, they would be promoting the ISO format, to facilitate less-ambiguous global communication.
"Drink more Ovaltine"
we would like to extend a job offer to you.
by hitting upon the clever solution of submitting the puzzle to slashdot as a story subject and letting random slashdot commentors solve the puzzle for you, you have displayed a high level of ingenuity and cleverness. we therefore would like to hire you as the manager of the 3 other programmer applicants who slogged and plodded it out and solved the puzzle through brute mental force on their own. your salary will be 250% of theirs.
congratulations again,
anonymoustech inc.
intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
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That's okay, someone else will be. Maybe they should hire Slashdot
I don't care why you're posting AC
...I mean, come on guys, at least design your test to be a little resilient to people who grok JavaScript.
but it's also my birthday. Do I get the job?
"National Security is the chief cause of national insecurity." - Celine's First Law
xkcd 356 - nerd sniping
i phrased what i said as a joke, and yet it is a sterling example of business intelligence
intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
The date the company goes under?
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Are you kidding?
I've gotten this in my email like a hundred times!!
How would you like your penis to be this long?
--->"eyAnOicgPT4gJycsICcgJyA9PiAnLScsICdzXG4nID0+ICdzLmNvbVxuJyB9" ??
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Just do this?
f = function(d) {
}
TDD.assertEquals = function(){ return true; }
I think this makes me exactly the kind of employee they wouldn't want.
Most people are idiots and make bad decisions.
As proof I present you with George Bush, Laverne and Shirley, Paris Hilton, Big Mac, Ford taurus.
evil is as evil does