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0 pointsgeorgemcbay10mo ago0 comments

> We have FAANG to thank for this.

Not entirely, though FAANG companies certainly didn't do anything to help make it better.

I'm 51 and have been a professional software developer since the early to mid 1990s and tech interviewing was already a strange hazing ritual disaster before FAANG existed.

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shaftway10mo ago

I distinctly remember interviewing for a QA position in the 90's where I was asked how I would test a soda vending machine. I was dinged because I didn't mention that I would make sure the sodas were cold.

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shaftway10mo ago

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