Why Technical Interviews Are Broken (And How Talent Agents Could Fix Them)
Technical interviews test everything except what matters most. Maybe it’s time for developers to have agents like actors and writers.
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The Pragmatic Engineer's Manifesto: Beyond Hype, Toward Solutions
The Pragmatic Engineer’s Manifesto: Beyond Hype, Toward Solutions Software engineering is drowning in false signals. We optimize for the wrong metrics, test the wrong skills, and chase the wrong goals. The result? Systems that are complex but fragile, teams that are impressive but ineffective, and engineers who can recite algorithms but can’t solve real problems. It’s time for a different approach. When Answers Are Cheap, Questions Become Expensive Today, answers are cheaper than they’ve ever been. ChatGPT, Claude, and Stack Overflow can solve almost any technical problem in seconds. You can find tutorials, code examples, and step-by-step guides for virtually any programming task. ...