This site doesn't provide any evidence that Django is popular in Europe, only that a lot of European Django devs have registered with the site.
Yes, the notion of people using ChatRoulette while they're at the Louvre is scary as shit to me.
I think your post was tongue-in-cheek, and it is maybe one of my favorite HN posts ever. That said, I get a little bummed that there are no Back to the Future 2-style hoverboards, that I don't have a personal flying…
So she saw the alert described in the article? You didn't really mention that.
> It'd be pretty neat to chat with a stranger while strolling the Louvre. Please tell me you meant while THEY'RE strolling the Louvre. Please. Because if you're using a web app to talk to a stranger while…
Prestige.
Sounds like a setup to a thriller movie, but the relevance to the article is lost on me. Am I just missing something?
I've had experiences similar to yours and have also had the same reaction. Technical interviews and whiteboarding is one thing, but projects -- especially MULTIPLE projects! -- get very obnoxious very fast. The actual…
How would a startup measure the effectiveness of an interview practice or calibrate off of candidates' responses if they don't put it into practice based on the experience of other companies/people?
Soylent green?
Being required to scramble around for a presentation sucks
glassdoor.com
Yeah, that sucks. Fortunately my presentation doesn't need to be an hour long. I still haven't settled on a topic. :P
I think there's a cargo cult mentality around hiring process. Hiring the right person is hard, and hiring the wrong person can be devastating, so everyone's looking for a magic elixir.
Many of these exotic/novelty interview processes are completely disrespectful of the candidates' time as well. In the past few months I've undertaken a few pretty "rigorous" application processes. A couple of Bay Area…
This site doesn't provide any evidence that Django is popular in Europe, only that a lot of European Django devs have registered with the site.
Yes, the notion of people using ChatRoulette while they're at the Louvre is scary as shit to me.
I think your post was tongue-in-cheek, and it is maybe one of my favorite HN posts ever. That said, I get a little bummed that there are no Back to the Future 2-style hoverboards, that I don't have a personal flying…
So she saw the alert described in the article? You didn't really mention that.
> It'd be pretty neat to chat with a stranger while strolling the Louvre. Please tell me you meant while THEY'RE strolling the Louvre. Please. Because if you're using a web app to talk to a stranger while…
Prestige.
Sounds like a setup to a thriller movie, but the relevance to the article is lost on me. Am I just missing something?
I've had experiences similar to yours and have also had the same reaction. Technical interviews and whiteboarding is one thing, but projects -- especially MULTIPLE projects! -- get very obnoxious very fast. The actual…
How would a startup measure the effectiveness of an interview practice or calibrate off of candidates' responses if they don't put it into practice based on the experience of other companies/people?
Soylent green?
Being required to scramble around for a presentation sucks
glassdoor.com
Yeah, that sucks. Fortunately my presentation doesn't need to be an hour long. I still haven't settled on a topic. :P
I think there's a cargo cult mentality around hiring process. Hiring the right person is hard, and hiring the wrong person can be devastating, so everyone's looking for a magic elixir.
Many of these exotic/novelty interview processes are completely disrespectful of the candidates' time as well. In the past few months I've undertaken a few pretty "rigorous" application processes. A couple of Bay Area…