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Honestly just changing the interview process would be enough to get more people into the business.
Literally yesterday I did a code challenge to track the distance, speed, maintenance schedules, and predict collisions of forklifts in a warehouse. The job I was applying for was a pretty average SRE roll.. System design, IaC, CI/CD pipelines, PromQL, etc.. How is the code challenge representative of the job in any way?
I feel like I need to learn leetcode algorithm patterns just for the interviews.. I never need them for the actual jobs I get hired for.
Leetcode style interviews are good for showing off that you're a smart and flexible employee who can solve novel problems.
The issue is that most companies don't have any novel problems and they just need quiet competence... But want the best/smartest w/e
I'm just happy that the “rockstar developer” era died.