Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit login

Cool then go design a better process that picks out the best engineers on the planet without asking them any engineering questions. Clearly you are smarter and have accomplished more than anyone at any company you have interviewed with, so it should be a cakewalk for you. Heck you can make billions by finally cracking the tech interview problem.



Lol woah. I’m just giving my perspective on the problem. Your response seems like you’re hurt.

Maybe I’m not the one with an issue after all.


To be honest, you seem like the one with an issue. You're rejecting the general norm which is at this point painful, and everyone agrees, but it's the best thing we have. Your excuse to rejecting it is your own ego shooting outwards -- "99% of people haven't done what i have." That's cool and all, and I'm sure you're a very smart person, but just by the fact that you wrote this, I can tell you might be very painful to work with and would already be a huge red flag. Kill your ego and your experience in the world will be much better


Frankly, you don’t anything about what it’s like to work with me.

But to answer more genuinely, it’s a fact that most developers have never and will never work at web scale. Also, if you have ever worked at a FAANG, you would know that a majority of the topics that are involved in these hazing loops aren’t directly used in the dad work of most developers.

Rather than focusing on me, focus on the point I was making about the deficiencies in the hiring loops of tech companies.

It’s not ego it’s the reality of working in tech.




Consider applying for YC's Fall 2025 batch! Applications are open till Aug 4

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: