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Gunax on Dec 4, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: “I've had to relearn coding to get through the new...

Perhaps just the hoop-jumping is itself a proper test. It shows you're willing to work hard towards a goal, and are at least reasonably smart.

runawaybottle on Dec 4, 2020 [–]

This betrays a lot of what tech culture is. People do it because they enjoy building stuff. We don’t have hazing or never did. I guess the money just got too good, so nothing good ever lasts.

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