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		jahnu on April 16, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: When hiring developers, have the candidate read ex... Last person I hired to work with me in my previous job I walked them through the entire code base, architecture and CI setup. This gave the hire a chance to best understand day to day work and me a chance to know which parts they understood immediately and which they would need to learn. Works perfectly for me.

jseban on April 16, 2022 [–]

A for effort!

jahnu on April 16, 2022 | [–]

Honestly, it’s less stress than trying to divine magic tests that I alone would be the first to invent if they worked :)

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