Are programming interviews draining entrepreneurial spirit?

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Can you imagine preparing for months or even years for an interview?

This is the current reality many software devs are finding themselves in as they prepare for algorithmic coding interviews. It started with just the top tier tech companies but now most others are following this practice.

Regardless of whether or not this is a good system, I can't help but think about how this is likely impacting innovation.

Knowing how to solve these contrived coding problems is more valued than actually having built real products. Therefore people are spending more time learning how to prepare for an interview than in building actual skills.

This is great for anyone on the unscripted path as it means less competition for us but I'm curious if anyone else has made this observation.

 

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[alexkuzmov]

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[Zealander]

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[7.62x51]

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