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Applying the most generous interpretation principle[1] I suspect the binary tree test is not an old fart screen. Just a poor test of job aptitude.

Unfortunately, hiring is fairly broken in our industry, if you want a job, the best use of your time is probably to practice those coding tests.

[1] https://www.omahaic.com/blog/mindful-moments/mindful-moment-...



Nah. I like writing code that ships. If it means that no one wants to hire me, I can live with that.

It does say a lot about the industry, though, that people don't care about shipping software.

Might explain some of these Jurassic-scale disasters we're constantly reading about...




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