Do you believe that senior developers who can't pass coding ...

Most coding interviews are completely and entirely unlike the job. This is evidenced by people practicing to pass the interview instead of concentrating ...

Senior Level Software Engineer Struggling on Coding Problems

Yup, technical interviews should really limit their scope to the business domain appropriate to the employer, definitely not be a broad-based ...

I personally hate coding tests, but I respect them as useful. Physicians are overtrained in med school so that they can recall numerous facts from memory.

Why Senior Engineers Hate Coding Interviews | by Adam Storm

Add to this, the fact that senior engineers are more pressed for time (they have demanding jobs, and often have significant personal ...

Don't fool yourself: you need senior developers too - Rogelio Consejo

Anyone can write code that works, I could do it when I was 7 and I learned by myself with the help of a few books (I had no internet back then).

10 years working as a developer but feeling overwhelmed, stressed ...

I am almost around ten years into software development (35 years old). Therefore, I would assume that I am some kind of senior software ...

Why do senior devs hate coding interviews? - YouTube

In this video I talk about programming. This video is part of my vlog series where I explain my way of thinking about topics related to ...

I don't program in my spare time. Does that make me a bad developer?

Programming in your spare time certainly won't hurt your skills, but you shouldn't feel obligated to do it. Programming seems to be a relatively ...

The Surprising Number of Programmers Who Can't Program

I've known some very talented developers who could never pass a standard software engineering interview but if you give them a week to create a ...

Senior Engineers: Go Back to Coding?

I'm in a surprisingly long job hunt, and the problem seems to be that employers will not accept me as a coder. Yes, I have done lots of things, ...

Got laid off in August 2023. Now questioning my career as a ...

I am an Indian Frontend Developer with 1.3 years of experience. I would say I have been pretty average in programming since high school. Yes I ...

Why I Stopped Interviewing with Companies That Require a Coding ...

Fundamentally, coding tests are non-problematic. They are just a tool to measure a developer or programmer's competency and can be administered ...

Senior engineers who don't code - by Jos Visser - Wednesday Wisdom

But they are a fact of life. It's great if you can pass a great coding interview, but I will hold that a good coder can also pass a terrible ...

Should Senior Developers Refuse Interview Coding Challenges?

If you refuse to do some coding as part of the interview process, this is the likely scenario. To a potential employer, your refusal to show ...

SHOULD SENIOR DEVELOPERS REFUSE CODING ... - DevologyX

As a senior developer, proving your skills can be risky since you're being asked to share your original thinking. Nothing will keep the company from taking and ...

This is why Senior Software Engineers aren't clearing interviews

Senior engineers are finding it harder and harder to clear interviews. Here is why. (I think it's a problem in our methodology).

The hardest part of building software is not coding, it's requirements

Coding can be a challenge, but I've never had spent more than two weeks trying to figure out what is wrong with the code. Once you get the hang ...

Senior engineers who don't code - Hacker News

" It doesn't matter that you think that coding interviews are useless. It doesn't even matter if you are right or not. What matters is that the people who are ...

Why Most Self-Taught Developers NEVER Land The Job

The truth of the matter is that many self-taught developers will never land the job. And it's not because they can't or that they lack the ...

A journey from Junior Developer to Technical Lead – Boyney.io

There is no right or wrong answer, but I believe there is more value to businesses and teams if we have a Senior Software Engineer that can ...