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by agentgt 3779 days ago
This game would actually make for a great assessment test[1] for hiring. I might be interesting to retrofit it to keep score or maybe perma death ala roguelike.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test_(assessment)

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Whoa[0] there[1], slow[2] down[3] son! You don't have footnotes for the rest of the common words in that sentence! What is a 'game'? Or 'score'? Or 'rogue' 'like'?

[0] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/whoa [1] http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/there [2] http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/slow [3] You get the idea

Assessment testing is not a common phrase. In the recruiting industry it means something very specific and I wanted to make sure it was explicit that I am talking about that type of testing and not just testing for whatever other reasons you might test someone.

Years of programming I guess have made me an explicit cross referencing kind of guy. I find it far worse when your not explicit at times. Misunderstood communication can lead to bad things...