[iskonkul]

While we could debate on the meaningfulness of his goal, I find the person admirable. We could perhaps award more credit to the fact that this is a 44 year old person who is taking the difficult course of going through the material of CS on his own and then setting a clear goal to aim for. And of course not forgetting to celebrate his virtue of learning for life.

[yodsanklai]

People complain about Google style of interviewing but I like the idea that you can at least prepare for them. I'm sure there are many companies that wouldn't even consider because you're too old or because you don't have the right background.

[stale2002]

Yeah, I have a suspicion that this is the only reason why people still use it.

The signal that it is measuring is "How much did you prepare to get this job." Which isn't that bad of a signal.

[almata]

Totally. Being 38 myself this is one of the things I've liked the most from this case.