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by kevincennis 3265 days ago
Off topic, but what's the story behind base-64 encoding your email? Is that just a spam prevention measure?
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I think it is also sometimes a simple barrier to entry to weed out some candidates (think of it as a super simple fizzbuzz).

I also see a lot of job postings asking people to decode some string for bonus "points"... 90% of the time its just rot13.

Yes
I actually really like this idea and am going to steal it. :)