[wippler]

Just to provide an alternate perspective here, this seems to tilt the incentives towards people that are not working already. I wonder how many folks have time to take a week or more off from their current job to participate in this exercise. I understand this is paid but its still a huge risk that candidates would be taking.

[mixmastamyk]

> huge risk

Folks do side projects all the time. How often do they describe it as a "huge risk?"

[Scarblac]

No, some folk do side projects all the time. Mostly very young folks without families or substantial hobbies.

[mixmastamyk]

We make time for things that are important. If not to you no problem, but not the impossible burden you make it sound.