[hyperpape]

Do you think it matters that you're unusually outspoken and/or prominent?

The cargo-culting actually seems like a problem for both employers and applicants, because it poisons the market. You have to know whether the company is treating coding challenges seriously. Because a company that will ghost you or decline you for unclear reasons after giving you a coding challenge has wasted a lot of time.

Or put another way, if it's a hoop to jump through for candidates, coding challenges are awful. If it really means a good chance at that $10k+ raise, coding challenges are a great investment.

[tptacek]

I'm sure it matters a lot that I'm loud. But that's not a superpower; in fact, my friends and many of my coworkers would say it's the opposite. Nothing stops other hiring managers from doing the same thing.