[AnimalMuppet]

But I'm not going to take a few weeks of prep time to prepare for a high-school trig test, either. I have no reason to waste my time in that way.

And I have no reason to waste my time spending a few weeks prepping for a code interview, either. I am who I am. Either you want that, or you don't. I'm not going to try to spend weeks studying so I can pretend to be different than I am.

(Disclaimer: I'm not looking, and I haven't been for a very long time. I've never been desperate while looking. I haven't even been unemployed while looking in over 30 years. If I were unemployed and watching the bills pile up, I might feel a whole lot less smug...)

[seanmcdirmid]

If the trig test was in the way of a $200k/year job I didn’t have yet, I would totally hit the books.

[yodsanklai]

> I have no reason to waste my time in that way.

Preparing for interviews isn't wasted time provided you have some chance of success. The signing bonus alone can be worth the time.