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by sgerenser 1098 days ago
Yeah I’d be very surprised if even half of take home assignments were “tested” on juniors vs just having time estimates spitballed. You know, like every dev does when asked “so how long do you think this ticket will take to implement?”
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With the unfortunate difference that when estimating a ticket you will have to complete, most people have learned to give safe over-estimates, but they don't want to look bad when a prospective hire complete the job in 1/4 the time estimate...