Weakly held view: Tech interviews are stupid because they don't actually interview you for ability to do the job or culture fit. Implicit behind them is a filter for "Tech Culture" which is predominantly set due to massive influence by large tech companies.
Instead of the pressure prompting increased knowledge sharing, teaching, mentoring, guidance, etc... it increases defensiveness. "here's proof you're stupid, solve this algo I just worked on yesterday"
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Equality can come from building people up as well as tearing people down. "Lift me up, or I'll tear you down."
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Tech isn't even that great of a job. There's room for creativity and blah blah blah but most jobs are dry data wrangling. It's just money for the most part. Those who understand this become VCs which is the same dry data wrangling except now w/ philosophy and shit.
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Summed up in a more spiritual manner: The desire to be sacred debases all into profanity and is caused by treating individuals as means to an end. To ignore someones sacredness is to create the narcissistic wound that causes them to forget this and malleable to your will.
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What makes tech interviewing stupid is that those who are part of the 'in' group consider themselves sacred but must maintain that sacredness by emphasizing the barrier that separates them from the profane.
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Looking for "good fit" is great because it tries to maximize individuality so everyone can be themselves. In tech, such words feel hypocritical b/c everyone and everywhere feel the same.
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