Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations
Due to the recent workforce reductions in big technical companies (FAANG) some of us need to go trough recruitment process. We all have a preference for it. Some of us prefer algorithm challenges while others prefer software architecture or real world coding challenges. But the fact remains that we would be the happiest if our future employer could just skip the technical interview and give us a job. Our credentials are usually good enough to give some insurance that we're good at what we do.
We wish you a pleasant start of new year, and if you are in a job search we hope that you'll land your dream job 😊
Coding algorithms
Real world coding
With technical challenges there are 2 sides of every coin. From one side, hiring manager would love to get the best possible person for the job. But most of the times he can't know how that person should look like, what his skills should be, where he should be the strongest. Some of the times hiring manager isn't even sure what will be the exact position current prospect will be filling. From the other hand, a person applying to the job isn't sure if this company is his dream company nor if this position is something he's dreamed about. At the end of the day it can be looked as just a lousy job, you do it and get salary in return. Usually if you are applying for a job you don't want to deal with dante's 7 rings of hell, you don't want to go trough countless rounds of interviews. At the end of the day there is a collision of interests in recruitment process that ends with happiness. We are all happy when we recruit someone or land a job.
We hope that you'll enjoy our shirts, and we're looking forward to next release 😊
We've done a t-shirt for creating software algorithms. When creating algorithms we often feel as mad scientists. We try to build something that is machine wise efficient. Ideally an algorithm that runs in n time and occupies n space. But you know don't get too hard on yourself if it is n*n time. Same as with any kind of code, the best way is to have something working, then do small, iterative improvements. This skill is often tested in technical interviews, there are also countless platforms which automate that kind of testing. At the end of the day it is a skill that is cherished and can always be improved with practice.
We hope that you'll enjoy our illustrated developer tee of a mad scientist creating algorithm 😛
We've done a t-shirt for real world coding challenge. The one you usually get as part of recruitment process. Technical challenge that requires of you to build a small sample microservice preforming some task. We think most of you are familiar with those kind of take at home challenges. We've tried to play with it and illustrate it in a way that both looks cool, and demonstrates how we feel when doing those sort of tasks.
We hope that you'll enjoy our real world code challenge developer tee 😛
