>When did an entire industry of people get pre-judged as lying? Don’t we exist in a country where the default assumption is innocence not guilt?
Well... a ton of graduates can't code. Interviewers are constantly struggling with people that can't fizz buzz. Hence fizz buzz's existence.
You don't see it until you post and are responsible for a job ad, which is never for most engineers, and once every year or two for those that do have to get involved in the process.
Lord forbid it's an entry level, you'll get tons of great-on-paper compsci kids that never actually pinned down a programming language and aren't even sure how to hello world out of a c# application (pro-tip, just fucking use python or javascript lol). For frontend, bootcamp kids usually come out on top in this scene, because the camps are specifically prepared for exactly this problem (considering it's their niche - the very reason they exist).
(I've commented on another aspect of the article, but it was long enough that I felt I should break this thought into another comment)
Well... a ton of graduates can't code. Interviewers are constantly struggling with people that can't fizz buzz. Hence fizz buzz's existence.
You don't see it until you post and are responsible for a job ad, which is never for most engineers, and once every year or two for those that do have to get involved in the process.
Lord forbid it's an entry level, you'll get tons of great-on-paper compsci kids that never actually pinned down a programming language and aren't even sure how to hello world out of a c# application (pro-tip, just fucking use python or javascript lol). For frontend, bootcamp kids usually come out on top in this scene, because the camps are specifically prepared for exactly this problem (considering it's their niche - the very reason they exist).
(I've commented on another aspect of the article, but it was long enough that I felt I should break this thought into another comment)