alt Hacker NewsReplying as a hiring manager since this might help other post-grad job seekers:
- Any long-winded answer to a question is immediate out and has been for years.
- Not having used agents and not being able to comment on what to do and what not to do with them is immediate out since early this year.
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> Any long-winded answer to a question is immediate out and has been for years.
Why?
If the winding path is actually interesting and gives you insights into how the person works, why would that be a bad thing?
your post on Who's Hiring provides some needed context...
want a Flutter developer who is unusually strong at directing AI-driven software delivery. This is not a traditional "write the code yourself" role.
> Any long-winded answer to a question is immediate out and has been for years.
That’s a bit ironic, given the typical output of LLMs.
What does "use agents" mean from your perspective? Just Claude Code with some MCPs? Or like a full on GasTown type setup?
> Not having used agents and not being able to comment on what to do and what not to do with them is immediate out since early this year.
From all the tech that we have, agents are really not that hard to learn on the job. They're also not a magical silver bullet.