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		martijn_himself on Sept 7, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: If Carpenters Were Hired Like Programmers (2004) I think this is a great way of hiring people. With certain caveats of course: your company must give candidates, preferably one at a time, an honest chance and not exploit them to get leaky roofs fixed for free.

marcosdumay on Sept 7, 2017 [–]

I really got the impression the GP was talking about paid contract work. Not selective tests.

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