I’m not young or new to the industry. Not every place is this bad but it’s still highly common to get asked questions that seek to test out how many algorithms you’ve memorized.

This is not 500k/yr jobs but 150-250k year jobs where companies try to ape the practices of mag7 but fail at it because they are unwilling to implement fundamental aspects of those processes.

I also(until this current economy, lol) didn’t really ever have a problem crossing this barrier and getting jobs. But I still hate the extra effort needed and the extra hours of my personal life I have to sacrifice to brush up on or keep up to date on skills that the employers have, in my experience, never once had me use or even worse, blocked my efforts on working on tasks that would make use of the skill.

I grin and bear it because the moneys worth it but I think it’s inefficient posturing done to filter out social classes at this point, like how unpaid internships are used in the finance field

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sfn42 a day ago | parent [-]

To be fair, $150k is still a very good salary. That's like 3 times as much as most other people make. So it seems to me like we're still talking about fairly high-tier jobs, where I live most developers make less than $100k. The only devs I know who make north of $150k are self-employed contractors which comes with a lot of downsides.

I can see how it might be frustrating to have to maintain a separate set of skills just for interviews. I just haven't experienced that myself.

	▲	lovich 20 hours ago \| parent [-]
		High col area, was paying 3 grand per month before utilities for 1000 sq ft and rats. Surroundings are fun at least. 150k is well off still but not secure from financial problems after being out of work for even a few weeks. Like I said, the moneys worth going through the hoops but it’s aggravating to go through them when I don’t think they are benefiting anyone, even the employer. I also felt this way when I was on the other side of the table doing hiring mind you.