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throw_for_throw··on Advice on finding a path forward
No one forced me other than myself - I just don't have the time to focus on two courses and meet the demands of my current employer (which spills over into 50-60) hours per week. I took a quiz that I am sure I failed, and chose to withdraw instead of getting below an A in the class.
throw_for_throw··on Hiring Is Broken – My interview experience in the tech industry
Can you provide a more concrete example of something that you reinvented that you wouldn't have if you had a better CS background?
throw_for_throw··on Ernst and Young drops degree classification threshold for graduate recruitment
>Instead, the company will use numerical tests and online “strength” assessments to assess the potential of applicants.

I'm not certain that focusing on numeracy tests to assess an applicant is such a great step forward. I get the sense that this will only encourage candidates to "study for the test" and will actually produce more false positives.

throw_for_throw··on Ask HN: Starting a web project in 2015. What stack to use?
+1 Currently developing a Node.js / Express application. The choice of platform was a huge mistake. The brittleness of many of the libraries is indeed amazing.